Italy is a Southern European country covering an area of 116,347 sq miles It has a largely mediterranean climate and due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot). With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous EU member state. Italy is a highly developed country and has the third largest economy in the Eurozone and the eighth-largest in the world.
We visited in June 2006.
