The year 1996 could be the year agriturismo - farm tourism,Italy's rural answer to the bed and breakfast - starts to give cityhotels a run for the traveler's money.
On Jan. 1, a two-year government freeze on hotel prices ends.
"Tour operators are telling us they are seeing hotel rates fornext year going up 30 percent. It's going to make other venues like(renting private) villas look reasonable," said Claude Zic, managerof public relations for the Italian Government Travel Office inChicago.
An ordinary first-class hotel already starts at $200 in Rome,Florence and Milan, with prices sometimes higher in Venice, whiletourist-class hotels might run $100 to …
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