gretchen

i,m fairly new on the computer and keep forgetting how i get onto the better sites for info on italy. i'm an avid fan of this board. everyone is so generous with their knowledge and experience. pplleeaassee help!thanks, gretchen

Howard

A good one to start with is initaly.com. Make sure you sign up for its newsletter. <BR>Then there are two that I call the granddaddies of all websites on Italy: <BR>budgettravel.com/italy.htm <BR>budgettravel.com/italy2.htm <BR>Together, these two sites provide you with listings of literally hundreds of Italian websites covering every imaginable facet of your planning!

Tina

Here's a list that I have -- <BR> ======== <BR>WEBSITES RE: ITALY <BR> <BR>In Italy Online <BR>http://www.initaly.com/index.htm <BR> <BR>Italian Tourist Web Guide <BR>http://www.itwg.com <BR> <BR>Italian Hotel Gallery & Lodging Links <BR>http://www.thetravelsite.com/Europe/HotelItaly.htm <BR>http://www.travel-italy.com/hotels/ <BR> <BR>TRAIN SCHEDULE – ‘Trenitalia’ <BR>http://www.fs-on-line.com/ <BR> <BR>Made in Italy On Line - travel info & LOTS on shopping <BR>http://www.made-in-italy.com/index.html <BR> <BR>Accommadations – Last Minute Hotel Rooms <BR>http://www.laterooms.com/ <BR> <BR>Welcome to Traveleurope Italy <BR>http://www.traveleurope.it/index.html <BR> <BR>Italian Cuisine <BR>http://italianfood.about.com/food/it...htm?once=true& <BR> <BR>Lonely Planet – Destination: Italy <BR>http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/ita.htm <BR> <BR>Scale Reale (excellent co. providing small tours of Rome) <BR>http://www.scalareale.org/ <BR> <BR>· Rome <BR> <BR>“Traveling with Ed and Julie” has great info on Rome. <BR>http://www.twenj.com/romevisit.htm And I’ve Ed hanging out on the ‘Forum’ and posting information <BR>Ed & Julie’s link to other useful European sites - http://www.twenj.com/usefulsites.htm - <BR> <BR>Nerone: the insider’s guide to Rome. <BR>http://www.nerone.cc/ <BR> <BR>· Florence <BR> <BR>Weekend a Firenze - site for purchasing tickets to museums, theatre, music, etc. <BR>http://www.weekendafirenze.com/ <BR> <BR>Some hotel links – restaurants - variety of info re: Florence <BR>http://www.tiac.net/users/pendini/index.html <BR> <BR>Florence by Net <BR>http://www.florence.ala.it/ <BR> <BR>Tuscany Accommodations <BR>http://biniviaggi.traveleurope.it/ <BR> <BR>· Venice <BR> <BR>http://www.veniceword.com/index.html <BR> <BR>Hotels / Accommadations in Venice <BR>http://www.hotelsinvenice.com/ <BR>http://www.veniceinfo.it/ <BR> <BR>Venicescapes: a unique view of a unique city (linked from ‘Scala Reale’ folk) <BR>http://www.venicescapes.org/ <BR>Castello 4954 30122 - VENEZIA (ITALY) / Telephone and FAX 011 39 041 520 6361 <BR> <BR> <BR>Jewish Ghetto in Venice <BR> <BR>(Jews of Italy website) <BR>http://www.haruth.com/JewOfItaly.html <BR>http://www.jewishvenice.org/ <BR>www.ghetto.it <BR>http://www.doge.it/ghetto/indexi.htm <BR>www.davidshop.com <BR> <BR> <BR>

elaine

Here's my list, excuse any repetition <BR>of any already mentioned. I also have more that are for individual cities and towns, but I don't know which of those you will be visiting <BR> <BR>General travel information web sites, some have specific links to cities and towns in Italy: <BR>www.igougo.com <BR>www.infoseek.co. <BR>http://europe.cnn.com/TRAVEL/ <BR>CITY.GUIDES/ large amount of info on major cities <BR>http://goeurope.about.com/travel/ <BR>goeurope lots of links to lots of cities and countries <BR>www.cityorganiser.co.uk/ <BR>cityorganiser.htm# info on a few major European cities, including <BR> airport info and weather link <BR> <BR>www.yahoo.co. <BR>http://goeurope.miningco.com/travel/ <BR>europe/ an excellent resource <BR>www.italyguide.com/ Not all of it is great, but the section on trains, airports, etc is helpful <BR>www.travel-italy.com/library/ hotels, travel tips <BR>www.dolcevita.com shopping, sightseeing, fashion, events, cuisine, etc <BR>www.itwg.com maps, city and town info in Italy, also hotels <BR>www.italiantourism.com/ Italian Govt Tourist Board <BR>www.museionline.com museums all over Italy <BR>www.writing.org/v/ several links for Venice, maps, toilets, shopping, transportation, history, Venice for <BR>children,the Jewish ghetto. airport, etc. Very good website. <BR>www.initaly.com/ <BR>Hotel websites (in addition to some of the websites mentioned above) <BR>www.venere.it very good site <BR>www.ve.flashnet.it <BR>www.hotelguide.ch/ <BR>www.travel-italy.com/library/ hotels, travel tips <BR>www.hotelguide.ch/ <BR>www.travelweb.com <BR>www.italiantourism.com/ <BR>www.traveleurope.it/ <BR>www.ciaoitaly.net network of B&Bs <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>

zz-top

I know many of you are still getting used to the changes in the board, but I LOVE this updated version to the forum.<BR>NOW when you enter the complete URL (don't forget the "http" at beginning!) you can now provide readers with a direct link to many of these good sites we're trying to share.<BR><BR>SO, here's a few others for Italy . . .<BR><BR>http://www.venicescapes.org/<BR><BR>http://www.virgilio.it/home/index.html<BR>(note: above site ‘virgilio’ is an Italian search engine)<BR>

Tina

On another thread someone provided a link for both the "yellow &amp; white pages", which I’ve now added to my Italy website list.<BR><BR>Telephone directories on the web: Italy<BR>http://www.teldir.com/eng/euro/it<BR><BR>

cmt

Try this:http://gens.labo.net/it/regio/<BR>Select the region you're interested in by clicking it on the map. You will then get a list of regional info on the internet with links. Some of the sites are very unusual (regional recipes, newsletters in dialect, etc).<BR>A very good website about the Basilicata region is www.basilicata.com (Basilicata is in southern Italy) Though I've looked enough I haven't found a site as good as that for Sicily.