Friday, July 30, 2010

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About Travel Guide Italy

About Travel Guide Italy

Welcome to your Italy Travel Guide. This is your one-stop resource for information and tips on how to get the very best from your next vacation to Italy.

The site is packed full of essential guides on the best places to visit in Italy and what to do when you are on vacation.

We hope you enjoy exploring Travel Guide Italy and discovering all that Italy has to offer on your next Italian adventure. Arrivaderchi!

Activities and Attractions in Italy

Classic Italian Drives – the Strada Chiantigiana Classic Italian Drives – the Strada Chiantigiana

A rural drive that is an Italian classic is the Strada Chiantigiana, or the SR 222. The back road goes through Tuscany’s wine country through to the small cities and towns of Chianti including Greve, Radda, and Giaole, situated between Florence and Siena. The road runs south adjacent to a network of two lane secondary roads, and has beautiful... [Read more of this Italy article]


Saints, Salamis & Unspoilt Nature – Surprising Umbria! Saints, Salamis & Unspoilt Nature – Surprising Umbria!

St. Benedict, the finest cured meats, and wild unspoilt nature are all located in Eastern Umbria. Perugia is Umbria’s political capital, but the surrounded town of Norcia is the place known as being the culinary capital. Below the famed Appennines, in the region’s wild and mountainous east, the forests provide habitat for many game birds. The... [Read more of this Italy article]


Is Basilicata the last undiscovered region of Italy? Is Basilicata the last undiscovered region of Italy?

The southern Italian region of Basilicata borders on Campania to the west, Puglia (Apulia) to the east, and Calabria to the south, and has a short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another on the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the southeast. While it’s not the first place you might think of for a holiday in Italy, the region has a special... [Read more of this Italy article]


Perugia’s Unforgettable Umbria Jazz Festival Perugia’s Unforgettable Umbria Jazz Festival

Every July, Perugia hosts the Umbria Jazz Festival, one of the most popular jazz events in Europe. And every year since 1973, this beautiful medieval hill city has drawn thousands of music lovers, young and old, from all over the world, to play and hear all styles of jazz. Local performers get a chance to jam with the experts and the streets are filled... [Read more of this Italy article]


Mix with the jet-setters on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda Mix with the jet-setters on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda

Set in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, stunning Sardinia is a popular destination for those who live for a variety of aquatic sports and who long for unforgettable seaside holidays beside the Italian island’s clear waters. The renown north-eastern Costa Smeralda of Sardinia, with its 55 kilometres of pinkish white sand beaches, rocky promontories,... [Read more of this Italy article]


Indulge yourself at Perugia’s famous Eurochocolate festival Indulge yourself at Perugia’s famous Eurochocolate festival

Perugia’s Eurochocolate Festival, an annual event that is famous throughout the world, is the most popular chocolate festival in Europe. Chocolate is big business in Umbria and Italy, with annual sales of 350 million euros. Consumption has doubled over the past 10 years, rising from two to four kilos per year, per person – and is still growing! Each... [Read more of this Italy article]


Beat the recession with an Italian vacation rental Beat the recession with an Italian vacation rental

As the gloomy global economic outlook continues to fill the airwaves people are looking at ways to enjoy their usual annual vacation in Italy for less money, but without compromising on quality. The answer is simple – book a vacation rental. A vacation rental in Italy offers all of the luxury and quality you would expect from a high-class hotel, but... [Read more of this Italy article]


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