This essential guide for all travellers to Italy contains thematic chapters covering topics such as accommodation, problems and emergencies and food and drink, with each chapter containing lists of basic vocabulary followed by sentences the user will want to say or will hear. Practical information is also included, as are informal and slang expressions.The book also includes a bilingual dictionary containing around 4,000 terms, so that the user can look up specific words. In addition, there is a guide to grammar, notes on holidays and festivals, and a section on useful addresses and telephone numbers (tourist office, embassy etc).p>Fold-out colour maps of Rome and Florence make this book ideal for all holidays or business trips.