Italian government sites

Italian Government Tourist Board - useful site for information on regions of Italy, travel information, etc.

Italian Embassy - Tips for Travellers

The Italian Embassy - Washington DC, includes hundreds of Italian links

Italian Tourism - Understanding the euro

 

Italy - general

 In Italy Online - a compilation of Italian links that includes Art & Culture and many travel related links.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa - the Tower has its own official web site that include literally thousands of photographs.

 

Tuscany - general information

Tuscany - general information - site contains general information about Tuscany, events etc.

GoTuscany - a large compilation of links to information about Tuscany. It can sometimes be a little slow to load from the US.

 

Venice

Send postcards from Venice -

Florence and countryside -

• Museums in and around Florence

 

Uffizi Gallery

•  Uffizi Gallery - virtual guide

 

• Uffizi - the complete virtual catalogue

 

•  Florence art guide

 

• Institute and Museum of the History of Science - located in Florence, right on the Arno near the Ponte Vecchio, you can view parts of their collection online
• Florence - airport

 

Milan

• Malpensa Express - express train from airport to downtown Milan
• La Scala  -  home page for La Scala opera house

 

Rome

• Listing of various restaurants  - unedited ( we take no responsibility) listing of restaurants around central Rome

• The Vatican - the official home page.
• Rome airport - main page for Rome airport  - good information

 

 

Italian Train Information

• State Railway - website contains timetables and good information for travellers going by train.

Art, Culture & History.....

• Rome - what's on - Events, music, culture and happenings in Rome
• Etruscan Network: Internet Resources -  links to pages on the Etruscans.

Cities.....

• Greve web site - in central Chianti Classico
• Panzano web site - in central Chianti Classico
• Monteriggioni Castle -
• Italian City Locator

Wine.....

• The Italian Wine Review - produced by Kyle Phillips in Florence, very knowledgable  on Italian wines.
• Chianti Net - lots of information about the Chianti area, including hikes, properties for sale, and of course, vino.
• Chianti Classico Consortium - founded in 1924.
• Tuscan Wineries -
• Avignonesi
• Castello Banfi: this American owned winery in Montalcino now has its own Web site that is very informative.
• Carpineto
• La Torre
• Castello di Monterinaldi in Chianti - a winery in Radda, in the very center of the Chianti Classico district.
• Tenuta Torciano - San Gimignano
• Castello Verrazzano - just north of Greve on the 222 Route, this beautiful winery conducts great tours of its cellars and has wonderful sampler lunches.
• Castello Vicchiomaggio
• Calabrian Wineries
• Librandi - from their web site.... "The Librandi wine company is headquartered at Ciró Marina, an attractive small town on the Ionian coast of Calabria near Punta Alice, a southern promontory on the Gulf of Taranto. This area is ideally suited for grape growing due to its excellent clay soil and its location between the sea and the Sila Mountains which creates extreme differences in day and night-time temperatures. The Librandi family has grown grapes in this area for four generations."

Cybercafés -

• Worldwide search for cybercafes - gret website for finding public internet locations wherever you travel.

• Italy cybercafes-  

• Paris cybercafes

Railpasses -

Links About Paris:

• Schools, Faculties & Institutes in and around Paris.
• Entertainment Addresses for Paris, and the Departments 77, 78, and 91. A exhaustive list of concert halls, movie theaters, playhouses, for Paris and surrounding area. This list is searchable by category, street, metro stop, arrondissement, etc. (version française).
• Paris Opéra Ballet pages of Estelle Souche.
• Les Champs Élysées page from Art Nouveau in Paris, by Frank Derville.
• Métro detail
• Michel Colin's album of Paris images.
• <>Magic Paris - Jean-Christophe Patat's pages about Paris.
• Bookstores in Paris
• Historical Maps of Paris
• Official Web Sites
• Musée du Louvre - (Paris Pages section: Musée du Louvre)
• Musée d'Orsay - (Paris Pages section: Musée d'Orsay)
• Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
• Indicateur des métros
• WWW version
• tcl/tk version

• Online Images
• A Photographer's Guide to Paris - Philip Greenspun
• (C) Paris - Didier Forray
• Cent Photos de Paris - René Peyré
• Photonet
• Paris Panoramas
• Paris by the Water
• Notre Dame de Paris
• l'Ile Saint-Louis
• Paris Photos
• Photos de Paris - F. Kaplan
• Des portraits dans le metro - Arnaud Thomas
• Disneyland Paris
• Disneyland Paris FAQ #1
• Disneyland Paris FAQ #2
• Over There - Jeffrey Burr's account of a sojourn in Paris.
• The Internet Town Hall page about Paris.
• La Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. - Official Web Site (English Version).
• Port de Paris Arsenal
• La Bourse de Commerce de Paris
• Hôtel Potocki - Visit their headquarters
• Louis Garneray - An exposition of paintings.

Links about France

Guide to France

Wine map of France

• Vive La France! - Programmes in French on UK TV and French cultural events in London.