Slow Travel Italy - Vacation rentals, villas, reviews, hotels, restaurants, travel information

Find the information you need to select and book a vacation rental in Italy - a villa in Tuscany, a cottage on a farm in Umbria, an apartment in Rome - everything you need to make your decision is here.

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What You Will Find in this Section

	Trip Planning: Our favorite guidebooks, books about Italy, lists of Travel Agents, lists of Tour Guides and car services, descriptions of regions to visit, and more.
	Vacation Rentals: Read hundreds of reviews by other Slow Travelers. Lists of agencies, estates and sites for booking vacation rentals. See our SlowTrav Favorites.
	Hotels: Hundreds of reviews of hotels by region and notes on how to search for hotels and how to book them.
	Restaurants/Cafes: How to read the menus, how to order, how to pay, etc. Reviews by region of restaurants, caffes and gelaterias. Dean's Wine Notes: All about Italian wine.
	Instructions for Visitors: Survival guide for Italy: driving, parking, picking up rental cars at Rome or Florence airports, trains, Rome transportation, food shopping, phones, cell phones, Italian washing machines, etc. Language Lessons: Learn a little Italian for your trip. How to order in caffes and restaurants, count, pronounce place names.
	Accessible Rome: Seeing Rome from a wheelchair, general travel advice, which sites are accessible, how to get to them, maps showing routes. By Mary Murphy-Hanson
	Italian Fashion: What they are wearing this season, advice for what to pack, articles for each season by Judith Greenwood.
	Travel Notes: Things to do by region, travel guides, traveling with kids, lists of shops, where to go swimming, living in Italy, etc. ST Google Maps: Detailed, annotated Google Maps, made by Slow Travelers. Postcards: "Travel vignettes" - short stories about an event from a trip.

Photos of Italy: We have thousands of great travel photos.

Vacation rentals in Italy, cities and countryside. Use this site to learn more about Slow Travel.

Classified Listings

Classified Listings: Vacation rental agencies, listings by owner, hotels, B&Bs, travel consultants, tour guides, cooking schools, and more.

Slow Travel Community

Forums: Meet Other Slow Travelers! Ask your questions and join our discussions on our forums.

Submit Reviews: Send us reviews of vacation rentals, hotels, restaurants.

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What's New?

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Recommended Books & Maps

Recommended maps for planning your trip.

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Read Our Trip Reports for Italy

Trip Reports is our most popular section! Read these travel journals written by other Slow Travelers. Learn from their experiences to plan your trip or just have some fun doing "armchair travel".

Latest Trip Reports for Italy

Navigating Northern Italy -- The Silver for Gold Trip: Bob, his wife, and two friends spend three weeks in Northern Italy to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Croatia, The Dalmatian Coast: By Land and By Sea: Linda and her husband spend time on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, via vacation rentals, hotels and a small boat cruise in September 2009.

Florence & Lucca September 2009: September 5-19, 2009 -- Brief highlights of a week in Florence and a week in Lucca.

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