| Italy can be ranked as one of the most popular tourist | | | | who is traveling to the country for the first time.Italy |
| destinations in the world, so there is an abundance of | | | | seems to have endless number of tourist spots. |
| information available for anyone who wants to travel | | | | Visiting all of them may not be possible for a tourist, |
| to Italy. Italy travel guides can be broadly classified into | | | | even during the course of a long vacation. So it is |
| two categories--the first category includes those | | | | always better to go through a good travel guide |
| guides which contain all the relevant information about | | | | related to Italy, select the places you want to visit and |
| various tourist spots in the country, and the second | | | | get your reservations well in advance. Most of the Italy |
| category includes those travel guides which give | | | | travel guides also provide information about hotels in |
| information about a particular region or city.A number | | | | various regions, along with a list of their rentals.Several |
| of tour and travel operators, private publishers, and | | | | online travel guides provide free information about |
| hotel and resort owners often bring out such travel | | | | Italy's popular places. However, it is always better to |
| guides. But it is always best to refer to the official web | | | | verify the information provided by non-governmental |
| site and publications of the tourism board of Italy, as | | | | web sites. This could be done by using online travel |
| they provide authentic information.In some of the | | | | and tourism guides provided by the Italian government |
| private travel guides, there might be deliberate attempt | | | | and several city administrations. While traveling within |
| to promote certain hotels, restaurants, resorts, shops, | | | | Italy, a travel guide with maps of various Italian cities |
| etc. This could actually mislead a tourist, especially one | | | | could always be a prized possession. |