This page brings together links that are not specifically about Venice or the Veneto, but may be useful for travellers wanting a wider context for their travels in Italy.
Slow Travelers: A community of people interested in a different type of travel. Lists of vacation rentals, reviews of places people have stayed, survival guides, restaurant and hotel reviews, trip reports, travel notes, photo gallery, and a great message board. Extensive information for Italy. Good stuff for other countries too.
Life and customs: John Murphy’s The Informer is a well-researched online guide to all aspects of living in Italy, especially practical matters such as taxes, visas, work permits and financial systems. Expats in Italy provides a forum with information for those thinking of moving to Italy or those who are already there. Italians Are Us introduces you to Italy through regional guides and features covering many topics including cookery, proverbs and genealogy.
Shopping in Italy: If you want to make the most of Italian fashion brands, but don’t want to pay Milan high-street prices, you need to buy the legendary Scoprioccasioni shopping guidebook Designer Bargains in Italy, with its lists of outlet stores all over the country.
Europe for visitors at About.com: About.com exists to draw together information from the best websites into a coherent whole alongside its own content. James Martin runs the helpful Europe for visitors pages, which cover the whole continent and include a section on Venice.
