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He who has been to Italy can forget all other regions.


Who has been in heaven does not desire the earth. Europe
compared to Italy is like a gloomy day compared to
a day of sunshine.
GOGOL ON ITALY

Little town of San Giorgio


in the Venetos Valpolicella
wine country

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Introduction

Top Four Top Tips: How To Plan Your Italy Trip

Planning Your Trip In Italy: Where Should We Go?

How To Plan Your Italy Flights: Less Stress, Mo re Enjoyment

Amazing Deal! 9 Euros+ Fares On Trains Between Cities Anywhere In Italy

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How To Find Your Train In Italian Train Stations: Avoid Confusion and Stress

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How To Avoid Paying A Fine To The Train Conductor

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Top Eight Tips For Getting Around Easily In Big Italian Cities

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Top Seven Tips For Getting Around In Italys Countryside

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How To Travel More Safely In Italy

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Venice For Rookies: Experience Venice With Locals At Locals Prices

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Apps for Italy Food Lovers: Perfect Gifts

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Florence: San Miniato


church on a hill

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Planning your trip to Italy fills you with a delightful feeling of excited anticipation
especially if youre going to Italy to celebrate an important milestone with family and
friends. As you read and research, you discover what an amazing variety of food,
wines, people, beauty, landscapes, art, shopping and history you can find in Italys
regions.
My hope is that this e-book will help you save time and frustration so you avoid
feeling overwhelmed as you plan your trip. Once in Italy, its tips will help you to
enjoy a smoother, happier trip since youll know the ropes in advance.

Buon viaggio!

Mama Margaret

The Amalfi Coast


from town of Ravello,
where poets go to die.
(anonymous)

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, August 31, 2011
Our tour clients and many travelers on the Italy travel forums at Trip Advisor and
Slow Travel are asking for help in planning their Italy trip. On these forums, Im
seeing and giving suggestions on how to best plan your Italy itinerary so you save
time and money and enjoy your vacation you dreamed of. Here are the four top tips.
1. Ask yourself, What is most important to me on this trip? Many people,
especially for their first Italian vacation, try to squeeze all of Italy in to one or
two weeks. How should we divide our time among Venice, Florence, the
Chianti country, Cinque Terre, Rome and the Amalfi Coast in our 14 days?
they ask.
Short answeryou dont, unless you want to dip only a toe in the Adriatic and
the Arno for rushed, superficial experiences. Focus on your priorities. What
am I most interested in doing?
2. Remember travel time and checking in and out of hotels eat into your
itinerary. If youre in Italy for two weeks, and you go from Venice to Amalfi
with four stops in between, youre spending a lot of time on trains or in your
rental car. Plus six hotels to find, get settled in and check in and out of.
Youll save time and experience more if choose two or three regions. For
major cities like Florence, especially if its your first time in Italy, allow
three days, not counting travel time, to explore.

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Sicily: street on Stromboli


in the Aeolian Islands

3. Dont over plan or over book yourself at home. Give yourself free time to
just hang out, enjoy quiet times, reflect on life and experience local life.
Wander at local, non touristed markets or go to the beach and rent a big
umbrella and sun cot beside Italian families.
Allow flexibility for the unexpected like discovering a marvelous art show or
talking to a local person who recommends something that captivates you, that
takes you on a totally different path.
4. Plan your route so you dont cover the same ground twice . You see more
and save time and money. A route in one line like north to south from Venice
to Florence, or west to east from Turin to Venice, or in a circle like all around
the coast of Sicily work well.

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E-newsletter, December 28, 2011
Youve decided to explore Italy for your 2012 vacation. Where to go? You face
endless, tantalizing possibilities and feel like shouting, Help! Help is on its
wayright here.

Are you big wine lovers and want to experience your favourite wines right where
theyre made with the producers? If you love Amarone, choose the Veneto. For
Barolo---Piedmont. For Chianti or BrunelloTuscany. For Nero DAvolaSicily.
If food is your number one priority in life , ask yourself, What kind of Italian
food? For silk-like pasta, Emilia-Romagna. For healthy vegetable dishes and
seafood, the Riviera or Puglia among others.

Fun making pasta


by hand in a Bologna home

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If you love adventures in nature , what season to go? In winter, you can ski in the
Dolomites north of Venice, in the mountains near Turin in Piedmont or on Mount
Etna in Sicily.
In summer, you can hike on paths on the Amalfi Coast or in hills in many parts of
Tuscany and Umbria. Italys two coasts of beaches may beckon you like in Sardinia,
the Riviera and Calabria.
If you adore art, what period of art and architecture? Florence focuses mostly on the
Renaissance. For me, Rome shines for the antiquities and Baroque. Puglia offers
imposing castles, Greek temples, quaint trulli houses, white Greek -like hill towns.
Find regions that match your passions. How? Check out the Learn About Italy
section of our web site.

Do you like to settle in one place, hang out for a few days and get a good feel for
life, food, wine and culture there? If you have a week, pick one region as a base, or
two regions a short trip apart. If you have two weeks, choose two or three regions.
Youll avoid spending too much time traveling and getting settled in too many hotels.

Florence panorama

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Some flights cost less money and time than longer train rides. For example, flying
from Rome to Catania in Sicily takes one hour and costs from 98 Euros return so you
could do Rome and eastern Sicily in a week.
Do you want to see as much as you can in the short time you have? Plan to stay at
least two, or better three nights in each place.
Travel time between places can eat up half a day door to door . Venice to Florence
is about two hours by train. But add time to get to the train in Venice from your
hotel, find your train in Venice (assuming you bought tickets in advance), get from
the Florence train station to your hotel and get settled, and time fo r the unexpected.
Youve lost a morning.
If you stay night #1 in Florence, tour Florence day #2, stay in Florence night #2 and
leave day #3, youve spent about 1.5 days there. Hardly doing this magnificent city
justice.

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, January 11, 2012
Now that youve decided what region(s) in Italy to visit, its time to plan your flights.
Here are some tips to make your airplane travel smoother and m ore relaxing.
1. Avoid early morning flights when you leave Italy. Lets say youre catching
a 7:00 a.m. flight in Rome. If you stay in the centre of Rome, youll need 30
minutes to get to Fiumicino airport by taxi (an hour if you take the train) and
about two hours before take-off at the airport. Youll get up at 4:00 a.m. Not a
good way to end a relaxing vacation in Italy.
You could spend your last night at a Rome airport hotel in Fiumicino, a small
town, and sleep about an hour later, but why do that o n your last night in
glorious Rome? Better to enjoy this world class city as much as you can!
2. Fly in and out of the same airport or out of two airports? Many Italy
itineraries go from north to south or west to east in a line. Lets say you fly
into Milan airport and travel down to Rome. It makes sense to fly out of Rome.
You say, The flight is cheaper if I fly in and out of the same airport. Ill
fly out of Milan. Is it really cheaper?
From Rome you take a long train ride to Milan, probably changing trains along
the way, hauling your luggage from one train to another. In Milan, you may
arrive tired from your long journey. There you pay a taxi to take you to your
hotel for a one night stay. To not risk missing your flight, you need to stay in
Milan the night before you leave. These extra costs of backtracking add up and
you get tired before a long flight home.

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Margaret in Turin airport with


Italy tour colleague, Elio in front
of the then new Fiat 500.

3. Jet lag. When you arrive in Italy, youll feel jet lagged, so wont have much
energy to sightsee on your first full day. If you land in Venice and plan on
spending three days there, with the first day a write -off, you actually have two
days. Plan accordingly.
Avoid long connection times between your European or other connecting
flights and flights to Italy. If youre flying from North America or Australia
and the airline tries selling you an itinerary with a five hour wait in Frankfurt
for your Italy flight, say no. Your jet lag will start hitting you in Frankfurt and
you may feel really tired by the time your head hits your pillow in your hotel in
Italy.
Same thing on your flight home. Unless I have no other choice, I refuse to fly
into Toronto from Italy and wait four hours there for a flight to Vancouver. The
jet lag hits me in Toronto and Im exhausted by the time I get home. I believe
in being good to me whenever I can! Especially on holiday!

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, February 22, 2012
On February 16, Trenitalia announced that under certain conditions, you can
take 1st and 2nd class trains between all Italian cities for Mini fares of 9 Euros
(about $12) and up on all their trains except Excelsior and Excelsior E4 and
Executive levels.
Whats the catch? Trenitalia.com says, The MINI offer can be booked up two
days before departure on this website, at authorised travel agencies and through our
call centre, also with ticketless option, at ticket desks and self -service ticket
machines at train stations.
The Mini fares are hidden two layers down at the very useful, informative
trenitalia.com. On their home page, choose your departing city, arriving city and day
and time. A second page pops up with a choice of trains and prices. No Mini fares
there!
Where are the Mini fares? Select your train departure time (click on select button
on the right of the regular train fare) and click on continue at the bottom of the
train choices list. Up pops a third screen with more fare choices including the Mini
one.
The number of Mini seats is limited and varies with the day of the week, the t rain
and the class you choose. For example, on trenitalia.com I entered Tuesday, March 6
leaving Rome at 9:15 a.m., arriving Florence at 10:46. Regular 2 nd class fare is 45
Euros (about $60) and 1st class 63 Euros (about $85). Mini fare was 39 Euros (about
$58). What about 9 Euros?
When can I travel from Rome to Florence on March 6 for 9 Euros? I tested 10
departure times. Id pay:

19 Euros (about $25) if I went at 10:45 a.m. or 3:15 p.m.

29 Euros (about $39) if I left at 6:15 a.m., 7:45 a.m. 12:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m.,
8:15 p.m.

39 Euros (about $58) at 8:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.

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Then I gave up. The good news is I get a nice discount if I leave mid morning and pay
19 Euros, instead of 45 Euros for 2 nd class or 63 Euros 1 st class.
Do many 9 Euro fares actually exist? Yes. On the excellent slowtrav.com websites
Italy forum, where I first saw GACs post about mini fares, some people wrote how
they bought 9 Euro tickets from Florence to Rome and from Venice to Bologna.
What if you want to change your M ini ticket? Trenitalia says, All MINI tickets,
including tickets purchased online and with ticketless option, can be changed solely
at ticket desks at train stations or at the travel agency where the ticket was issued
up to midnight of the day before depa rture. Changes can be made only once. You are
only allowed to change the departure date or time for the same category of train or
service, subject to a change fee (equal to the difference to the corresponding full base
price).

Romes Spanish Steps

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, July 27, 2011
On this trip in Italy in train stations, I found myself helping many confused tourists
who couldnt figure out how to find their train . A stressful experience, especially
if youre changing trains and time is tight.
Train departure information is everywhere ---on TV-like screens, big black boards
high above you usually in main hall area or on big yell ow PartenzeDeparture
boards on station walls or on each train platform. But you soon feel like a detective
digging for clues if you dont know the ropes. Heres how.
For example, youre in the La Spezia train station and want to leave about 3:00
p.m. (1500 on 24 hour clock) for Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre.
You look at the Partenze-Departure screens in the main station hall area and the
yellow Partenze-Departure boards and see trains for Savona at 1502 and for Sestri
Levante at 1510. See photos on the next page. Where is the train departure time for
Riomaggiore buried?
Detective hat on, you dig deeper for details. Savona and Sestri Levante are the final
stops on those train runs. You look at the yellow Partenze -Departure board under
each final stop (photo 1, close -up photo 2) and see all the intermediate stops. Under
Savona at 1502, you see the train stops at Riomag giore at 1510. Under Sestri Levante
at 1510, the train stops at Riomaggiore at 1518. Case solved!

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What platform is your train on? On the yellow boards and screens Bin means
binarioplatform. Under Savona at 1502, you go to platform 2. Under Sestri
Levante at 1510, you go to platform 5. I like to double check the ever updated screens
in case theyve changed the platform number. T hey announce these changes in Italian
and English but you may not pick them up. Youll also see a screen like this one
below on the train platform so you can confirm youre on the right one.

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Platform at La Spezia
train station with screen
for Savona (misspelled)
1502 (3:02 p.m.) train

If you get off one train to change to another train , say at La Spezia to go to
Riomaggiore, check the yellow Partenze -Departure board on the platform you arrive
on to see what platform your next train is on. Often I get off at say, platform 4 and
find my next train is on platform 5, a few steps away on the same platform! No need
to navigate stairs and underground passage ways to get to my next train.

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This trip I found myself telling and showing several tourists how to validate (time
stamp) their train tickets in the yellow validating machines in the main areas of
train stations (not on most train platforms). Most didnt know you have to validate
tickets or face fines. On one train I saw an Australian woman having to pay a light 10
Euro fine to the polite, but insistent train conductor because she hadnt validated her
ticket.
Simply insert your train ticket into the validating machine so it stamps the date and
departure town on your ticket to avoid donating money to Ferrovie dello Stato.

Left: Yellow validating machine


Right: Validated train ticket with
date and place stamp

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, March 7, 2012
Planning on visiting Turin, Rome or Palermo? In big Italian cities, plan on using
public buses, subways or taxis or walk . They say the best way to see a country is on
foot and thats certainly true in the historic centre of many Italian cities.
Avoid driving a car. Driving a car in big cities like Naples will either terrify you so
you have recurring nightmares or thrill you if you have a secret desire to drive fast in
chaotic obstacle courses. I still close my eyes at times when Im with my friend Lucia
in her car in Rome and shes an excellent driver!
Cities like Florence have a labyrinth of one way streets off the main thoroughfares
so youll circle around and around, with ever more colourful swear words coming out
of your mouth each time you circle back or go too far. Wh y put yourself through
that?
Parking is very expensive. Many hotels in historic centres have parking garages.
However, many side streets are too narrow to accommodate cars easily and have
narrow sidewalks so pedestrians almost flatten themselves agains t building walls
when a car passes by. No fun driving that way!

Turins Piazza San Carlo


with historic cafes

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Taxis abound. Check that the meter is running and before you get going, ask for an
estimate of the fare. Adopt a friendly, but confident I know where Im going air so
the driver may be less tempted to drive the long way to your hotel.
Before boarding public buses, you need to buy tickets which arent sold on city
buses. Buy them at news vendor stands on the streets, train stations or at some
tobacco shops. For example in Rome, I often buy mine at the news vendor in the main
train station or in the subway stations.
On the bus, you must get your ticket stamped in the validating machine since
tickets are valid for 90 minutes or so. Ticket controllers do board the buses
sometimes to check if tickets are validated, so avoid embarrassment and fines by
using the machine. Same system for subways in cities like Rome where you must
validate your ticket at the turnstile before walking down to the train platform.
Many cities like Naples, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Verona and Turin have hop on
hop off buses that let you get off and on as you wish at major tourist sites in a 24 or
48 hour period for a reasonable price like $25 for 48 hours in Rome. A great way to
get oriented quickly to a new city!
Thank you to Alice Lawless of Vancouver whose ideas inspired this article.

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, February 29, 2012
Dreaming of exploring magnificent Italian countryside, strolling in medieval hill
towns, browsing small town markets, staying in an agriturismo/farm inn run by a
local family? Some people have asked us for a cooking school tour in the countryside
with accommodation within walking distance of a bus or train line. A bit rare!
If youre touring hill towns in a country region like Pi edmonts Barolo wine hills, a
car is a must. Buy an international drivers license at your local automobile
association. If you dont and the Italian police stop you, youll pay a fine. Cars with
automatic transmission cost about double over gear shift car s. Some Italian cars
are smaller than ours, so may have trunks (boots in the UK) may not be big enough
for all your luggage. Travel light. Ask about renting a car in one city and dropping it
off at another major town.

Piedmont town of Barolo


with La Morra top left

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Public buses in the countryside can be few and far between . They may run only
until a certain hour (invariably before you want to return) and give you poor
connections between towns. Sometimes they dont show up at all.
In Tuscany many years ago, from Montepulciano to Montalcino, I took three different
buses with three different bus companies (who didnt have each others schedules
available). For over an hour I waited in a coffee bar at a bland, main road intersection
for my 3rd bus going to Montalcino. Some public buses between country towns
double as school buses so you experience fun, boisterous teenage life in small town
Italy.
Ask your hotel or us to arrange a private driver to drive you door to door . With a
private driver, you dont worry about getting lost or who is the designated driver and
just sit back and soak in the beauty around you. Easy! Relaxing! Fast! No schlepping
luggage around. No thinking How do we get from A to B? No crowds to cope with.
In popular seasons like September in heavily touristed areas like the Amalfi
Coast, public buses and boats get jammed with people. On some Amalfi Coast
buses Ive felt like a sardine in a can. Get started early in the day armed with
patience, no definite schedule and a sense of humour. Pick a seat by the bus window
on the ocean side of the Amalfi Coast buses to get the best views. The public boats
along the Amalfi Coast may be crowded but at least you can breathe fresh sea air.
Same advice for trains and boats that get v ery crowded in the Cinque Terre.
Thank you to Alice Lawless of Vancouver for her ideas that inspired this article.

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel e -newsletter, February 1, 2012


Whether youre in Rome or Naples, or Vancouver, New York, Sydney, London or
Hong Kong, it pays to plan to travel safely.
My seven top tips as a woman who often travels alone:
1. Wear a money belt. Since my backpacking days in Italy 40 years ago, Ive
always worn a money belt under my jeans or skirt. When I go to Italian bank
machines to withdraw cash, I make sure that I can easily put the new bills into
my money belt. As I step up to the ATM, I loosen my T shirt around my waist
so I can reach down and stuff the bills quickly into my money belt. I put more
money than I need into the money belt since most banks charge by transaction
not by the amount of the transaction. The money I need for the day goes into
my wallet.
2. If I dont know a street well and its empty of people, I avoid it, no matter
what time of day or night. I feel Im leaving myself open for unpleasant
situations and nobody would be around to help me.
3. I keep my passport in the hotels safe or in my money belt, when it isnt at
the hotel reception desk. I carry a photocopy of the passport main page
separately.
4. If Im at the beach alone, I often rent a suncot and umbrella at a
commercially run, private beach since their staff monitors who comes and
goes. If Im on a public beach with no facil ities, I ask nearby reliable looking
people to keep an eye on my stuff while I go swimming.
5. I dress very simply so people think I have nothing to take.
6. If a street in a tourist area is really crowded like some market streets can
be at times, I put my handbag into my daypack and wear it on the front of me.
7. Im always aware of whos around me and pay attention to any intuitive bad
vibes.

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In Sicily, Palermos colourful,


crowded Porta Carini market

Jessica on italylogue.com has been running some excellent articles on ways to


travel more safely in Italy. Her numerous, practical tips fall into these main
categories:
travel insurance
money safety
passport safety
tourist scams
safety travel gear
Some excellent tips! The scam on people giving you the old 500 lire coins for change
instead of the new two Euro coin is ingenious and new to me! Jessicas photos show
how much they look alike!
Enjoy a smooth and happy trip to Italy!

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food E -newsletter, December 7, 2011
The amazing 171 page e-book, Venice For Rookies tells you everything youd ever
want to know about enjoying Venice , and gives lists of things you never realized
you wanted to know. Venice resident Bianca Reyes writes in excellent detail only of
places shes been. She helps you experience Venice with the locals at locals prices
and save money.
She loves food so gives delicious details on food and wine spots . Many of her lists
show an incredible variety of ways to save money in Venice.
Reading this e-book will make you want to stay in Venice for weeks just to
experience all of Biancas tempting, fascinating recommendations!

Venice reflections

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She divides her book into these main topics :

the basics: top 20 things to do, 14 things to do before you leave, a short city
history, eight ways to arrive, luggage storage, getting around cheaply, Internet
service, when to go, top festivities by month, weather.

18 accommodations savings: how to get a hotel room for two for about $35,
how to get your 5 th night free, some four star hotels that sometimes have good
discounts. Choices run from a former nuns palace to a splurge for a stylish
Venetian romantic paradise.

do as the Venetians do like Venices noise policy & tipping

Dining: what foods are in season and when, six types of dining options,
average prices and recommendations in the neighbourhoods in four price
ranges. I loved the list of cicchetti bars like Casanovas Finger Foods (he
wrote about this spot) and restaurants like where gondoliers eat.

Drinks: quick Veneto wine summary, in depth guide by neighbourhood to 21


baccari pubs-- with local snacks and sometimes music.

Shopping: includes great tips on how to tell the difference between glass made
in Murano and in China and where to get hand crafted masks instead of mass
produced ones

see and do includes discount passes, huge variety of places to experience

night life: a short section since Venice has very little

rookie lists: 10 top tours like learn to be a gondolier, 13 ways to enjoy


Venice for free, 10 Venice only experiences like wearing high tide water
boots, 10 cool Venetians like Peggy Guggenheim, 18 Venice facts (il legal to
ride a bike there).

rookie tours and legends in Venices six quarters with 30 pages that reveal
dark parts of Venices history with tales like The Newlyweds and the Skull.

day trips mini guides: Padova, Verona, Jesolo, Euganei Hills

a glossary

rookie hints, a summary of her hints sprinkled throughout the book

rookie savings, a summary of her ways to save money in her book

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Highly recommended if its your first time or one of many times exploring Venice!
Available at travelforrookies.com for $9. 99. An amazing price for all the savings
and insider experiences youll gain!

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From Mama Margarets Italy Travel & Food Newsletter, November 30, 2011
Looking for a gift for a food lover whos traveling to Italy? Someone traveling with
their iPhone, iPod or iPad? Theyll jump up and down with joy when you give them
an app with local food experts advice on eating well at good value in Milan, Venice,
Florence, Tuscany, Umbria, Rome and Puglia. Good gifts for you too.

For 15 years Michaela Scibilias book, Venice Osterie, has been the go -to guide
for locals eating out in Venice (tapvenice.com). Michaela describes a huge variety
of spots from down home style trattorias, to wine bars with quick snacks to famous
but good value restaurants. She features only places shes eaten at.
In this iPhone version of her book, youll find 13 0 eateries in Venice and 30 near
Venice: restaurants, trattorias, wine bars, specialty food shops, bakeries, bars,
chocolate shops. Her descriptions include photos, maps, closing day, hours open,
prices. Search by categories like scenic view or tables o utside. You can even
search multiple categories like a restaurant on Monday for a romantic dinner.
Available at Apples iTunes store at $2.99. Updated September 2010.

Rome resident and food journalist Elizabeth Minchilli


(elizabethminchilliinrome.com) has written six books on Italian living and many
articles for over 40 newspapers and magazines. Now shes published two foodie
apps, Eat Rome and Eat Florence.

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Florence wine bar, I Fratellini


in the city centre

With Eat Florence, youll avoid tourist trap eateries through her expert
suggestions and lively comments for 110 carefully chosen restaurants, bakeries, wine
bars, kitchen and food stores, coffee bars and more. You can see over 800 photos and
share reviews, photos and user comments.
Available on her web site and sutromedia.com/apps.html at $2.99. Updated August
2011

Alex Leviton has written the Umbria part for four Lonely Planet Tuscany &
Umbria guides. Rebecca Winke, with her husband, owns and runs an agriturismo,
Brigolante, near Assisi and blogs regularly about Umbria.
Along with uniquely Umbria spots tourists rarely experience, Alex and Rebecca
tell you about family-owned restaurants, a zero-emission winery, their favourite
cooking classes. You learn about the food like truffles, a truffle hunters restaurant,
the wines and where to ride on horseback through vineyards.
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