Some information we hope you find usefull when picking your destination. If this is your first visit to
Italy then this information
could help you prepare for your holiday in
Italy and hopefully with your car-hire selection.
Italy is located near
Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of TunisiaItaly shares it's boundaries with the following countries ([country name] [length of boundary])
Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km, Switzerland 740 km.
Italy has
7,600 km of coastline and it's climate tends to be
predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south it's terrain for those interested
is
mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands.
The population of
Italy is
58,145,320 it's capital is
Rome and the most commonly spoken languages are
Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area).
information is uptodate, retrieved from Central Intelligence Agency