Italy

Population: 57.2 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Rome
Area: 301,338 sq km (116,346 sq miles)
Major language: Italian
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 77 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Euro = 100 cents

Bella Italia! The best food, the best fashion, the best… well, the Italians would probably continue the list until the bottom of the page.

Suffering from the rule of the corrupt and cruel Berlusconi, Italy remains one of the more charming places on the planet.

Road Junky has 37 Italy articles. Scroll down to view.

Italy Travel Guide Online

Italy is the land of all things beautiful. From the good food to the designer clothes, from the medieval art to the historical towns, life in la bella Italia is ...

Asian Culture in the West

The rain banished the May heat and turned the narrow streets of Florence into death zones with umbrella prongs passing at neck-height. Confused gaggles of tourists made the pavements unpassable ...

Communism is Alive and Well In Italy

As the band reached its dizzy finale, the crowd went wild as the violinist set down his instrument and began to wave a large red flag with the hammer and ...

From Communist China to Italy in 1952

1952: I was 18, my sister Maria 11 years older. A few days before, our ship from China had docked in Naples, and we had gone, by train, with our ...

The Art of Conversation is Alive and Well on Italian Buses

I dashed through the streets of Sarzana and was only just in time for the 6pm bus, the last of the day. A couple of minutes later and I would ...

Leaving Right-Wing Italy

Getting off the train at Milano Centrale, I avoided the junkies and pickpockets that inhabit the station like rats and made my way over towards the airport bus. It was ...

Roberto Saviano, Gomorra and the Camorra

Roberto Saviano is one of the bravest writers alive today. His book, Gomorra, a graphic expose of one of the largest criminal organizations in the world, the Camorra of Napoli, ...

The Culture of Dubbing and Why Italians Can't Speak English

It isn’t just Italians, though. The Spanish, the Portuguese, even the Germans all watch television and movies with home-grown actors dubbing the original voices. Within the limitless depths of a ...

Italian Cooking Just Aint That Good

Tell someone that you’re going to live in Italy and the first thing they’ll probably do is lick their lips and say ‘Ooh, pizza, spaghetti, all that good food!’, followed ...

The End of the Road (almost) in Sardinia, Italy

After 13 years of nonstop traveling I recently decided to try and find somewhere to call home. Being British it made sense to me to choose somewhere in Europe where ...

Diffidence, Hospitality and Hitchhiking in Sardinia

I arrived in Sardinia on the 1st of May without knowing a soul. I flicked through the guidebooks for a hour in the airport and, remembering none of what I ...

Venice. the Fragile and the Extraordinary

Venice at twilight. The sea mist which enveloped the city the entire day seems to be disappearing, and the sky begins to reveal herself. Thick ribbons of peach ...

Freedom is Sleeping on a Beach - Sardinia, Italy

Like any proud road junky I get on the bus along the southern coast of Sardinia without a guidebook and trust to my senses to steer me in the right ...

Death and Enlightenment in South Italy

Last year I had the idea I wanted to live in South Italy, what with the good weather, fine food and women with dazzling green eyes. I’d learnt Italian for ...

Mount Etna Travel Story, Italy - Road Junky

There were five of us traveling together at this point: myself, Eric, Alex, Mark, and Adrian. We were in Siracusa on the island of Sicily, enjoying the ancient ruins and ...

Dating Italian Girls & Guys

Without straying into dubious references to Romeo and Juliet, Italy is a country where people love to love. Italians are enthusiastic about all that there is to be enjoyed to ...

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