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The Rough Guide to Italy 9 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) |  | Authors: Robert Andrews, Ros Belford, Jules Brown, Jonathan Buckley, Martin Dunford, Tim Jepson, Celia Woolfrey, Rough Guides
Publisher: Rough Guides
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 9
Pages: 1124
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 1848360312
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781848360310
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Product Description
The Rough Guide to Italy is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best Italian attractions. Discover the vibrant Italian regions with the off-the-beaten track information every visitor to Italy needs. Find up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels in Italy, bars in Italy, restaurants in Italy and shops in Italy to cater for all budgets. Whether you wish to visit the Colosseum in Rome, the thermal spas of Tuscany, the stunning architecture in the heart of Milan or the magnificent canals of Venice; this Rough Guide will ensure you make the most of every moment in Italy. Featuring a comprehensive guide to Italy’s gastronomic delights; enjoy the best authentic Italian food with regional food guides on each chapter and a section devoted to Italian wines. Packed with detailed, updated maps, you’ll find expert tips to help you make the most of Italy’s varied landscape, fantastic hikes and city walks in Italy combined with an authoritative background on Italy’s rich cultural history, highlighting Italy’s spectacular festival culture. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Italy.
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reliable, amusing and honest April 2, 2010
anonymous (Boston, USA)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
The Rough Guide is the way to go for touring and paying fair prices for what you get. Make sure to buy the most recent year and you'll be good to go. (and reserve way ahead of time in Italy especially in Venice, Florence!) The hotel and restaurant recommendations are reliable. The sometimes not-so-politically correct histories within are amusing enough to read the book cover-to-cover. Plus if a place is lousy they tell you not to waste your time instead of sending you there as a plug to sell the guide. Other guides sing praises about places you go to that are trash heaps filled with other tourists that have apparently read the same misinformed guide! Yes because it is a guide and reality changes faster than print: very, very rarely you will find something out-of-date or be disappointed by a recommendation. But less so with Rough Guides.
I've tried them all. The competition is not worth considering as they are almost always outdated or so limited to one set itinerary. Frommer's = way too expensive for what you get : hotels, restaurants for rich American tourists. Let's Go = hohum, many establishments do not still exist and if they do you'll be disappointed! (Best pizza in Parma = inedible) Lonely Planet = inspiring photos but lacking substance. Rick Steve's = ridiculous inaccurate hand-drawn maps and the one proscribed itinerary to visit an entire country.
Go Rough Guide. No regrets.
PS If you are planning on driving in Europe consider taking a GPS unit with you that has European maps and POI (point of interests) in it to alleviate stress and promote family accord. This is especially important when entering foreign cities. Using the GPS you can select a parking garage near the hotel (if none at hotel) before arrival, safely navigate there, park the car, and hoof the rest of the way on foot. Don't make the same mistake I did in Siena!
Good book August 8, 2010
ld1006
I went with a friend and we used this and rough guides and they helped alot
perfect guide December 29, 2009
Photo Linsay
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
Rough Guides are the best guides out there for travel. This updated version was a great gift for family members planning a trip for June 2010.
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