Italy Travel Planning and General Information

Here are the best places to go in Italy.

Here are the top sites and museums that you should buy tickets ahead for and how to book or buy tickets for museums and sites in advance.

Map of Italy's major cities and a calculator for distances between cities.

You don't need to spend lots of money on a vacation in Italy to have a good time, there are many free things to do and see in Italy. Use these suggestions for free things to do when traveling in Italy.

How to experience the best of Italy in just two weeks with our suggested Italy travel itinerary. You'll experience the grandeur of Rome, the romance of Venice, and the simple pleasures of Italy's heartland by spending a few days in Rome, use a one-week house rental to visit the Tuscan or Umbrian hill towns and countryside, and end with a...

A profile of Italy, one of the most popular European countries for visitors. Basic facts and information about Italy travel.

Here are good places to take the kids on an Italy family vacation. Suggestions for where to go in Italy if you're traveling with kids.

Budget travel tips for visiting Italy. How to spend less money in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Tuscany.

Italy is a top romantic vacation destination in Europe. Here are Italy's most romantic destinations.

Italy has many beautiful and historic cities that are well worth a visit. Here are our picks for the ten best cities for visitors to Italy.

Italy has beautiful, romantic lakes that make good vacation destinations.

Italy's cities have many great attractions, here are the top things to see in Italy's most popular cities.

Italy has more designated World Heritage Sites than any other country and adding a few of these sites to your itinerary can be a good way to plan. Here is information about where to visit UNESCO sites, from city centers to out of the way places.

Find out the requirements for a visa for travel to Italy and how to get one.

Here are our picks for some of the best Italian films to see before you go on an Italian vacation. Movies to set the Italian mood.

The Italian Language guide's recommendations for movies about Italy.

Italia Mia has information about Italian and Italian-American culture, news and products, and traveling in Italy.

Tour of Italy provides images of and information about popular sites in Italy, especially around Naples and Rome. They also have an Italian/English phrase book, Italy news, and Italy Weather.

Non-commercial site that promotes Italian Culture, Heritage and History and also acts as a good source of information on Italy tourism and Italy tourist destinations. The site has some nice pictures, too.

So how's the weather in Italy today? What will the weather be like on my vacation? These are questions that can be answered in a general sense by looking at the historical climate information. Here's a page of weather and climate for the major tourist areas of Italy.