You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Naples & the Amalfi Coast. In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Naples & the Amalfi Coast, including Pompeii, Vesuvius, Positano, & Amalfi Town. Visit Naples' Archaeological Museum, the Pompeii Forum, or the cathedrals & beaches of the Amalfi coast. You'll get Rick's firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, & nightlife, & the maps & self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews & directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket. Rick Steves' Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves' European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick's up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time & money. They include good-value hotel & restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, & travel practicalities). ...

Naples & the Sorrento Peninsula at 1:175, 000 in a Smart Map series from the Touring Club Italiano, printed on light waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper, with a street plan of Naples annotated with several sights, plus 12 more recommendations from Capri & Ischia to Vesuvius, Pompeii & Amalfi. Cartography is from TCI’s excellent regional series at 1:200, 000, enlarged here to 1:175, 000 & with an additional overprint to highlight the publishers’ recommendations. On the reverse are notes about other aspects of the region: natura e ambiente, arte e cultura, manifestazioni, sapori e ambiente, & tempo libero, all based on Touring Editore’s vast experience of presenting the country’s heritage & culture. Map legend & all the text are in Italian only. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Naples in the City Pack series from AA Publishing; covering an extensive selection of world-wide cities in a handy, pocket-sized laminated format. The guides provde a detailed overview of each destination, with each city organised by district to allow for practical use on the city streets. An introductory section introduces readers to the city, with individual features on a short stay in the city, the Top 25 attractions, shopping by theme, the city by night, eating out & restaurants by cuisine. Each guide is presented in a similar format, exploring the city by geographical area & district. A basic overview map is provided at the start of each section & there is detailed listings information on the principal sights, walks, shops, entertainment & nightlife & restaurants for each area of the city. A Farther Afield section explores the area outside the city limits, with suggestions for possible excursions & day trips. A dedicated accommodation chapter provides information about a range of budget, mid-range & luxury hotels to suit for individual tastes. There is also a Need to Know chapter with practical information on getting there & around, essential facts, language & a timeline of the city. ...

This is the savvy city breakers' pocket guide to seeing & doing more in Naples
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Bay of Naples in the Pocket Guide series from Insight provides detailed commentary on a collection of itinerary based trips in a handy pocket format. Each guide has an historical & cultural introduction, profiling the growth of the region or city. There is also a large selection of localised & pedestrian friendly tour itineraries designed to take in the major sites, as well as a chapter on excursions to other destinations within easy reach. Further sections detail leisure activities including shopping, eating out, nightlife, festivals & local events with accompanying addresses & contact details where relevant. There is also practical guidance on transport, local services, language & accommodation. Each guide also has a large selection of colour photographs & a pull-out pocket map giving an overview of the region. ...

Naples Province at 1:100, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Central Naples street plan on light, waterproof & tear-resistant pocket map with Touring Club Italiano’s excellent, clear cartography; indexed, with a diagram of the metro network, information about main sights, useful addresses, etc. The plan, printed on light, waterproof & tear resistant plastic paper, has clear, elegant cartography. An inset extends the coverage north to include the museum at Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte, with a second inset covering the cultural & recreational facilities of Mostra d’ Oltremare. Metro stations are clearly marked. Main traffic arteries are highlighted, but one way street are not indicated. Public buildings, including museums, churches, etc. are named. Street index is on the reverse. The plan is accompanied by a diagram of the metro network, a small map of the city’s environs, plus lists of main sights with opening hours, etc., & contact details of other useful institutions. Map legend & all information are in Italian & English. ...

Naples in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

From swanky yachts to shadowy streets, layers of history make this area an enthralling one for any visitor: wherever you are in the Bay of Naples, Vesuvius dominates the landscape. This combination of volcanology with society has created the intoxicating city of Naples, & formed the fascinating historical site of Pompeii. This Footprint Focus guide ensures you make the best of your trip, including details on the best places to eat, sleep & enjoy it bel far niente (the beauty of doing nothing). Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Naples, Pompeii, Vesuvius & Herculaneum. Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep & play.

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities, from finding the finest art to the tastiest pizza. Detailed maps for Milan & other key destinations. Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Naples (
Includes: Pompeii, Vesuvius & Herculaneum) provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of Italy`s most captivating regions. The content of the Footprint Focus Naples (
Includes: Pompeii, Vesuvius & Herculaneum) guide has been extracted from Footprint`s Naples & the Amalfi Coast Full-Colour Guide.



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Norman Lewis arrived in Naples in 1944 as an Intelligence Officer attached to the American 5th Army. The local populace were starving & desperate. They had devoured all the tropical fish in the aquarium, respectable women had been driven to prostitution & the black market was king, but still they retained an unquenchable zest for life. Lewis became disenchanted with his fellow soldiers & drew comfort from the Neapolitans that he encountered & came to befriend. He even goes so far as to note that `were I given the chance to be born again, Italy would be the country of my choice`. Lewis, one of the greatest 20th century travel writers, effortlessly brings the tempestuous city & its inhabitants to life in this lyrical, detached account of life here at the end of the war. ...