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Tables of Contents for The Rough Guide to Italy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xii
PART ONE BASICS
1
62
Getting there from Britain
3
5
Getting there from lieland
8
1
Getting there from the USA and Canada
9
4
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
13
3
Red tape and visas
16
1
Insurance
17
1
Costs, Money and banks
18
2
Travellers with disabilities
20
2
Health
22
1
Information and maps
23
3
Getting around
26
6
Accommodation
32
4
Food and drink
36
9
Communications: post, phones and the media
45
3
Opening hours and public holidays
48
1
Festivals
49
4
Sports and outdoor pursuits
53
2
Trouble and the police
55
1
Women...and sexual harassment
56
1
Work and study
57
3
Directory
60
3
PART TWO THE GUIDE
63
997
Piemonte & Valle D'aosta
65
41
Turin
67
14
The Susa & Chisone valleys
81
2
Saluzzo & the western valleys
83
1
Cuneo & around
84
2
Alba & the Le Langhi hills
86
2
Asti & around
88
2
Eastern Piemonte
90
1
Northern Piemonte
91
4
The road to Aosta & the eastern valleys
95
3
Aosta & around
98
3
Gran Paradiso National Park
101
2
Arvier & Valgrisenche
103
1
The northwest: around Mont Blanc
103
2
Travel details
105
1
Liguria
106
50
Genoa
108
17
Around Genoa
125
3
Ventimiglia & around
128
2
San Remo & around
130
7
The Golfo Paradiso
137
2
Portofino & the Golfo del Tigullio
139
5
The Cinque Terre
144
6
The Golfo di Poeti
150
5
Travel details
155
1
Lombardy & The Lakes
156
77
Milan
160
20
South of Milan: Pavia & Vigevano
180
3
Cremona
183
4
Mantua & around
187
8
Lago Maggiore & Lago d'Orta
195
6
The Varesotto
201
2
Lago di Como
203
6
The Valchiavenna & Valtellina
209
2
Bergamo
211
5
Around Bergamo
216
1
Lago d'Iseo & the Val Camonica
217
1
Brescia & around
218
4
Val Trompia, Lago d'Idro & Lago di Ledro
222
1
Lago di Garda
223
8
Travel details
231
2
Trentino-Alto Adige
233
37
Trento
239
5
The Dolomiti di Brenta
244
3
East of Trento
247
3
The Catinaccio & Sella groups
250
5
Bolzano
255
4
Merano & the Giogaia di Tessa
259
2
Parco Naturalle dello Stelvio
261
1
Alpe di Siusi
262
1
Valle d'Isarco & Val Pusteria
263
4
Cortina d'Ampezzo & around
267
2
Travel details
269
1
Venice & The Veneto
270
98
Venice
272
59
The Brenta
331
1
Padua
332
8
South of Padua
340
2
Vicenza
342
6
Verona
348
8
Treviso
356
2
Castelfranco Veneto & Cittadella
358
1
Bassano del Grappa & Marostica
359
2
Asolo & the Villa Barbaro
361
2
Feltre
363
1
Conegliano
363
2
Vittorio Veneto
365
1
Belluno
366
1
Travel details
367
1
Fruili-Venezia Giulia
368
26
Trieste
370
7
Around Trieste: the Carso
377
2
The Triestine Riviera
379
2
Aquileia, Grado & around
381
3
Gorizia
384
1
Udine & around
385
Cividale del Friuli
358
31
Pordenone & around
389
2
Gemona & the Carnia
391
2
Travel details
393
1
Emilia Romagna
394
56
Bologna
398
12
On from Bologna: south to Tuscany
410
4
South of Modena
414
3
Reggio Emilia
417
3
Parma
420
4
South of Parma
424
1
West to Piacenza
425
2
Piacenza
427
1
East along the via Emilia from Bologna
428
2
Ferrara
430
5
The Po Delta
435
1
Ravenna & around
436
7
Rimini
443
6
Travel details
449
1
Tuscany
450
130
Florence
453
42
Around Florence
495
11
Pisa
506
8
Lucca
514
5
North of Pisa
519
2
Livorno
521
2
Elba
523
7
The Islands around Elba
530
1
The Maremma coast
530
3
The island of Giglio
533
1
Siena & around
534
15
San Gimignano
549
6
Volterra
555
3
Massa Matittima
558
3
Montepulciano & around
561
4
Pienza & around
565
2
Montalcino
567
1
Monte Amiata
568
1
Patigliano & around
568
2
Pisa Arezzo
570
4
Cortona
574
2
East of Arezzo
576
1
North of Arezzo
577
2
Travel Details
579
1
Umbria
580
55
Perugia
582
7
Lago Trasimeno
589
3
The Upper Tiber
592
1
Gubbio
593
4
Gualdo Tadino & around
597
2
Assisi
599
6
Spello to Trevi
605
5
Spoleto
610
6
The Valnerina & Norcia
616
2
Terni & around
618
3
Narni & around
621
1
Todi
622
3
Deruta & the Tiber Valley
625
1
Orvieto
626
6
Around Orvieto
632
2
Travel details
634
1
Marche
635
41
Urbino
638
6
North of Urbino: Sassocorvaro & San Leo
644
1
Pesaro & around
645
4
Fano
649
1
Senigallia
650
1
Ancona & around
651
4
The Conero Riviera
655
2
Loreto
657
2
Recanati & Porto Recanati
659
2
Macerata
661
2
East of Macerata
663
1
Tolentino & around
664
2
South of Macerata: the road to Sarnano
666
2
The Monti Sibillini
668
2
Ascoli Piceno
670
5
Travel details
675
1
Rome & Lazio
676
105
Rome
678
70
Out from the city: Tivoli & Ostia
748
4
Etruria & the coast
752
4
Lago di Bracciano & around
756
1
Lago di Vico & around
756
3
Viterbo & around
759
4
Montefiascone, Lago di Bolsena & around
763
1
Rieti & around
764
3
The Castelli Romani & Alban Hills
767
2
Palestrina, Subiaco & the Ciociaria
769
3
The southern Lazio coast
772
5
The Pontine Islands
777
2
Travel details
779
2
Abruzzo & Molise
781
31
L'Aquila
783
3
The Gran Sasso & Campo Imperatore plain
786
3
South to Sulmona: Bominaco
789
1
Sulmona & around
789
3
South of Sulmona: Cocullo & Scanno
792
2
Southwest Abruzzo & the national park
794
3
Northeast Abruzzo: Teramo & around
797
1
The northern Abruzzo coast
798
3
Chieti, Guadiagrele & Lanciano
801
3
The southern Abruzzo coast
804
2
Isernia & around
806
1
Campobasso, Saepinum & the Matese
807
2
Towards the coast: Larino & the Albanian villages
809
1
The Molise coast
810
1
Travel details
811
1
Campania
812
63
Naples
814
23
West from Naples: Pozzuoli & the Campi Flegrei
837
9
East from Naples: Ercolano to Sorrento
846
2
The islands
848
10
North of Naples: Caserta, Capua & around
858
2
Benevento & around
860
1
The Amalfi coast
861
6
Salerno
867
2
Paestum
869
1
The Cilento
870
4
Travel Details
874
1
Puglia
875
42
Foggia & the Tavoliere
876
5
West & south of Foggia
881
1
Manfredonia & Siponto
881
1
The Gargano promontory
882
6
The Tremiti Islands
888
1
Along the coast to Bari
889
2
Bari
891
5
Le Murge
896
2
Down the coast from Bari
898
1
The FSE line
899
2
Taranto
901
4
Brindisi
905
5
Lecce & the Salentine peninsula
910
6
Travel details
916
1
Calabria & Basilicata
917
39
The northern Tyrrhenian coast
919
4
Cosenza & around
923
3
The Sila
926
3
The southern Tyrrhenian coast
929
2
Reggio province
931
7
Potenza & around
938
4
Matera & around
942
3
The northern lonian coast
945
6
The southern lonian coast
951
4
Travel details
955
1
Sicily
956
65
Palermo
959
12
Around Palermo
971
2
Bagheria, Solunto, Termini Imerese & Caccamo
973
1
Cefalu
974
1
The coast to Milazzo & inland routes
975
2
The Aeolian Islands
977
5
Messina & south
982
1
Taormina
983
3
Around Mount Etna
986
2
Catania
988
4
The plain of Catania
992
1
Siracusa
993
6
Ragusa & the southeast
999
2
West to Gela
1001
1
Agrigento
1002
2
Eraclea Minoa
1004
1
The Pelagie Islands
1004
1
Inland to Enna
1005
1
North of Enna
1005
2
Piazza Armerina & around
1007
2
Trapani
1009
2
Erice & Segesta
1011
1
The Egadi Islands
1012
1
Trapani to Palermo: the coastal route
1013
1
Marsala & Mazara del Vallo
1014
1
Castelvetrano to Sciaccia
1015
1
Pantelleria
1016
2
Travel details
1018
3
Sardinia
1021
39
Cagliari
1026
6
Nora
1032
1
Su Nuraxi & around
1032
1
West of Cagliari: Sant' Antioco & San Pietro
1033
2
Oristano
1035
3
Around Oristano: Tharros
1038
1
Bosa
1038
1
Nuoro & the interior
1039
4
The eastern coast
1043
2
Olbia
1045
2
The Costa Smeralda
1047
1
The Golfo di Arzachena
1048
1
The Maddalena Islands
1049
1
Santa Teresa di Gallura
1050
1
Sassari
1051
2
Around Sassari: inland Logudoro
1053
1
Alghero
1054
2
Stintino & Pelosa
1056
1
Travel details
1057
3
PART THREE CONTEXTS
1060
82
The historical framework
1061
14
Painting and sculpture
1075
17
Architecture
1092
14
Vernacular architecture
1106
3
Mafia, `Ndrangheta, Camorra: socialized crime in Southern Italy
1109
8
Cinema
1117
7
Books
1124
10
Language
1134
4
Glossary of artistic and architectural terms
1138
1
Glossary of words and acronyms
1139
3
Index
1142