Italy:The Rough Guide

Details the established highlights alongside scarcely discovered features. It explores Umbrian hill villages and Puglian beaches, hikes up the crater of Mount Etna and along the mountain trails of the Dolomites and provides listings on the larger cities' bars, restaurants and clubs.

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Italy is a complex country, ranging from a sophisticated industrial north, to isolated southern provinces at the fringes of the Mediterranean. It is a mix of modern style and tradition, switching between a world role in technology and design and culture still embedded in the last century. This guide details the established highlights alongside scarcely discovered features. It explores Umbrian hill villages and Puglian beaches, hikes up the crater of Mount Etna and along the mountain trails of the Dolomites and provides listings on the larger cities' bars, restaurants and clubs. Throughout it presents the country's art and architecture, politics and music.