Italy No Tour Needed You Can Do It Yourself: An Alternative to the Escorted Tour (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798864645536)

Stop: You've looked at all those books. They tell you everything about Italy and show you beautiful pictures of the sites, villages, and hotel lobbies. Five pounds of information on Italy, but you haven't the foggiest idea where to start and how to plan a one or two-week vacation to the most visited country in Western Europe. You probably don't even know where all these towns are. It's all information overload. So, where do you start?

The author, Bob Kaufman, a seasoned tour operator with 30 years of experience, meticulously lays out almost a dozen different itineraries. He discusses each in detail, from the classic Rome to Venice to the Amalfi-Positano-Pompeii itinerary. He even includes an entire chapter on Sicily, Around the Island.

The guide offers practical options for transportation, whether you prefer the freedom of a rented car (complete with detailed directions) or the convenience of a high-speed train. It even suggests combining these modes of transport into one itinerary, a concept Kaufman refers to as a "hopoff."

By following the guide's well-structured itineraries and practical tips, you can eliminate the stress of planning and potentially save thousands of dollars on your trip to Italy.

There are many itineraries included. In addition to city visits, itineraries include the two most popular: Rome-Florence-Venice and the Amalfi-Positano area. Other major itineraries include Milan, The Lakes, The "Heel of Italy" (Apulia and Salento), and Sicily. Included also is a special itinerary featuring the Hilltop Towns of Tuscany and Umbria.

In addition to details on Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples, etc., other towns on the itineraries and affordable best hotels to stay in are included: Perugia, Assisi, Cortona, Gubbio, Naples (Ercolano), Pompeii, The Amalfi Drive, Orvieto, Siena, San Gimignano, Montecatini Terme, Pisa, Lucca, The Cinque Terre and it's five towns, Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Capri, Pompeii, Paestum, Bari, Lecce, Taranto, Erice/Trapani, Valley of the Temples, Syracuse, Taormina, Cefalu, Palermo and many more.

If you are into wine, the author even includes some wine-tasting sites and a trip up the "wine road" to Florence.
Also describes policies on renting a car and driving between sites on the itineraries.

Detailed maps of the most popular itineraries are included with travel times.

The book takes all the stress away in the planning and then the "doing" stage, making it really easy and enjoyable for your visit to Italy for a week or two. It is definitely a "must" have. If you ordered this book after June 9, 2024, you will receive the original printing with several typographical changes (the front page is marked in the lower left corner 65432). Page numbers and the table of contents remain the same from the first printing, 654321.

Author: Bob Kaufman
ISBN-13: 9798864645536
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2024
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d