· A lavishly illustrated guide to the most distinctive accommodations in Italy, all chosen by Rivages' ultradiscriminating correspondents.· Includes inns and B&Bs in farmhouses and villas, small hotels, and other accommodations.· Each hostelry portrayed on a full page, with a color photograph, descriptive text, and detailed information about services, facilities, rates, and what to see and do in the area.· Lively descriptions covering ambience, decor, the history of the property, and the style, personality of the innkeeper, and how-to-get-there directions.· A list of recommended restaurants throughout Italy.· Extremely detailed color road maps locating every hostelry.· A longtime best-seller in Europe, widely used by French and German travelers (which means that your fellow guests will usually be Europeans, seldom other Americans). Read Less