Geography:
Italy is located in the south of European part of Eurasia. Occupies the central part of the Mediterranean, the Apennine peninsula and the island of Sicily and Sardinia. The shores are washed by the Italian Seas 5: Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, the Mediterranean Sea in the south-west, the Ionian Sea in the south-east and the Adriatic Sea in the east.
Border countries – France in the west, Switzerland – in the north-west, Austria – in the north-east, Slovenia – in the east.
The main rivers of the country – the Po, which flows into the central part of the country, and the Tiber, which flows through the territory of the Apennine peninsula. Most of Italy is mountainous terrain. In the north – the southern slopes of the Alps, where is the highest point of Europe – Mont Blanc – 4807 meters. In the south – the Apennines, the highest point – Mount Corno Grande – 2914 meters. Once in Italy there are two active volcanoes – Vesuvius (Apennines). The height of the volcano 1279 meters.) And Etna (Sicily. The height of the volcano 3323 meters.).
Throughout the country there are two small states – the Vatican city-state and the republic of San Marino.

Climate:
In Italy, a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with the transition to a moderate continental in the north-east. Summer – hot, in this time of year you can expect thunderstorms, winter – soft, with little or no precipitation. Snow falls rarely, except in mountainous regions of the Alps, where high altitude is up to 200 days a year.