Being part of a tour group in one sense reduces the need for guide books. After all, for the majority of the time the day's activities are already planned out, and even the transportation is arranged for you!
Still, it can be nice to have a guide book to give you a chance to read up on an area, or reflect back on what you've seen. For instance, if time is limited in a huge basilica, you could go in there already knowing that you want to search out their baptistry, or a particular mosaic, etc., rather than realizing later that evening just what you'd missed.
But books get heavy and bulky. So carefully choose the one whose style fits your own.
Unless you already own a kindle, nook, ipad or other e-reader. You can go to the various e-book download sites (e.g., iBooks or the amazon kindle website) and search for Italy travel books. Often you can download a sample of the book before purchasing, giving you the opportunity to decide if you like the way information is presented by Fodor or Frommer, Rough Guide or Lonely Planet, Mobile Reference, Rick Steves or any other publisher. Downloading an e-book adds no added weight or bulk, if you were planning to bring your e-reader along, anyway!
Again, you do NOT NEED a guide book, this is just a suggestion if you've been thinking about getting one!
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