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Welcome to Idyllic Italy

Your Internet Guide to Travel in Italy

We invite you to read the latest Tip, "Amalfi Coast, Capri and Pompeii Transportation." Click on 'Tip of the Month' on the left.

Idyllic Italy shows what you can do on the Internet that you can’t do with a guidebook. You can use this site to design your entire trip or to arrange one or more special activities that must be reserved well in advance. For example, using the websites in What To Do, you can:

Reserve museum tickets and tickets to the opera, perhaps at the Maggio Musicale in Florence or the Verona Opera Festival.
Reserve a personal wine tasting and tour at any number of famous wineries.
Enroll in a half-day, day, or multiple-day cooking class.

In Transportation, you can check train and bus connections between cities and towns, and between airports and city centers, and boat schedules for destinations such as Elba, Sardinia, Sicily, and Venice. You will also find directions for purchasing train tickets online.

In Where to Stay, you can read about the types of accommodations available in Italy, including agriturism and affittacamere. You will also find our tips for selecting accommodations of all kinds.

In Where to Eat, you can learn about the various types of restaurants you'll find in Italy, from bars that are unlike American bars to ristorantes. We also describe the ins and outs of ordering from an Italian menu and provide detailed information about making dinner reservations and about a favorite Italian food, gelato.

In our Shop, you will find:

Favorite hotels and B&Bs
Favorite apartments and villas
Recommended websites for hotels and B&Bs
Recommended websites for apartments and villas
Favorite, reasonably-priced restaurants, enotecas, trattorias, rosticcerias, and gelaterias in Florence, Fiesole, and Settignano
Detailed itineraries for half-day, full-day, and overnight excursions

Each can be downloaded for a nominal fee.

We believe that Idyllic Italy can make your travels more rewarding and enjoyable, and yes, even idyllic. We hope you find that so. If you have suggestions, comments, or your own travel recommendations that you would like to share, please Contact Us. We look forward to hearing from you.