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Much more than a typical Italy travel guide in 2025 Lifesaver on your first trip to Italy This book will tell youif trains really can be an hour late, whether it’s appropriate to leave a tip at the restaurant, and how to navigate those confusing Italian markets. It will equip you with the most important thing: an understanding of the country and its people. useful Italian phrases with translations and pronunciation museum websites where you can buy tickets at the lowest prices apps to buy bus tickets online in different cities phone numbers for embassies and emergency services, just in case translation of Italian signs No clichés. Personal, friendly, conversational This book won't provide you with typical tourist routes around the Colosseum, lengthy hotel adverts, or the usual list of attractions you'd find on the first page of a Google search. Instead, reading this book is like having a conversation with your best friend who just returned from a trip to Italy and is eager to share his personal experiences 12 chapters with everything you need 1. What is Italy 2. South vs. North 3. Transport 4. Climate 5. Accomodation 6. Food and wine 7. Local market 8. Supermarket 9. Restaurant 10. Pizzeria 11. Bar 12. Italians This book won't help you plan a detailed itinerary for Italy. But it will give you more: a genuine insight into the essence of Italy itself. So that your First Time in Italy will be unforgettable — and then there will be a second, third, fifth, and twenty-fifth time. And be careful: Italy knows how to enchant at first sight