This extensive travel companion has been revised and updated in order to include a new chapter on Sardinia, additional details of key Italian cities, coverage of regional cuisine and wine, and comments on contemporary Italian society, including an article on the Sicilian Mafia and its Neapolitan and Calabrian equivalents. It contains detailed descriptions of art and architecture, cinema and literature, plus listings of restaurants and hotels pitched at all budgets, from the most limited to the most comfortable.