Italy is a sin to complain about the lack of attention of tourists - and in winter, and especially in summer . Every season millions of tourists enthusiastically storm the famous "boot", finding for this a lot of good reasons: a really chic and super-saturated "excursion", a clean warm sea , good beaches and beautiful nature . Travelers are not deterred even by the relatively high prices for rest in Italian and quite ascetic equipment of most urban hotels . However, this remark usually does not apply to coastal hotels . one point of the Italian program - very qualitative, though not cheap, treatment at thermal resorts .

Capital - Rome (Roma)

The country can be divided into three large regions: North, Center and South of Italy.

Large cities and simply "must see »Countries: Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples. The main beach resorts: Milano Marittima, Rimini, Riccione, Lido di Jesolo, Amalfi Coast, the islands of Capri, Ischia and Sicily. The main ski resorts in Italy are the Dolomites (Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme), Dolomiti di Brenta (Madonna di Campiglio, Val di Sole), Alta Valtellina, Valle d'Aosta and others

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How to get to Italy

"Aeroflot" and Alitalia daily perform direct scheduled flights to Rome, Milan and Venice. Meridiana fly flies on a regular basis to Bologna, and in summer - also to Cagliari and Olbia. Wind Jet operates flights to Milan, Catania and Pisa. In summer, many charters fly to Naples, Palermo, Catania and Cagliari. In Rimini, charter flights land all year round.

The ski resorts can be reached by chartering a flight to Verona, Turin, Brescia or Bergamo. For the New Year holidays, additional flights are introduced. The ski resorts of Val Gardena and Kronplatz can be reached by charter to Innsbruck.

In Rome and Milan from Minsk "Belavia" flies, and from Kiev to cities it is possible to fly by flights of Alitalia and "International airlines of Ukraine". In high season, charters are possible in Rimini. Flights from Almaty to Rome are carried out with docking in various European cities. "Turkish Airlines" (via Istanbul), Lufthansa (via Frankfurt) and KLM (via Amsterdam).

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Italian visa

Italy is a member of the Schengen countries. Russian and CIS citizens need a visa to Italy to visit the country.

Customs

Duty-free can import 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillas or 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco, 16 liters of beer and 2 liters of wine or 1 liter of alcoholic beverages with a strength of over 22 ° C, 250 ml of toilet water and 50 ml of perfume. Also admittance of jewelry, two cameras, a video camera, a radio receiver, a tape recorder, a bicycle, a boat, two pairs of skis, two tennis rackets, one kayak or a surfboard is allowed.

There are no restrictions on import and export of local and foreign currencies. You can freely take out up to 10 000 EUR or the equivalent amount in other currencies. The export of amounts exceeding the specified amount should be allowed by the customs authorities. For export of precious stones, works of art, archaeological objects, it is necessary to present a receipt and a permit from the Ministry of Fine Arts.

Phone numbers

Consular Section of the Italian Embassy in Moscow: Yakimanskaya nab., 10; tel .: (495) 796-96-92, 916-54-49; General Consulate of Italy in St. Petersburg: Teatralnaya Square, 10; tel .: (812) 312-32-17; addresses of all visa centers and the Italian Embassy.

The Russian Embassy in Rome: Gaeta Street, 5; tel .: (06) 494-16-80, 494-16-81, consular section: via Nomentana, 116; tel .: (06) 442-341-49, 442-356-25

Consulate General in Milan: via Saint -Aquilino, 3, tel .: (02) 487-504-32, 487-059-12

Consulate General in Genoa: via Ghirardelli Pescetto, 16; tel .: (010) 372-60-47

Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Palermo: viale Orfeo, 18; tel .: (091) 329-379, 611-39-70

Background: 100, carabinieri (military police): 112, police: 113 (in Rome: 4686), firefighters: 115, ambulance: 118 (in Rome: 5510)

Phone codes of cities: Rome - 06 ,Milan - 02 ,Florence - 055 ,Naples - 081 ,Bologna - 051 ,Saw and Cervinia - 0166 ,Courmayeur and La Tuil - 0165 ,Monte Rosa - 0125 ,Sestriere and Bardonecchia - 0122 ,Bormio ,Livigno and Valdidentro - 0342 ,Madonna di Campiglio - 0465 ,Val di Fiemme - 0462 ,Val Gardena - 0471 ,Cortina d'Ampezzo - 0436 ,Passo-Tonale - 0364 ,Lignano ,Bibione - 0431 ,Lido di Jesolo ,Caorle - 0421 ,Rimini,Riccione ,Bellaria ,Gabicce Mare ,Gabicce-Monte - 0541 ,Milano Marittima - 0544 ,Pesaro - 0721 ,Vasto ,Montesilvano ,Pineto ,Sylvie-Marina - 085 ,Praia-a-Mare ,Scalea ,Diamante ,Belvedere-Marittimo - 0985 ,Chetraro ,Guardia-Piemontese ,Fuscaldo - 0982 ,Genoa - 010 ,Bordighera ,San Remo ,Armada de Taja - 0184 ,Diano Marina - 0183 ,Alassio - 0182 ,Pietra Ligure - 019 ,Rapallo ,Portofino ,Santa Margherita Ligure - 0185 ,Anzio - 06 ,Sabaudia ,Terracina - 0773 ,San Felice Circeo - 0733 ,Gaeta and Sperlonga - 0771

In Italy, the hotline for tourists Easy Italia, launched at the initiative of the Ministry of Tourism of the country, is beginning to work. Telephone operators speak English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Russian and Italian. Tourists can get advice and prompt help in case of poor service, to request medical assistance, interference from law enforcement agencies, they will be dictated by addresses of tourist centers, they will get acquainted with information about museums, exhibitions, places of interest, etc.

Phone Easy Italia: 039-039-039. Working hours: every day from 9:00 to 22:00.

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Transport

In Italy there is a developed bus and railway public transport network. Almost anywhere in the country can not be reached. Between remote cities it is usually most convenient to travel by domestic flights.

A one-day tourist ticket (BIG) costs 3-5 EUR and entitles you to unlimited travel on any type of public transport. A ticket for a week (Settimanale or CIS) costs 12 EUR. You can buy it only at ATAC kiosks.

"Catch" a taxi in the street is quite difficult. It is better to go to a special parking lot or call the car by phone from the hotel, bar or shop. The fare is about 1 EUR / km plus the cost of the call in the area of ​​3 EUR, for luggage, too, an additional fee is charged. There are extra charges for trips at night, on weekends and on holidays.

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Car rental in Italy

To hire a car, you need an international driving license (most are satisfied with the usual Russian rights), a credit card (or in some cases a cash deposit). Driver's age is at least 25 years. The rules on the roads are standard European, the traffic is right-sided.

When booking a car, it's worth a little overpay and take full insurance (full insurance, from 10 EUR per day), which includes the payment of any scratches and bruises that drivers can purchase on the trip.

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Safety of tourists

In Italy, it is relatively safe, but some precautions are necessary: ​​visiting visiting disadvantaged areas should be avoided (in Rome, for example, they are adjacent to the Termini station), women are not recommended to take evening walks alone .Since professional pocket thieves are active in cities, one should not carry more money with them than necessary, demonstrate them in the presence of outsiders, carry money and documents in one pocket or in one bag .It's a good idea to make certified copies of documents and have them with you instead of originals while traveling around the city .

In large cities (especially in Rome and Milan) and at popular resorts, larceny of women's handbags passing by motorcycles by fellows is common. It is recommended not to walk on the roadside, and if the "Rome-wizard" still bewitched the beauty of its highways, the bags should be kept in the opposite handway to the hand. Pockets operate in public transport and tourist thrifts near the sights.

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Climate

The climate of Italy is very diverse .In the north - moderately hot summer (in July from +22 ° C to +24 ° C) and foggy winter (in January around 0 ° C) .The climate of the island part of Italy is Mediterranean, two-thirds of the year there is a clear blue sky, the summer is hot and dry (in July +26 ° C), and the winter is warm and mild (from +8 ° C to +10 ° C in January) .Snow falls very rarely, except for the mountainous regions of the Alps, where at altitudes over 1500 meters it lies to 200 days a year .In the south of the peninsula from March to October, dry hot winds from the Sahara are blowing - "sirocco" .During this period, the temperature rises to about +35 ° C, the air becomes dry and dusty .

In the mountainous regions of the country (the Alps and the Apennines) the winter is cold, the temperature can reach -15 ° C, or even -20 ° C. In the rest of Italy, the winter is mild enough. In the south, in the mainland and on islands, including in Sicily, the climate is subtropical.

Maximum precipitation falls on the winter. In the Alpine Alps, where there are passes that connect Italy with the countries of continental Europe, there are frequent heavy snowfalls.

Going to Italy? Look at the weather analysis in Italy by months and the current weather forecast for popular Italian resorts and in major cities for the next 10 days.

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Hotels in Italy

Hotel categories "in Italian" are relative. Usually tour operators put up stars for their hotels on the basis of their own, more or less subjective assessments. It is worth remembering that not all "three-stars" in the country can boast air conditioning.

The most popular type of accommodation in the country's ski resorts are apartments and chalets. Hotels in the mountains are usually small, with half board, the furnishings in the rooms - very simple. Choosing them, the main attention should be paid to their distance from the lift and the presence of the ski storage. Accommodation at the hotel is more expensive than in the apartments and chalets, but there is food and other services. Also there are "hotel-residences" offering both rooms and apartments (usually the apartments are in one wing of the building, and the rooms are in the other one).

Voltage in hotels: 220 V, 50 Hz. Sockets of the "European" type: an adapter is needed. Also get acquainted with the rules of conduct in hotels.

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Money

Currency can be exchanged at exchange offices, banks and post offices. At the airport, the rate is less profitable, but the exchange points are open 24 hours a day. Banks are open from Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 13:30 and from 15:00 to 16:15, Saturday and Sunday are closed.

In cities, many restaurants, hotels, shops and department stores accept Visa, American Express, Mastercard, Diner's Club and Carte Blanche. In institutions that accept cards, they usually post a "Carta-si" ad in the window. Most gas stations require payment in cash. In rural areas, the calculation of cards is difficult.

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Italian beaches

Beaches on the Italian coast are municipal. But they are often divided into plots and are leased to entrepreneurs. Each site has its own "banino" - a beach caretaker who follows the order and cleanliness, charges for the use of umbrellas and sun loungers (about 10 EUR for the "kit"). According to local regulations, the first 5 meters of the beach from the water's edge are free: there you can sunbathe on a towel without spending a cent.

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Skiing in Italy

Winter Italy under the "skiing" sauce is an extremely appetizing dish! Probably, even the most stubborn, I mean, enthusiastic skier will not be able to remember the names of all Italian ski resorts ... yes there are all - even half! There are really a lot of them on the Big Boot: high and low, complex and simple, short and long, with all kinds of exposition and relief (judge by yourself on the satellite map) .And all this diversity, we must pay tribute to the skillful Aborigines, is maintained in excellent condition and covered by a whole network of lifts .Add to this the generous "ski passes", sometimes covering entire regions - and the answer to the question "Why does every winter millions of skiers, in spite of quite palpable prices, choose Italy? "Will become obvious to you .The income level of most Italian winter vacationers is medium and higher (just like the level of their skiing skills), a lot of youth companies and families with children go to the country .Yes, they almost forgot: there is one more category of tourists - fans of "not hot" excursion .They go on cognitive trips around the country in the cold season, to avoid the summer heat and the confusion .However, quite often the "classical" routes of such travelers end at the same place, where most of the others - on the mountain slopes .

Shopping and shopping

Shops usually work all day - from 9:00 to 20:00, some are open on Sundays. Lunch is usually from 13:00 to 15:30. In resort areas, shops often work until late in the evening and on weekends.

From Italy, you can bring straw hats, brooches with different variants of Venetian masks, porcelain dolls and clowns. There are a lot of fur garments and good shoes, high-quality leather goods (jackets, bags), at good prices clothes for Italian fashion designers, knitwear, beautiful underwear, porcelain, crystal, jewelry and jewelry.

Good purchases can be made in "outlet" - large stores in the suburbs, in which with a substantial discount sold items of the main Italian designers.

In the "capital of fashion and design" Milan has shops and boutiques of all famous Italian and international brands. Most are located on the streets of Via della Spiga, Via Manzoni, Via Sant 'Andrea and Corso Vittorio Emanuele.

The second and third places after Milan in the rating of "fashionable cities of the country" are Rome and Florence. The main shopping street of Rome is Via dei Condotti, and Florence - Via de 'Tornabuoni.

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Italian cuisine and restaurants

First-class pasta is what awaits tourists in any region of Italy. And also pizza, polenta and amazing coffee.

The choice of a restaurant in Italy should be approached carefully, otherwise unexpectedly you can find yourself in an institution where one dish costs 100 EUR and above. Therefore, it is worth going to restaurants, at the entrance to which a menu with prices is posted for everyone. Average restaurant prices: snack 4-8 ​​EUR, first course 6-9 EUR, second course 10-20 EUR, dessert 3-5 EUR, wine 2 EUR. In addition, the account will include "coperto" (Italian "tablecloth") in the amount of 1, 5-3 EUR - fee per table.

You can find out more about the national cuisine on the page "Italian cuisine".

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Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Italy

Most of the museums in the country are open only in the morning, and one of the weekdays (usually Monday) is a day off. In addition to the great cultural and historical heritage of Italian cities and ancient castles, the country is very popular with numerous reserves and national parks.

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