The Food Lover’s Guide to Florence: With Culinary Excursions in Tuscany (Paperback)
June 26, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
From Publishers Weekly
In her culinary guide, Miller, a freelance writer living in Florence, begins with the basics, noting the differences between a ristorante, osteria and trattoria; explaining the layout of the Italian menu (“With few variations, Florentine menus follow a standard order”); and sharing her thoughts on waiters and tipping (“Remember, no one is working toward a tip”). From there, Miller offers an introduction to Tuscan wines, and then organizes her listings in chapters such as “Restaurants and Trattorias,” “International Food,” and “Coffee, Pastries, and Chocolate.” For such Florentine specialties as bistecca fiorentina (a T-bone steak rubbed with olive oil, salt, lemon, and rosemary and served rare) she recommends a handful of restaurants throughout the city. She also notes where vegetarians can eat well and where to find kosher restaurants. This is a smart and useful tool for foodies passing time in Tuscany.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
More than a million English-speaking visitors descend on Florence annually, but few venture beyond the usual circuit of tourist restaurants to experience authentic Tuscan cuisine. This updated guide to the best gourmet restaurants and off-the-beaten-path locales offers in-depth profiles of the spots Florentines themselves treasure. Arranged by neighborhood for easy navigation, THE FOOD LOVER’S GUIDE TO FLORENCE is the single essential companion for travelers, students, and expats.
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Frommer’s Florence, Tuscany & Umbria (Frommer’s Complete) (Paperback)
June 25, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
Meticulously researched by our expert author, Frommer’s Florence, Tuscany & Umbria is the only guide you need to discover the region’s artistic treasures, Renaissance architecture, rustic villages, vineyards, and fabulous shopping. This authoritative guide will reveal the best wines and hearty regional dining, tell you how to rent your own romantic villa, send you on scenic bike tours, and lead you away from the tourist crowds so you can discover the true flavor and leisurely pace of this sunny corner of Italy. We’ll show you the best of Florence and its treasure trove of art and architecture, then take you through the medieval alleyways of Siena, along the Chianti Road, and to lovely towns like San Gimignano, Lucca, Assisi, Perugia, and more.
Every one of our honest, in-depth hotel reviews is based on a recent personal inspection; every restaurant has been tried personally; and every sight, shop, and stroll was checked out in detail. You’ll get the latest trip-planning advice, valuable cultural insights, wonderful tips for venturing off the beaten path, and detailed, accurate maps. With Frommer’s in hand, it’s a snap to design the Italian adventure that’s right for you.
From the Back Cover
Frommer’s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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Expert advice on Florence’s top cultural sights, Chianti’s best vineyards, and Tuscany’s and Umbria’s don’t-miss countryside towns.
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Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
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Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
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Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
For great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com
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Naples & the Amalfi Coast (City Guide) (Paperback)
June 24, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Review
Lonely Planet guidebooks are, quite simply, like no others.’ –New York Times
Product Description
Experience the dramatic Neapolitan combo of sweeping staircases, cultish shrines and bellowing baristi, p. 64.
Indulge the city’s bacchanalian bent for high-voltage street life, thunderous opera and sweat-soaked dance floors, p. 127.
Explore secret ruins and sub-merged mosaics in Campi Flegrei, p. 102
Leave the beach behind and traverse Sorrento’s unspoiled rural hinterland, p. 217.
Two expert authors, four annual miracles, five spa treatments, seven interviews, 67 pizzas and 206 espressos.
Expanded coverage of ancient sites Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestrum and volatile Vesuvius.
Book in and bed down at great-value accommodation along the Amalfi Coast.
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In Love in Italy: A Traveler’s Guide to the Most Romantic Destinations in the Country of Amore (Paperback)
June 23, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
“Folk traditions and mythical love stories intertwine with inspired advice in this unconventional travel tome.” — May WINE ENTHUSIAST
Product Description
From the sensuous sound of water lapping against the walls of Venice’s ancient palazzi to the intoxicating fragrance of citrus blossoms in Sicily, Italy is a country made for lovers. In 10 distinct chapters, Monica Larner-who has divided her life between Italy and America since childhood-guides the reader through Italy’s most inspiring destinations, including romantic locales, exclusive hotels, and tantalizing restaurants. Each region has its own unique amorous legends, love rituals, and aphrodisiac recipes that inspire and seduce. Beautifully illustrated with dozens of luscious color photographs that evoke the magic and fantasy of a romantic trip far away, the book includes complete information on getting married abroad, and will prove an invaluable and enjoyable resource to any true romantic.
Italian Riviera (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Vinyl Bound)
June 22, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
Recognized the world over by frequent flyers and armchair travelers alike, Eyewitness Travel Guides are the most colorful and comprehensive guides on the market. With beautifully commissioned photographs and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell.
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Bay of Naples & Southern Italy, 6th (Country & Regional Guides – Cadogan) (Paperback)
June 21, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
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“Overall the top marks go to Cadogan.”–BBC Radio 4 (UK)
“Amazingly well updated and researched.”–The Times (UK)
Product Description
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Michelin the Green Guide Venice (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)
June 20, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
The gorgeous and wonderful reality of Venice is beyond the fancy of the wildest dreamer, wrote Charles Dickens on his first trip to the city in 1844. This new title in the Michelin Green Guide series reveals the treasures and the charms of the legendary lagoon city that has never ceased to captivate and inspire travellers.
–This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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Atavismo!: My Home in Italy (Paperback)
June 19, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
Ann?s journey to learn about her Italian heritage evolved into loving Italy with its wondrous food, medieval stone villages built into the sides of mountains, the colorful confetti shops in Sulmona, the tartufo festival in Succiano, the town celebration of Feragosto, and the festas in Goriano Valli.
The adventure of exploring off-the-beaten-track hidden itineraries, cooking in the church kitchen of a monk, shopping at the local markets in San Demetrio and L?Aquila, buying food from trucksters who delivered right to the front door, seeing ricotta being made in a shepherd?s shack, picking artichokes in her cousin?s garden, and living like an Italian in the village she was born in opened the door to a heritage and family previously unknown to her.
She learned of a scandal in her parent?s family, never known to her American family, and heard moving stories of unrequited love and wartime heroism.
From the fabulous cooks in her family, recipes for chinghiale, zucchini flower fritters, carbonara, chicken cacciatore, milk of almond from the times of Michelangelo, polenta on the board and many other recipes are included in this book.
About the Author
Ann is a graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia; loves opera, gardening, cooking, her new Italian family and foraging. She is an accomplished cook and cooking teacher with published newspaper features on her classes. Ann is currently living with her husband Ralph in Fort Myers, Florida.
Visit author at Atavismo.com
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Lonely Planet Tuscany & Umbria (Paperback)
June 18, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Review
“Best for curious and independent-minded travelers”
— Wall Street Journal
Product Description
Discover Tuscany & Umbria
Find heaven on earth in the buone frescoes of Giotto, Cimabue, Pinturicchio and Lorenzetti
Trade those Manolos and museums for barns and bunnies in our special rundown of rural residences
Break bread with celebrity restaurateur Fabio Picchi at members club Teatro del Sale
Trek, sail or ride around shimmering Lake Trasimeno and enjoy that dolce far niente
In This Guide:
Language, cookery, wine-tasting and jewellery courses – you name it, our authors have checked it out
Book in and bed down at the best-value accommodation in the region
Don’t just take our word for it; see what travelers are saying at lonelyplanet.com
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The Rough Guide to Venice and the Veneto 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
June 17, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
The Rough Guide to Venice & Veneto is your definitive handbook to this splendour-aching European City. From the water-lapped palaces along the Canal Grande to the buzzing Rialto market, the full-colour section introduces all of the regions highlights. With more cultural background than any other guide, you’ll find detailed accounts of all Venice’s monuments and museums, from San Marco to the far-flung islands and practical coverage of Verona, Padua, Vicenza, Treviso, and a host of other Veneto towns and sights. Opinionated reviews of all the best places to eat, drink and stay in every price range. The guide also takes a detailed look at the region’s history, culture, events, painting and architecture and comes complete with maps and plans for every area.
About the Author
Jonathan Buckley is co-author of Rough Guides to Tuscany & Umbria, and Florence & Sienna
Jonathan Buckley is the co-author of the Rough Guides to Tuscany, Umbria, and Florence & Sienna
Jonathan Buckley is co-author of Rough Guides to Tuscany & Umbria, and Florence & Sienna
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Experience Venice: a travel guide (2009) (Kindle Edition)
June 16, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
This ebook is a handy and usable travel guide to Venice. It was adapted for the Kindle from wikitravel.org*, which was named by Time magazine as one of the 50 best websites of 2008. This ebook has been prepared by Dolphin books specifically for the Amazon Kindle, and includes careful formatting and a hyperlinked table of contents. In length, this ebook is roughly equivalent to 60 printed pages.
This ebook contains no paid advertising.
Among other things, this guide provides:
information about travelling to from and within Venice, by plane, train, bus, car, and of course boat.
useful telephone numbers
lists of events, landmarks, museums, and things to do
information on shopping, dining, drinking, and hotels
*wikitravel.org is not affiliated with Dolphin Books and provides no endorsement for this product.
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Frommer’s Northern Italy with Your Family (Frommers With Your Family Series) (Paperback)
June 15, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Review
“…there’s no better resource for vacationing in Italy” (ABTA Magazine, July 2007)
“…has truly family-friendly sections on eating, accommodation, activities, events and more.” (Best, Thursday 4th March 2008)
Product Description
These information-packed full-color guides help families plan trips to niche and popular destinations.
• Written by local experts
• Exact prices, color photos, and maps
• Insider tips for family-friendly travel
We do the legwork, you do the holiday
Planning a family holiday can be a nightmare. Which restaurants will cook ‘off the menu’ to please small, fussy appetites? Which beaches have clean toilets and safe bathing? Does the campsite have a supervised toddlers pool?
This is exactly the kind of specific information Frommer’s With Your Family guides provide. Packed with essential ‘on the ground advice on planning a holiday to please every member of the family. Each listed destination, activity and accommodation has been visited and tested – and only truly family friendly entries are featured.
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Full colour throughout
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Dozens of the most family friendly hotels and restaurants carefully selected, visited and reviewed
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Full of Top Tips, Best Bets, history, anecdotes, Fun Facts, bizarre stories and much more.
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All the practical information you need to make the most of your holiday, together with lots of insider tips.
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Written by UK authors for UK families
The Romantic’s Guide to Italy [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
June 14, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
“I searched throughout Italy to find quintessential locations that embody romance through their setting, architecture, and history. In each chapter, you will find places where you can enjoy a romantic stay, hold a wedding, or spend an evening dining with someone you love. You can amble through an enchanting contessa?s garden, sleep in a medieval hamlet where Dante once found refuge, or celebrate an evening with friends in the wisteria-filled courtyard of an ancient olive mill. I hope this hand-picked collection will inspire the romantic in you.”
From the Introduction
With all the country has to offer spectacular food, idyllic country inns, quaint hill towns, and enchanted seaside villages it?s no wonder that bella Italia is the romantic destination for couples. At last, here is a travel guide specifically for lovers planning a vacation, wedding, honeymoon, or other special event in Italy.
Organized by the seven main regions of this Mediterranean jewel, A Romantic?s Guide to Italy describes the most romantic accommodations, restaurants, and sites for couples to enjoy together. Each recommendation includes a detailed description and pertinent facts such as contact information, websites, price ranges, and transportation tips. Author Gina Podesta presents thousands of ways to enjoy la dolce vita, including special spots to watch the sunset, have a picnic, or propose to your beloved; romantic lore and festivals; and adventurous activities to partake in together. If you are considering a wedding in Italy, Gina highlights seventy-four fairy-tale locations and provides a resource guide with contact information for everything you will need from caterers to wedding consultants to help you plan the big event overseas.
Celebrate your love in one of the most romantic locations on earth and let A Romantic?s Guide to Italy help make your vacation the journey of a lifetime.
From the Publisher
* The first travel guide written specifically for couples traveling to Italy for romantic vacations, weddings, and honeymoons.
* Includes black-and-white photographs of Italy throughout.
* Lists pertinent information for all accommodations, restaurants, and sites including addresses, phone numbers, websites, hours, and so on.
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Frommer’s Rome (Frommer’s Complete) (Paperback)
June 13, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
America’s #1 bestselling travel series
Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.
- More annually updated guides than any other series
- 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
- Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
- Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design
From the Back Cover
Frommer’s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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The lowdown on the newest restaurants, the hottest neighborhoods, and the best bargains in the Eternal City.
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Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
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Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
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Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
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Michelin Italy Regional Italie Map (Michelin Maps) (Map)
June 12, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Time Out Italy: Perfect Places to Stay, Eat, and Explore (Paperback)
June 11, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
About the Author
The editor, Jan Fuscoe, is a London-based writer and regular contributor to Time Out magazine and the annual Time Out Film Guide. She has edited a number of Time Out publications, including the latest Naples & the Amalfi Coast guide (2007). Editing this guide was a particularly special project as it offered a wonderful opportunity to celebrate her long love of Italy and her Italian roots.
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CIAO BAMBINO!: A Child’s Tour of Italy (Paperback)
June 10, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Enjoy a tour of Italy through a child’s scrapbook. Whether you are planning to travel abroad with your children or simply to expose them to foreign countries, Ciao Bambino! will provide a starting point. Your children will discover differences and similarities between Italy and home, while sharing a young boy’s vacation to Italy with his teddy bear companion. Bonus, you may learn a few Italian words and novelties on the adventure. Pronunciation and translation guide provided at the back of the book.
From the Author
With a four year old son and a one year old daughter, my personal goal was to write a book for preschoolers that exposed them to Italian language and cultural novelties, but was more than another picture dictionary. It had to be fun and engage the preschooler with familiar things from home, while sharing novelties from another country. Beautifully illustrated in original watercolor art, the 36 page book shares a tour of Italy through a child’s scrapbook. Throughout the fictional story, the young boy and his teddy bear travel companion share their travel adventure, and teach twenty five Italian words along the way. Fantastico!
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Michelin the Green Guide Italy (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)
June 9, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
In these pages, we invite you to your next destination?the famous “boot of Italy”, in its very shape is an inspiration to wander. Discover masterpieces of art and magnificent natural landscapes, from the highest mountain-top in Europe to the shores of a sea so blue it kept Ulysses travelling far from home for twenty years…THE GREEN GUIDE, the perfect travel companion: a discerning and up-to-date source of information. Practical and comprehensive, it offers suggestions on what to see and what to do, background on history and cultural heritage. Ideal guides for the independent tourist, THE GREEN GUIDE explores destinations both near and far. Sights are rated – 3 stars “worth a journey”, 2 stars “worth a detour” and 1 star “interesting”. Maps and itineraries make planning easy, whether visiting the highlights or venturing off the beaten track. Travel with THE GREEN GUIDE for an exciting and memorable experience.
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Frommer’s The Amalfi Coast with Naples, Capri & Pompeii (Frommer’s Complete) (Paperback)
June 8, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Frommer’s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
* The region’s best experiences, from enjoying secluded beaches and seaside dining to exploring history, art, and archaeology.
* Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
* Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
* Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com
From the Back Cover
Frommer’s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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The region’s best experiences, from enjoying secluded beaches and seaside dining to exploring history, art, and archaeology.
-
Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
-
Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
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Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com
Frommer’s Italy 2007 (Frommer’s Complete) (Paperback)
June 7, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Completely updated every year Frommer’s Italy features a completely redesigned section of gorgeous color photos and maps of the most of the ancient and modern cities, classical architecture and ruins, vineyards, villages, and gorgeous countryside vistas that await you. Much more detailed and comprehensive than the major competition, this is simply the most reliable and in-depth guide you can buy. It’s personally researched and full of candid opinions. Our authors have chosen the very best places to stay, from the grand hotels of Rome and the chic resorts of Capri to charming and affordable inns and small hotels in regions like Tuscany and the Lake District. And of course, we’ll make sure that you dine memorably throughout Italy, whether you’re splurging on a world-class restaurant in Florence or looking for a little-known trattoria that serves all the classics. Wherever you go, you’ll rely on Frommer’s for authoritative but fun-to-use coverage of all the historic, artistic, and cultural treasures. You’ll get a complete shopper’s guide, the latest trip-planning advice on everything from bargain airfares to rail passes, and a complete shopper’s guide. Frommer’s Italy even features a color fold-out map!
From the Back Cover
Frommer’s. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
- From the finest ruins of ancient Rome to the best of Italian wine and cuisine, our authors provide up-to-date advice on how to make the most of your experience.
- Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
- Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
- Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
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Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, Revised (Paperback)
June 6, 2009 by Destination Guide
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Product Description
In the most complete gastronomic guide to Italy ever published, Fred Plotkin takes you beyond the traditional tourist experience, revealing the true richness of this nation’s extraordinary cuisine and the lifestyle that surrounds it. From country markets and wineries to city restaurants and cooking schools, you will discover Italian culinary treasures and pleasures that no other book offers.
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Italy: The Best Travel Writing from the New York Times (Hardcover)
June 5, 2009 by Destination Guide
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From Publishers Weekly
The staff at the New York Times, together with the Italian Government Tourist Board, have compiled more than 40 lucid travel articles in this lavish paean to Italy. These selections, plucked from two decades of exceptional travel writing, express the country’s unique diversity. Shirley Hazzard rhapsodizes about Posillipo, a historically rich headland of Naples where writers and artists have long sought “pleasure and inspiration”; Alastair McEwen describes Milan, Italy’s Big Apple, in all its “industrial, entrepreneurial and international” glory; and James Sturz tours a small portion of Alto Adige, an area in northern Italy that is studded with castles. The volume’s postcard-perfect color photos, which number close to 500, nicely complement the text, capturing everything from the snow-covered peaks of Monte Cervino and the luscious, undulating hills of Tuscany to the frescoed buildings of Trento and the vineyards of Chianti. As Eco writes in his introduction, “a journey to Italy… should always be seen as a journey of discovery that will reveal not one, but many Italies.” This hefty, handsome coffee-table book more than bears this out.
Product Description
Italy is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and this beautiful, useful volume is an ideal reminder for those who have been there and fallen in love with the country, as well as a book to stir the expectations of those who plan to travel there. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, this collection captures the local color of every remarkable corner of this richly diverse land-the clamor and vitality of Naples, the idyllic enchantment of Lago Maggiore, the intriguing cultural contradictions of Genova, the breathtaking (if terrifying) cliffside trails in Cinqueterre.
Contributors include Oliver Bernier, Rachel Billington, Frank Bruni, Shirley Hazzard, Paul Hofmann, Alison Lurie, Malachi Martin, Alastair McEwen, Michael Mewshaw, Jan Morris, Francine Prose, Barry Unsworth, Muriel Spark, and William Weaver. Essays full of history, philosophical ruminations, humorous anecdotes, cultural musings, and useful travel information-in short the best of The New York Times talent-will make you want to drop everything and fly to this land that continues to inspire writers, artists, and casual visitors alike. AUTHOR BIO: Umberto Eco is the author of four novels as well as numerous works of criticism, philosophy, and literary theory. His fifth novel, The Mysterious Flame, will be published in June. He is professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna.
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Blue Guide Southern Italy: (Eleventh Edition) (Blue Guide) (Paperback)
June 4, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Increasingly, southern Italy is becoming a major European destination, not surprising given what it has to offer: the ruins of Pompeii, the island of Capri, the wild scenery of the Abruzzo, the beautiful villages of the Ionian coast, the Romanesque architecture of Puglia, and vibrant Naples. With everything you need to know, from the best places to stay to the museums that cannot be missed as well as exquisite lesser-known sights, the eleventh edition is an essential guide.
About the Author
Paul Blanchard has written Blue Guide Northern Italy and Blue Guide Southern Italy. Born in Amsterdam, New York, he has lived in Italy for more than thirty years.
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Top 10 Venice (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) (Paperback)
June 3, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.
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Milan & The Lakes (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)
June 2, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
Covers: the Historical Center, Northwest Milan, Southwest Milan, Southeast Milan, Northeast Milan, and the Lakes of Northern Italy.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide to Venice (Eyewitness Travel Top 10) (Paperback)
June 1, 2009 by Destination Guide
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