Travel to Italy

Lonely Planet Venice

Format: Paperback
Author: Damien Simonis
ReleaseDate: January, 2006
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

A+ Seller
Can't wait to take it on vacation with me. Book was brand new.

Not as good as Eyewitness
The Lonely Planet descriptions seemed to tell me about everything that was going badly in Venice and focused very little on the beautiful and positive side of the city. Although this guide book did have useful information and was small and easy to carry, I thought our Eyewitness Venice travel guide was much better. I would recommend checking out the Eyewitness book instead.

INVALUABLE ... Lonely Planet kicks it up several notches!
Lonely Planet has recently started to revamp all their guides and I have the new Rome, Florence & Venice. The 3 reviews earlier refers to the older version of this guide. They are absolutely flawless. I will focus on Venice here (Rome & Florence has the same format as well). You will have an Introduction to Venice, City Life, Art & Architecture, History, Food (as Italy was united in 1870, every region has their specialties) Shopping recommendations, extended accomodation listings from 5 star to budget. Excursions to Verona (home to the great Italian dry red Amarone), Padua etc. , color map section, entertainment, directory of transportation and practicalities, walking tours in each sestieri etc. Everything is grouped in their respective sestieri (old municipal divisions) for ease.

As Venice is broken down into 6 sestieri (or old municipal divisions), you will have 6 recommended walking tours in each sestieri accompanied with maps. Walking tours range from 2. 5km to 9 km (1 mile = 1. 609km) . . . absolutely awesome . . . Special and/or useful interesting reads in color boxes . . . Top 5 recommendations for small charming hotels, hotel gardens, luxury hotels, museums, galleries, books, cds, films, activities for children, meat restaurants, gelato shops, pastry shops, foreign eats (if you ever get tired of eating Italian), cafes, drinking establishments, shopping areas, craft shops & shops for Kids. Top 10 notable buildings. Top 5 quirky events. Commentaries on important sites, churches, artwork etc. Floorplan of Basilica di San Marco. Information on tickets, opening/closing times.

The directory is very useful with URLs, email and tel. nos. and recommended transportation tickets. Notes on special museum and church tickets. Recommended walking/vaporetto tours to take.

Highly recommended . . . made planning sooo easy!.

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