The Rough Guide to Italy 8 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
May 19, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel Italy Guides
Product Description
The Rough Guide to Italy is your ultimate handbook to one of Europe”s most beautiful countries. From the capitoline museums in Rome and the stylish shops of Milan to eating Pizza in Naples and watching the spectacular Palio race in Siena, this guide captures all of Italy’s highlights in a full colour introduction. The top hotels, bars and restaurants are all uncovered in the detailed listings section with the new ‘Author’s Pick’ feature highlighting the very best options. The guide also takes a detailed look at Italy’s history, art and groundbreaking film industry and comes complete with maps and plans for every area.
The Rough Guide to Italy is like having a local friend plan your trip!
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What I like best about the Rough Guides is that they give critical reviews. They will point out the tourist traps and will give negative reviews. I find that Frommer’s and Fodor’s rarely point out the negatives to a particular hotel or site. The rough guide is very critical and is a great balance to these other guides. I would balance your trip to Italy with a Fodors (or Frommers) book because the maps and illustrations are often better and there are more higher-end hotels listed.
This book will help you decide where is best to spend your vacation in Italy. There are clear critical descriptions of all the regions and great general info on getting around in Italy.
If you aren’t interested in “roughing” it and staying in lower priced hotels. The guides are still very useful in rating attractions, and areas in which to stay… but you will need another book to look at more moderate and luxury hotels.
I would definitely read this book before going to Italy.
Rough guide was recommended by a co-worker, whose suggestions I respect. I expected a guide that perhaps just stuck to basics.I PERUSED THE GUIDE for 4 days before my trip, and during air travel and stop-overs. I found all info accurate, especially appreciated history and language sections in back helpful. The only problem I encountered was the print was finer than the guides I had perused at the library, making reading in poor light situations difficult. Hostel info was accurate. Historical backround w was very helpful.
We have purchased The Rough Guide to France before and loved it. It was a very accurate and extremely helpful guide. Every recommendation turned out to be right on the money. The Rough Guide to Italy is a good guide, but not as good as the one for France. While the Italian history, the maps, the general area descriptions were excellent, many village / city specific recommendations were outdated and many places (mainly restaurants) listed in the book were not there in reality. We believe such differences between the two books really depend on the writers, and those who visited France simply wrote a better book. We would still recommend this book, but if you do the combination travel to France like we did, please know that the Italy version won’t be as thorough and accurate as the French one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I had no problems with it!
I don’t agree with the previous negative reviews on this book. It was my sole guide book for a 10-day trip around Italy (Venice, Florence, the Cinque Terre, and Pisa) and I was…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Barely enough to get by
It is better to have this book than nothing. It does have some basic information in it. But there are also very basic things left out.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Who is the intended audience?
This book is decidedly not for those who choose to rent a car as part of their visit to Italy. The “arrival” section of each town and region only discusses arrival by train or…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Helpful for Puglia Region
We were planning to travel to the heel of Italy (Puglia region) and there really aren’t any books that cover that area alone.