Venice on a large map from Insight Guides combining a street plan at 1:6, 000 covering most of the city, a map of Venice with the nearby islands of the Lagoon, & a road map of the mainland extending north to the Dolomites & south to Ferrara. The map is arranged in four panels showing: Venice at 1:12, 500 including the city ...

Venice at 1:7, 500 on a laminated, waterproof & tear-resistant street plan from the AA with on the reverse a mini guide to the city highlighting its top 25 sights, recommendations for eating out, shopping & entertainment, plus general tourist information. The map covers most of the city apart from its southernmost tip & the southern part of Giudecca. Recommended sights are highlighted & other places of interest are prominently marked. Insets show Mutano & Burano. Street index is next to the plan. Vaporetto lines & stops are not marked on the plans but are shown on a separate inset. On the reverse are publishers ...

Venice street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Global Map imprint, offering a more handy size alternative to their coverage of the whole city, but still including Murano, Burano & central Lido. The main plan covers Venice from the road access to the maritime port & the car parking facilities on Tronchetto to Isola S. Pietro & the Biennale grounds, plus Giudecca & S. Gorgio Maggiore. 92 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & various 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. On the reverse is a street index for, plus indexed plans of Murano, Burano & the Lido. ...

Venice in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see &, as such, the title provides thorough & objective reference information covering art, history & architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details & photographs. Cross referenced indexing means information is accessible & layout navigable. Selective listings of restaurants & accommodation are chosen in the belief that good, practical recommendations will contribute to the enjoyment of good art & culture. ...

Venice Baedeker is divided into four main categories
- background, practicalities, tours & A-Z of sites. The guide is introduced
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Venice in the Luxe city guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them ...

This volume takes readers on an aerial adventure above this ever-fascinating city & its surrounding region. A wide variety of panoramas depict the sights that are unique to Venice: the Lagoon with its islands of Burano, Torcello, & Murano; the network of canals branching out from the Grand Canal; the palaces, homes, & world-famous monuments that are all the more compelling when viewed from above. Chapters devoted to the Veneto region take readers to the neighboring cities of Vicenza, Padua, & Treviso as well as more obscure areas where photographs showcase lovely villages & castles, such as Citadel, Asolo, Bassano, & Chioggia. For anyone who wants to experience the magic of Venice & the Veneto, this volume is a souvenir to be cherished. ...

Venice on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant, detailed street plan from Touring Club Italiano, the best choice for any visitor who wants to escape beyond the main tourist areas for long walks across the city which invariably require constant reference to a good map. Elegant cartography & subtle colouring make this plan particularly easy to read. The main plan covers the whole of Venice, including Giudecca, San Giorgio Maggiore, San Michele cemetery & the car parking facilities on Tronchetto. All the famous monuments & public buildings are clearly marked. Vaporetto lines are shown with numbers & stops. Separate plans at a slightly reduced scale of 1:10, 000 show most of the Lido, Murano, & Burano with Torcello. An inset at 1:100, 000 covers the entire lagoon & the road network on the mainland around Mestre & the Marco Polo airport. On the reverse, the index

Includes:: streets on the islands of the lagoon & has lists of useful contact numbers, including radio taxis, etc. Map legend & index notes include English.

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Jan Morris’ Venice is an impassioned portrait of one of the world’s most glorious cities by ‘one of our greatest writers’ (according to the The Times). Divided into three sections which explore the Venetian people, the city itself & the lagoon on which it stands, Venice enriches any visit to that great city
- be it in person, or simply in the mind. An impassioned evocation of Venice that is tantamount to a witty love letter to Italy`s most iconic city. Vivid prose, humour & irony are used to present a highly personal, yet accessible portrait of this glorious, eccentric city.
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Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life & character, set against the background of the city`s past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights & colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated & brought vividly to life. Jan Morris first visited the city of Venice as young James Morris, during World War II. As she writes in the introduction, `it is Venice seen through a particular pair of eyes at a particular moment
- young eyes at that, responsive above all to the stimuli of youth.` Venice is an impassioned work on this magnificent but often maddening city. Jan Morris`s collection of travel writing & reportage spans over five decades &

Includes:: such titles as Sydney, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain & Manhattan `45. Since its first publication, Venice has appeared in many editions, won the W.H. Heinemann award & become an international bestseller. ” The best book about Venice ever written.” (Sunday Times). ” No sensible visitor should visit the place without it... Venice stands alone as the essential introduction, & as a work of literature in its own right.” (Observer).


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