Recommended Italy guide books, maps
& Italian language courses.
Rick Steve guides are the most popular travel guides with tourists in Italy. They continually receive rave reviews for the tips and recommendations. Click through for other Italian City guides.
The Eyewitness guides are my favorite. Their travel guides are complete and provide a wealth of information on history, culture and interesting facts. I like the way they divide the cities into to manageable chunks and their area maps are very handy.