With a revised binding & format AA Essential Guide Florence & Tuscany" gives you all the information you need to know for a memorable holiday. Pocket-size & packed full of information you really need the guide is great value for your money & an ideal choice to help you get the best out of Florence & Tuscany. The guide contains helpful advice for planning your trip with information about when to go getting there being there & getting around. There are website addresses & practical information throughout. The best things to see & do plus the unmissable ten best things to do & all other recommended sights are cross-referenced with grid locations so you can pinpoint them on the mapping." ...

Ideal for business or leisure ' City Pack Venice' is succinct with all the practical information you need for a perfect trip. Presented in a handy compact format the guide also contains a separate fold-out map within a concealed poppered pocket to help you navigate the city. This new edition lists Top 25 sights & experiences in one chapter & features 3 new sections; City Tours section contains self-guided tours that show you the best of the city; More To See sights is ideal if you have extra time on your hands & Focus On helps you get know the city in more depth. ...

Discover Venice with the Venice City Map & Mini Guide". This highly practical & easy to use city sheet map comprises a city map of Venice with places of interest marked on it with comprehensive tourist & transport information provided on the reverse including top sights shopping where to eat & drink ticketing information & a transport map. The laminated map is water-resistant & rip-proof so you can plan your trip with ease whatever the weather." ...

Examines the way in which Venice's unusual topography has influenced the form & type of the city's buildings. The text looks at the city's most important monuments such as the Rialto Bridge & the Basilica of San Marco discusses important building types such as churches & palaces & also looks at the urban fabric of the middle-class & working-class districts of the city. The buildings are set in their historical context & the text is illustrated with photographs & paintings & prints by some of the artists who have recorded the canals & building of Venice from Carpaccio & Bellini to Ruskin. ...

Marble palaces balanced atop wooden poles commuters crossing the Grand Canal standing in gondolas prosecco" bottles popping in tight quarters: Venice defies all common sense & chooses wonder instead. Alison Bing Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 2 expert authors 29 maps 100 islands 149km of canals 1500 years of art & architecture Comprehensive map section Feature coverage of top sights Range of planning tools In-depth background on Venice s art & architecture" ...

This is the walking guide to Venice taking in the cultural highlights & illustrated with paintings photographs & engravings to reveal how the city became how it is today. None of Venices innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissimas 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 a 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 & history besides being subtly entertained throughout. (from Jan Morris introduction to this new 8th revised edition published on the occasion of the titles 40th Anniversary).
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Whether youre a first-time tourist or seasoned traveller its virtually impossible to find yourself alone in Venice. The citys much architectural splendour its winding canals ancient piazzas & charming markets are marvellous to visit--and crowded with people in every season. In these hauntingly beautiful photographs Christopher Thomas takes readers on a solitary tour of the city Lord Byron once called the Most Serene Republic." As he did with his previous volume New York Sleeps Thomas uses long-term exposures & a now discontinued large-format Polaroid film to capture places bereft of humans in the early hours of the day. Readers can almost feel the ghosts of Titian Shakespeare Vivaldi & Henry James wandering these canals & cobblestones; & they can experience the city as it was intended to be: an ingeniously planned aesthetically delightful oasis of beauty light shadows
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Genuinely pocket-sized Venice Inside Out is the perfect guide for your short break. Combining destination expertise with 2 award-winning Pop Out maps this ultra-portable guide will provide all the information you need to get the most out of your few precious days away. This innovative little travel companion comprises 2 detailed fold-out maps with a 64 page full-colour illustrated guide. The guide opens with 2 of our favourite itineraries. If youre short of time & want to see all the best bits these itineraries are sure to help you explore & savour the best that Venice has to offer. The guide is then divided in to 7 chapters: see it
- the best places to see from museums & cathedrals to markets monuments & much more; buy it
- pinpoints the key shopping areas & stores to target; watch it
- places to be entertained: shows theatres music venues ballet comedy cinema & nightlife; taste it
- from ethnic cuisine to local fare to the top places for an evening cocktail; all the best places to eat & drink; know it
- all the practical information you need to get the best out of your trip; directory
- hotel listings additional places to visit annual events & useful websites; speak it
- essential local words & phrases. In addition to the 2 detailed street maps there is also a transit map.






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The optimum city maps for exploring shopping & much more. The laminated pocket format is easy to use complete with public transport maps. The detailed scale shows even the smallest streets & it

Includes:: an extensive street index. The map also features the Top 10 highlights the city has to offer. Map Scale
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Experience all of Venices attractions with this up-to date authoritative guide packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- thats what Marco Polo Guides are all about. Discover hotels great restaurants & trendy nightlife venues get numerous tips for shopping & what to do if youre on a tight budget & find out about local festivals & events. Also contains: Perfect Day Travel Tips Travel with Kids Links Blogs Apps & more Italian phrasebook & index. With water everywhere & not a car or scooter in sight no other place is as fun to explore as Venice. Experience the wonderful atmosphere of this traffic-free city: whether walking along its alleys crossing its bridges or relaxing in a gondola on the Grand Canal this practical pocket-sized guide shows you all the highlights. The Insider Tips reveal where you can discover out-of-the-way canals & islands aboard traditional wooden barges. The Best Of pages highlight unique features of Venice recommend places to go for free & have tips for rainy days & where you can relax & chill out. Panels in each chapter suggest things to do if youre on a tight budget & where you might pick up some real bargains. The City Walks invite you amongst other things to tour the lagoon city by boat while the Dos & Donts tell you why you are not allowed to picnic in St Marks square or feed the pigeons. MARCO POLO Venice provides comprehensive coverage of the city. To help you find your way around theres a detailed Street Atlas inside a useful map of public water transport in the back cover plus a handy pull-out map. A must-have for all travellers including those who havent bought a travel guide in the past
- all this for only GBP5.99!

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