Italy is in Europe's Southern and western parts and the Mediterranean Sea. The Alps mountains range dominates the North of Italy; the rest is a peninsula. It is surrounded by several islands. Italy has land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Vatican City and San Marino. Italy's Capital is Rome, and is the largest city. Italy is the Roman Empire's epicentre and the Renaissance's birthplace. It is not a question of where to go but how to go about it. In every corner of Italy, a fantastic experience is waiting for you.

This book showcases journeys to different cities, picture postcard villages, enchanting lakes and mountains. A brief description of each place has been given, but the journey is mainly through photographs. Also there is a chapter on budget travel in Italy , through proper planning in budget, hotel booking, flight booking, visa, medical insurance, maps. it also gives a list of essential items and medicines to be carried with you.

In this book we have tried to visit almost all the important places of Italy and Vatican. We have started from Rome and travelled to south up to Sorrento and travelled to North and completed our journey at Venice. The places we have covered in this book are Rome, Vatican, Naples, Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Amalfi, Positano, Sorrento, Capri, Ana Capri, Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa, Florence, La Spezia, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso, Genoa, Milan, Lake Como, Bolzano and Venice.

In the last chapter, I have given details of travel planning and costing for the complete tour of Italy.