Venice & The Veneto in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights & attractions of a range of cities, regions & countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin guides are renowned for their individual ...

Venice & The Veneto in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights & attractions of a range of cities, regions & countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’, ranking restaurants, sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organised alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly as well as being designed for practical use on the road. With an emphasis on cultural activities & history, each sight is graded & has extensive background information. Practical visitor information is clearly highlighted with symbols. Predominantly recognised for their extensive coverage of French regions (shown on our website in a separate series), the Green Guides also cover international destinations. An extensive introductory section on planning your trip provides information on when & where to go, useful pre-trip information, getting there, where to stay & eat & what to do & see. There are also individual sections on Nature, History & Art ad Culture & a selection of driving tours of the area. Fold-out maps at the front & back of the book give an overview of the area covered by the guide. The structure of each guide varies depending on the type of destination. National & regional guides cover regions alphabetically, each with their own accommodation, sights & food & drink listings, while City guides cover sights alphabetically with one city-wide section for listings. Accommodation & food & drink listings are both concise & comprehensive, aiming to cater for all budgets & tastes. Both sights & listings often include information specific to travelling with kids. Each of the places covered in the guide is listed alphabetically & three Michelin star ratings
- highly recommended, recommended & interesting, which have been used for more than 100 years
- help readers identify places of interest, restaurants & notable local attractions. Individual listings include principal sights for each city or town, local walking & driving tours in addition to tips on local excursions. There is also an ‘address book’ information box in each section including recommendations for the best restaurants & accommodation in the area, as well as any relevant leisure activities. A series of overview regional & city plans also helps navigation & orientation for each region.

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Venice at 1: 6, 000 on an indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint. The plan covers the whole city, with insets for the Lido (complete at 1:14, 000), Murano (1:9, 000) & Burano (1:6, 000), plus a road map at 1:175, 000 showing the whole lagoon & access to the city from the mainl&. 93 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are listed next to the plan, with the most important ones also prominently marked on it. Several famous buildings are also shown by small drawings. The plan shows the lines & stops of the vaporetto services, but without indicating line numbers. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

In this colorful new history of Venice, Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading experts on Venice, tells the story of the place from its ancient origins, & its early days as a multicultural trading city where Christians, Jews & Muslims lived together at the crossroads between East & West. She explores the often overlooked role of Venice, alongside Florence & Rome, as one of the principal Renaissance capitals. Now, as the resident population falls & the number of tourists grows, as brash new advertisements disfigure the ancient buildings, she looks at the threat from the rising water level & the future of one of the great wonders of the world. ...

Venice in the Cities of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural & historical exploration of some of the great city landscapes of the world. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the history of the city, providing an overview of the city’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the city & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers thoughts on the future of the city, suggested further reading & indices of literary & historical names & famous places & attractions. ...

The Cafe Life series takes you to its third Italian city La Serenissima (the Most Serene Republic) with Cafe Life Venice. Like predecessors Cafe Life Rome & Cafe Life Florence, it explores a select group of family-run establishments. However, because Venice moves to the stroke of its very own gondola paddle (voga), you'll be drinking less coffee, eating less gelato & sipping more wine. This may be good news to some of you. The Venetians do love their wine, & you'll see them loving it at almost any time of day in one of the city's many bacari. The bacaro is a cross between a cafe & a wine bar, where you'll find locals knocking back an ombra (Venetian for glass of wine) & eating cichetti (tapas-like snacks) as they stand at the bar. This guidebook
Includes:: richly anecdotal text & fascinating interviews with the owners; stunning photography that beautifully evokes the city, its neighborhoods, & bacaro; &, carefully chosen establishments sprinkled throughout the sestieri of Venice to help you refuel during your wanderings.
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Venice is a city like no other on earth. With its ancient origins now lost & long forgotten, all that the modern visitor has with which to understand & appreciate Venice is the magnificent artistic & architectural heritage of the great city itself. It is this fabulous legacy that ” Venice: City of Art” seeks to define & present through a collection of remarkable new photographs. The book offers a portrait of the city through the ages: from its Gothic & Renaissance heydays through to the Neoclassical & Romantic eras. It features not only the great landmarks scattered around & beyond Piazza San Marco but also everyday scenes down little alleyways & narrow canals. Offering elegant & appealing vistas on scenes both familiar & little-known, & with a text that provides a fresh & approachable introduction to the history of the city, its builders & artists, its Doges & citizens, this book will be treasured by all those for whom the city of Venice holds a special place in their affections. ...

A title created in the light of Peter Ackroyd’s own television series, Venice
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This book by no means seeks to provide a complete history of the lagoon islands but simply aims to highlight some of the most salient aspects, saving them from the shadows where the marvels of Venice are all too often hidden away. ” The Discovering Venice Series” takes the reader on a wild journey through one of the world`s most famous cities. Covering all aspects of Venetian life, from history to culture, art to architecture this highly readable series is a must for anyone with a passion for Venice. ...

Venice 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. ...