Excluding this one, what other websites are useful for planning an italy adventure?

www.slowtrav.com


best regards,
Deirdré Straughan

http://www.straughan.com

hi,
slowtrav.com
It's great!
j

http://www.seekitaly.com/news/from_roma.html

News about strikes, protests, etc. in places likely to affect visitors & tourists.

Oh, and while we're at it, here's the link to Ira's ever popular and VERY useful thread "Helpful Information: Italy"

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...78&start=0

www.initaly.com has a lot of very useful infromation.

I like slowtrav a lot too--I have been using it to plan a friend's upcoming visit. It's hard to know which restaurants are really good in a guidebook, but slowtrav seems a little more convincing.

Also, check out my site: http://thelongtriphome.com , which isn't really for planning, but for reading about travel (a literary magazine for travelers). As I live in Italy, most of my writing tends to be Italy-centric, while other writers have also written about their travels in Italy, as well as many other places around the world. Here are some pages you might check out to "inspire you!"

Florence related:
http://www.thelongtriphome.com/Archives.html#florence

Assisi related:
http://www.thelongtriphome.com/archives-tj-cook.html

Umbria and Le Marche related:
http://www.thelongtriphome.com/archives5dec01.html

http://www.thelongtriphome.com/archives-tj-goyette.html

finally Emilia Romagna related:
http://www.thelongtriphome.com/articles-lc-goyette.html

Venicerentals.com - see my post of today under Italy.

forgive any repetitions

A New York Times travel article on Rome:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/travel/ROME.html free registration required

www.museionline.com search by city for museums of all types, get basic info, links to individual
museum websites
www.dolcevita.com events, fashion, wine, food not much information really
www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2680/museums.htm list of museums in Rome, some little-
www.initaly.com/ commercial site, but some info on taking kids, tours,hotels, car rentals
www.italyguide.com/ Not all of it is great, but the section on trains, airports, etc is helpful
www.italywithus.biz/main_pages/marketplace.htm outlet shops all over Italy
www.itwg.com/ maps, city and town info for Italy, weather, tour operators

www.thais.it/SCULTURA Italian sculpture
www.travel-italy.com/library/ hotels, travel tips
www.wherenext.com
www.roma2000.it monuments, museums, dining, hotels, some photos
www.lainet.com/~initaly same as initaly website above
www.ehow.com type in "Rome" there are articles on eating and getting around cheaply
www.annells.demon.co.uk/main/busita.htm links to websites on Italian bus services
http://150.217.9.3/ie/citybus.htm bus service in selected cities in Italy


An awesome website, photos of ancient ruins in many locations, including Pompeii,
Herculaneum, and Ostia Antica:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maece...ome_and_sicily

www.vatican.va
www.christusrex.org quite religious, but good photos and diagrams of Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, etc
www.wantedinrome.com concerts and other events
www.capitolium.org The official Web site of the Imperial forums, with pictorial
reconstructions of how the ruins would have looked in their day, as well as how they look now; material on life in ancient Rome; and even a live Web view of the forum.
www.catacombe.roma.it Official site of Rome?s Christian catacombs, with visuals,
historical descriptions, and explanations of ancient
symbols
www.catacombsociety.org (in Italian).
www.italiantourism.com
www.romaturismo.com music, events, kids stuff
www.wantedinrome.com jobs, but also festivals and events

www.gamberorosso.it
Nice site in English, detailing walks around Rome that take in Gambero Rosso?s speciality ? wine, travel, food
www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/rome/
www.timeout.com/rome/
www.twenj.net one of the best single websites for visiting Rome (though not all info is current, the tips and hints are excellent)

www.inroma.it site is in Italian
www.travel.it lots on tours, a little bit of art and architecture information
www.santasusanna.org/default.ssi Santa Susanna is the American Catholic church in Rome, the website has links and clicks for sightseeing, the Vatican, etc
www.expedia.com/daily/wg/rome.asp mostly on booking a trip, but some info on Rome with photos
http://home.earthlink.net/~richardab...CO_Arrive.html
good personal web page on Rome , includes clicks to Rome airport, restaurants, restaurant customs, sightseeing, a few hotels

www.nerone.cc tours, itineraries, and guides for Rome, also names and addresses of some tourist sites
www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2680/General.htm a personal webpage on Rome, some very good practical information, including taking young kids to Rome
www.housingitaly.com hotels, restaurants, etc

Deirdré . .

If this isn't a hoot . . I had seen many of your contributions here and somehow thought the writing style seemed familiar . . I had string of "conversations" with you when you were working for Adaptec/Roxio.

My metamorphosis to a nerd came late in life . . after retirement actually, when I had no IT support and decided I would be it. For the life of me I cannot recall the issue with CD burning ( it was fairly new in those days) but you helped me out of a bind . .

Good to "hear" you again . . Rich

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