Fodor's Italy 2009

by Matthew Lombardi

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Italy!

•Your vacation never looked better. This Fodor’s full-color guide paints an unforgettable picture of Italy with vibrant maps, vividly illustrated features, and stunning color photos.

•Updated annually, Fodor’s Italy provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

• Fodor’s Italy features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Italy.

•Experience Italy like a local! Fodor’s Italy includes Rome, Florence, Venice, and much more!

• Fodor’s Italy includes unique photo-features that impart the country’s culture, covering Ancient Rome, Venice’s Grand Canal, the Cinque Terre, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

•Full-color pullout map.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Italy, Guidebook

960 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1983

Reviews

[Ashley Heggi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for an overview of many different locations in Italy; obviously not able to go into great depth on any one location (other than Rome, and even there I thought the information was overly focused on the Vatican).

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Better than having nothing, but really bare bones on info for any given site or city. I personally don't really need a guide book to tell me about hotels or restaurants, I'll find that on my own. For history and culture this book is weak. On organization, to find the info you are looking for on a particular topic, the index is nearly useless and the table of contents does little to make up for it.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Preferred Rick Steve's travel guide, but Fodor's has obviously stood the test of time. Very broad in scope, this hits all of the "highlights," but lacks some of the out of the way, quirky things that make traveling in Italy so much fun -- especially if you've already done the major touristy stuff.

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

an excellent source of information about the best hotels, restaurants and things to see in Italy.

[MaryBeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

a good, general guide for Italy.

[Sonya Watkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

i can dream can't i?

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read only the sections pertaining to where we'll visit: Rome, Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lake Como, Cinque Terra, and Venice. All were very helpful as is always the case with Fodor's.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading the 2014 edition. Very helpful!

[Linnea · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay, but found we used it the least of the travel books we had. Not nearly so detailed as the Blue Guide, and less practical info than Rick Steves.

[Andy]

Fodors as usual offer a step up from the pack of travel guides.

[Candy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative

[Kerry Pickens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative book, tells you way more than you would have time to see.

[Alexander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful if you've never been to Pakistan.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm leaving in May.

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good place to start research for next year's trip to Italy.