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Italy

Passport and visa service: For further information, consult the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
For further information: To find out where the Italian Embassies and Consulates are in your country, consult the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
Contact your embassy

Official language: The official language is Italian.
Other languages spoken: You should note that the use of dialects persists in this country. Albanian is spoken by approximately 80,000 people in the South and 50,000 people in the rest of the country. 20,000 residents in the North East of Sardinia speak Gallurese. In addition, the Sardinian language is also spoken in Sardinia by approximately 1.2 million people.
Business language: More and more people have some knowledge of English.
Getting some knowledge: Use the travlang website
Free translation tools: The Evta website - To do on-line translations
Translated - Free translation arabic-italian-arabic
TV5 - Free translation arabic-italian-arabic
logosdictionary - Free dictionary arabic-italian-arabic

Domestic currency: Euro
ISO Code: EUR
To obtain domestic currency: There are no ATMs, but small bureaux with a sign "change". They are in all the large towns, but they are not so common in small villages, so make sure you have enough cash on you.
Possible means of payment: You can pay in cash or with a credit card: Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa. Cheques are also taken but they must be in euros, pounds Sterling or American dollars.
Exchange rate on
Automatic Teller Machines (ATM): To find out the locations of ATMs in in Italy, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Type of climate: Mountain climate in the North, continental on the plains and Mediterranean in the coastal regions. On average, temperatures vary between 11°C and 19°C.
For further information: Italian Meteorological website

Telephone codes: To call in Italy from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +39.
To call Tunisia from Italy, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: The mobile phones used are GPRS.
Internet suffix: .it
Emergency numbers