Venice on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map, with street plans of the city, Murano, Burano & the Lido, a diagram of the vaporetti lines, road maps of the Venice area & of its wider environs, plus extensive tourist information. On one side is a street plan of Venice at 1:6, 000, extending from the railway station & Piazzale Roma to just beyond the basins of the Arsenale (i.e. without the parking facilities on the Tronchetto & without its eastern tip with the pavilions of the Biennale). Vaporetti lines are shown with numbers & names of the stops. Main public buildings, places of interest & selected hotels are prominently highlighted & named. The plan is indexed for streets, hotels, public buildings & points of interest (but be sure to look for famous buildings under their full name, Basilica di San Marco, etc.). Also included is a diagram of the vaporetti lines. Insets provide street plans of Murano, Burano & main part of the Lido at various scales, with the Venice area covered at 1:110, 000 including access to the Marco Polo airport. The city ...

Insight Guides Flexi Map Venice: This easy to use, full-colour, water-proof map is all you need to navigate Venice. It also



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` None of Venice`s innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissima`s character with quite such a combination of the scholarly, the informal & the intimate... Over the years thousands of readers, starting this book, have been relieved to encounter its famously undemanding approach to the city
- ` Generally the first thing to do in Venice is to sit down & have some coffee`: but by the time they get to the end of it, all the same, they will have learnt virtually everything that an educated stranger needs to know about the place, its art & its history, besides being subtly entertained throughout.` From Jan Morris`s introduction
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The double-sided city maps include all essential information:- detailed & clear representation of town centre- appealing 3D-display of selected typical buildings- brief description of 16 highlights in 4 languages complemented with attractive pictures- useful additional information for a successful trip (vicinity map, public transport, travel information, climate chart, index of important streets)- up-to-date amendments via QR-Code (airports, local traffic, fairgrounds…). ...

” The entire town is disguised, ” declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. &, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask & male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova. In Venice Incognito, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city. He draws on a wealth of material to explore the world view of maskers, both during & outside of carnival, & reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. This vivid account goes beyond common views that masking was about forgetting the past & minding the muse of pleasure to offer fresh insight into the historical construction of identity. ...

Venice in the City Guide series from Insight provides a detailed exploration of a range of destinations &

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Venice in the Smart Guide series from Insight is a streamlined version of travel information, in a concise format arranged in three sections
- Areas, A-Z & Atlas. Areas & districts in & around town are described before the guide moves on to an A-Z detailing of attractions & services, from accommodation to transportation via history & nightlife. The guide has some language tips, a climate chart & an overview of top attractions shown on its fly-leaf. A selective, indexed mini Atlas of a few maps at the back of each guide helps place sites & attractions for the tourist & each guide is illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges & squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs & secrets that only Venetians know. With everything from practical advice for aspiring Venetian lovers to hints at where to find the best bacaro, Scarpa waves the tourist in the right direction &, without naming a single restaurant, hotel or bar, relates the secret language needed to experience the real Venice. So ignore the street signs
- why fight the labyrinth? Venice, the fish, is ready to swallow you whole.
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Venice in the Key Guide series from AA Publishing; exploring a range of international destinations & recently been re-launched with full colour pages. Thorough & detailed in style, the guides are targeted at an older audience, exploring the principal sights, walks, activities, restaurants & accommodation of the destination. A detailed introductory section provides comprehensive information about the destination, including the economy, politics, heritage & language. There are also specific sections unique to each destination, covering society, the urban & rural, sports & leisure, art media & culture, history & science & technology. Each title is organised in the same way with destinations grouped by region or district & colour-coded to help readers navigate around the guide. An On the Move section provides details on transport, with important information on arriving, getting around (including distinctive local transport features such as metro & underground networks) & for visitors with a disability. Individual regional sections cover Sights, driving & walking opportunities, what to do, eating & accommodation. Local listings are accompanied by addresses, opening times, prices, directions & local transport options, though options for younger travellers & those with children are more limited. Extensive colour photography accompanies the text, with a range of pictures illustrations the main sites of the city, region or country. An extensive Practicalities chapter at the back of each guide carries essential information on weather, documents & customs, money, health, communication, tourist information, useful websites, finding help, opening times & entrance fees, media & books, films & maps. There is also basic information on entertainment & nightlife, sports & activities, film & music & festivals & events. ...

Venice Blue Guide Literary Companion is a pocket sized anthology of extracts from writings by the poets, novelists, playwrights, historians, travellers & socialites who have visited Venice down the ages. Each author & piece is briefly introduced, & the guide features black & white overview plans of areas of the city with literary landmarks. ...