Designed for the savvy traveler, the new, full-color Smart Guides travel series packs a lot of information into an accessible, compact format making it easy to find what you're looking for. We've found local writers and travel experts who know the destination intimately and who recommend their favorite places to eat, drink, shop and stay. Their recommendations are not the usual travel guidebook fare - many of them are new and exciting, quirky and interesting places you will not find in other GUIDEBOOKS.
I like the Insight guides. This one offers ovely photos to inspire, interesting history of Italy, lots of cultural info, but for hard information about where to go and what to see, rely on something newer with more detail. You'll miss a lot if this is the only resource you use.