Italy travel guide
All you need to know before you go to Italy
Italy is a large country in Southern Europe, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. It is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - art and monuments are everywhere around the country. It is also worldwide famous
for its cuisine, its fashion, the luxury sports cars and motorcycles (Ferrari, Maserati and Ducati), as well as for its beatiful coasts, lakes and mountains (the Alps and Appennines).
The capital and largest city of Italy is Rome (population, 2002 estimate, 2,540,829), which is a famous cultural and tourist center.
You can find many apartments in Rome at Rome Apartments.
Other cities with large populations include Milan
(1,247,052), an important manufacturing, financial, and commercial city; Naples (1,008,419), one of the busiest ports in Italy; Turin (861,644), a transportation junction and major
industrial city; Palermo (682,901), the capital and chief seaport of Sicily; Genoa (604,732), the leading port in Italy and a major trade and commercial
center; Bologna (373,018), a major transportation center and agricultural market; Florence (352,940), a cultural, commercial, transportation, and industrial center in Tuscany.
Bari (315,068), a major commercial center; Catania (308,438), a manufacturing and commercial city of Sicily. Finally Venice (269,566), a leading seaport and a cultural and manufacturing center, also famous for its Carnevale featuring wonderful costumes and mask and the beautiful Murano glass.
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