Index: Best of Europe

General Travel:

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/
Information about countries around the world

Currency converter

http://www.weatherbase.com
Information about weather around the world

The U.S. Dept. of State travel information and warnings

Italy:

http://www.italiantourism.com/
General information and maps of Italy as well as regional links for more specific information.

http://www.italiansrus.com/
General information on Italian culture, including recipes, photos and language lessons

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/ita/ita.asp
General information about traveling in Italy

The official site of the Italian Embassy in the U.S

http://www.romeguide.it/
Maps and information on many Rome topics

http://www.travel.it/roma/roma_pho.html
Pictures of monuments in Rome--text in Italian

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0-Tour.html
Information and extensive pictures of the Sistine Chapel

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html
Information and extensive pictures of the Vatican's museums

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/citta/0-Citta.html
Information and extensive pictures of the Vatican City

http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/index.htm
General information on Florentne artists

http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/index.htm
Information and pictures of famous sites and monuments, epochs, and personages of Florence

http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/
The home page of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence

http://www.invenicetoday.com/
General information and pictures of Venice

Note: We are continuing to expand and update these links.