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Lonely Planet Italy (Paperback)
by Damien Simonis , Duncan Garwood , Paula Hardy , Alex Leviton , Josephine Quintero , Miles Roddis
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Author: Damien Simonis , Duncan Garwood , Paula Hardy , Alex Leviton , Josephine Quintero , Miles Roddis
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. in: January, 2006
ISBN: 1741043034
Pages: 924
Measurements: 7.7 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00905
Other information: 7th edition
ISBN-13: 9781741043037
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From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has the experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveler, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money.
Explore the riches of Italy with Lonely Planet's essential guide. Featuring a special color feature on Italian art and architecture, this book also contains insider's advice on the best pasta and gelati; skiing and trekking information, notes on history, culture and current politics; as well as practical food and accommodation suggestions for every budget. Delightful sidebars add insight into the culture, with details on everything from gladiators to mushroom picking.
The LP has much to recommend it. Here are the highlights:
-excellent maps with accurate scale and bilingual markers
-good breadth without sacrificing too much depth
-great for people who want to leave the tour groups and package tours behind (it's much cheaper to go solo!)
-a good selection of restaurants and hotels in different price ranges
-good descriptions of main attractions and how to get to them
-a pretty good language section with some of the survival words and phrases you will need
Target readers:
General readers
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From the Publisher:
Who We Are: At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travellers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.
What We Do: We offer travellers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
- We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
- When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.
- We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
- We challenge our growing community of travellers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
- We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travellers; not clouded by any other motive.
What We Believe: We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.
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Buzz through Rome on a scooter, cook up a feast in Tuscany, float down Venice's Grand Canal and hang out with the glitterati on the Amalfi Coast - Italy is the real deal. Make sure you are pointing in the right direction with this best-selling guide.
- Explore - in-depth coverage takes you beyond the classic cities into the heart of Italy's rolling countryside, craggy mountains and tiny hilltop towns
- Put It In Context - detailed history, culture, art and food chapters help you get under the skin of this incredibly diverse country
- Hatch A Plan - inspirational itineraries and comprehensive practical information enable you to make the most of your time in Italy
- Stay In Style - whether it's a cosy B&B for a night or a week in Puglia's trulli, our listings deliver
- Dine Out - from humble trattorie to fine-dining institutions, our hand-picked reviews highlight the best of Italy's regional cuisine
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Italy is a movable feast of endless courses. No matter how much you gorge yourself on its splendors, you always feel you haven't made it past the antipasti. Few countries offer such variety and few visitors leave without a fervent desire to return.
The country's checkered history has engendered an astonishing regional variety. The great citta d'arte (cities of art) are all intrinsically different. Rome bristles with reminders of its imperial past while Florence and Venice are compact but high-dosage shots of Renaissance art. Indeed, the entire country is strewn with artistic jewels, from the Arab-Norman and Byzantine wonders of Palermo in Sicily to the Baroque marvels of Lecce in Puglia.
Venture beyond the cities too. From the icy walls of the Alps to the turquoise coves of Sardinia, there is something for everyone. Ski with the chic in Cortina or get lost walking in Tuscany's Apuane Alps. Island-hop around the Aeolian and Egadi groups off Sicily, explore the coastal villages of the Cinque Terre or hang-glide above Umbria's Piano Grande plateau.
Your taste buds will demand equal attention. Hundreds of types of pasta are served up and down the country with a ceaseless variety of sauces. Regional specialities abound, such as basil-based pesto in the north, game-meat sauces and the truffles of Piedmont and Umbria in the center, and Sicily's Arab-inspired spices in the south. All washed down with some of the world's greatest wines.
The Italians are not joking when they call their home Il Belpaese, the Beautiful Country. Come see for yourself!
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Sarah Hyun (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I've been living in Rome for about a month and a half now and I would consider the LP book average relative to other books I've seen. Most of the places to sleep and eat are overly expensive. I don't know about the average traveler, but as a college student backpacking through Europe, I hoped to find meals that were maybe at max $25 (which you can totally find if you're smart about it).
Best thing to do when you're looking for a place to sleep is www.hostelworld.com where people leave comments about where they stayed.
The LP also has a lot of reading and is informative, but I tend to prefer pictures here and there so that they're are easy to find.
P.S. Some of the prices mentioned in the book are not up to date. check before you go. |
Marco (MSL quote), Australia
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I love Italy, it is my favorite country in the world - besides Australia
This book provided me with plenty of helpful tips that made my last trip there better than any previous one. The best parts of the Lonely Planet guides are the boxed text sections, in which local knowledge tips are given. Also, Lonely Planet assumes you don't want to stay in 5-star resorts and lie on a beach for the whole trip; that you want to maybe rough it a little and see as many things as possible. This guide will help you do just that. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I've been to Italy several times... Rome, Venice, Florence, Bologna, Milan, some of the hill towns, etc (most recently last April). Here are my reviews of the best guides to meet your exact needs... I hope these are helpful and that you have a great visit! I always gauge the quality of my visit by how much I remember a year later... this review is designed to help you get the guide that will be sure YOU remember your trip many years into the future. Travel Safe and enjoy yourself to the max!
I traveled in Italy from Feb 3 to April 5, 2001 and I took both this book, LP, and Let's Go Italy (LG). LG gets the nod for layout. It's very clear and user friendly. You can find what you are looking for quickly. LP's double column layout is densely packed with information but is often confusing. In LG, at the beginning of the treatment of a new place, they tell you how to get there and away to and from all of the likely places. They tell you how many trains and buses there are. This feature was very helpful in planning my itinerary. Just ask fellow travellers where they've been that was good and LG tells you how to get there. LP on the other hand buries transportation info at the back of each place and it is often skeletal or misleading. The writing style I found to be very uninspired, so much so that I suspect that the author didn't bother to go to many of the places. That would account for why their street directions are so poor, but I didn't think much of LG.s either. (I have to admit that I'm not as good as some at figuring out the streets of a new town.) Lp often ignores seasonal changes in timetables too. If your traveling in winter, you're out of luck. However, I got tired of the LG writing style. Whereas LP gives you the historical facts about a place, LG's Harvard University student writers would rather be cute than accurate. Also, LP simply covers more places than LG. Another plus for LP is that in the opening secton of the book they give extensive info about how the country works. Post offices, police attitudes, etc. LP tells you in chich places you should keep your credit cards, passport, etc. in your trousers while LG's introductory section is a little paranoid. For example, "Don't ever tell anyone you are traveling alone." Geez you guys, Italy is safer than Boston. While LG gives more youth hostel info, because it is more budget oriented than LP, LG's impressionable writers gush about every hotel they stayed in. Any room with a window has a spectacular view. One more thing - if you are traveling by car, you need LP. LG gives no street or parking info. In conclusion, LG is better for itinerary planning and is easier to read, while LP's 800+ pages simply give you more information, although it is harder to sift through. After about 6 weeks, I gave away LG and used LP. My pack was getting heavy.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I studied for 3 months in Rome in 1999. The 3rd edition of the Italy guide was the defacto bible for travel from Sicilia to the Dolomites. Of course Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome are covered, but how about Cortona, Siena, Poggibonisi, Assizi, Orvieto, Enna, Catania, Vulcanis, Bari, Lecce, Positano, Siracusa? How to get there, what to see, what to expect in these hill towns and costal villages? If I got there could I get back to Rome by Monday's morning classes? No other single travel book is filled with all the information found in the Italy guide.
As an example, one weekend I told my roommates that I wanted to go to San Marino because according to the guide I could get my passport stamped with entry to a country within a country. Also it mentioned "spectacular views". Nothing prepared us for what we saw, a fortress castle hewn into the 2000+ ft cliffs and a city in the clouds overlooking a vast plain of farms and towns!
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