Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914.50493 EAN: 9780789493866 ISBN: 0789493861 Label: DK Travel Manufacturer: DK Travel Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 672 Publication Date: 2003-01-31 Publisher: DK Travel Studio: DK Travel
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Editorial Reviews: Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel guidebooks-and they're still the best. Since 1993, the Eyewitness brand has established itself as one of the industry leaders, with sales of more than 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Featuring more than 70 worldwide destinations, new titles are being added to the best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides series each year. In 2003, to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK is re-launching the entire series, fully updated, and with a brand-new look.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great Travel Book! Comment: I bought this more for my grandparents and they LOVED it! When they were done with it, they gave it back and I am even more excited to visit Italy now thanks to this book. It is so detailed as far as region and food and wine and points of interest. I realize that I will have to plan to visit Italy more than once to see everything. The pictures and charts and maps are WONDERFUL!!!! I would recommend this book for any one planning on visiting Italy. I will buy other books about other countries from this book line before I travel. Customer Rating: Summary: Beats all the other travel guides Comment: This is the greatest for snapshots of where to go and what to see. Not terribly good on eating places and lodging, but on sightseeing, it beats all the rest---hands down! Customer Rating: Summary: Forget the rest, this is the best Comment: The only bad thing I can say about this book is that they must think the people who buy it have money, because most of their restaurant/hotel offerings are for those who have it. That said, it is just an incredible book. Don't even bother with the others. When I lead pilgrimages, this is the book I recommend. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Guidebook Comment: Because we were going to Florence, Venice, Rome and Lake Como, this was the general guidebook I chose as one of the key references for our trip. I read the sections that pertained to the trip beforehand. Soon, what I found myself doing was filling it with small post-it notes on which were notations like "must see" and "yes" and "wow". It was not that other guidebooks might not have held information about these places but this one had such fine photos and so many pithy details that it was just about all I needed to plan the trip. The 3-D drawings of the Uffizi and similar buildings, the Street-by-Street birds-eye perspective maps, and the small sidebars about painters such as Giotto were all so very helpful. I would recommend this book to all who are planning to go to Italy, and while I have not seen the new and updated version, this one worked fine in the summer of 2006 for our family. Customer Rating: Summary: Beautifully presentation, lacks specific recommendations Comment: This makes a good coffee table book for pre and post-travel. The photos and drawings are wonderful. However, the lack of specific reccomendations for restaurants, tips on how and when to see things, and local customs is obvious If you have to carry just one book with you, this one wouldn't be the one. If you want to impress your friends with what you'll see or have seen, by all means buy it. More Reviews