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Lonely Planet Italy (Travel Guides)

This guide provides useful information for independent travel, suggesting hundreds of value for money restaurants and accommodation options. It also gives background briefing on all historical sights, museums and galleries.

Florence and Tuscany (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

From hill-top towns amidst olive groves and sunflower fields to renaissance masterpieces and Florentine ice-cream, this guide reveals all about the region. Listing gallery-side hotels, authentic trattorias and hidden natural treasures, you should be inspired by this visual guide before you've even set foot on the plane.

Buying a Property: Italy ("Sunday Times" Buying a Property S.)

Uncovers the best places to buy, from Lombardy to Sardinia - gives the lowdown on visas, job-hunting and education - covers the details of finding a property: choosing types of accommodation, renovating and security - offers specialist advice on mortgages, taxes, surveys and conveyancing - helps with the challenges of settling-in; learning the language, the law and the culture

The Rough Guide to Italy (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

This "Rough Guide" contains lively and detailed accounts of the best-known attractions from the great art treasure houses of the Uffizi and Vatican museums to the stunning natural scenery of Tuscany and the Amalfi coast. Off-the-beaten track there is coverage of the lesser-known sights, such as the rugged Monte Sibillini range and remote hill-villages of the south. Practical guidance on sporting activities, such as skiing in the Dolomites or windsurfing on Lake Garda, exists alongside sections on more leisurely pursuits like wine tasting in Umbria.

Road Atlas Italy (AA Atlases S.)

Fully updated, this atlas includes Sicily and Sardinia. It uses large scale mapping and contains 31 town plans; bypasses and through routes for a smooth journey; and map features such as places of interest, a distance chart and motorway maps.

Restoring a Home in Italy

The photographs are stunning, the properties which have been restored are a feast for the eyes. A marvellous coffee table book for times when we want to transport ourselves from the humdrum of life into the beauty of the Italian countryside. Envisage a stone house, with centuries of history behind it, just sitting there waiting to be restored.