Fodor's Essential Italy Rome, Florence, and Venice

Full-color guide • Make your trip to Italy unforgettable with 46 maps, illustrated features, and over 100 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Ideas for making the most of your time • Practical advice for getting around • Easy-to-read color maps
Explore Rome, Florence, Venice, and beyond • Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated features on the Sistine Chapel, Tuscan wine country, and the Cinque Terre • Best art treasures, medieval hill towns, and local foodie finds • Tips for beating the euro
Opinions from destination experts • Fodor’s Italy-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts • Frequently updated to provide the latest information
"Here are 500 pages of lively and accurate information, imbued with a sense of fun from the outset.... The writers are savvy guides. I was a little surprised to see a hotel and several restaurants that I considered my finds described and even awarded 'Fodor’s Choice' spots."
–Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun