Blue Guide Venice

Author: Alta Macadam
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905131945
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
THE BEST-PRESENTED, BEST-RESEARCHED CULTURAL GUIDEBOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Full color throughout, with photographs, diagrams, site plans and detailed maps. The 10th edition of this accessible, detailed guide to Venice is an essential handbook for any traveler who wants to fully understand the existence and future challenges of this unique and extraordinary city, as well as its history, art, architecture, cuisine and culture.

Blue Guide Venice 9th Ed

Author: Alta Macadam
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1905131607
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The full update of this essential guide Venice is one of Europe’s leading destinations, a magnet for cultural travellers. This new edition of a key Blue Guides title presents Venice’s splendor and history as well as recommending where to stay and where to eat: crucial advice in a city where the best establishments are not necessarily the most obvious.

Blue Guide Sicily

Author: Ellen Grady
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1905131747
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fully updated new edition of a key Blue Guide, the guide of choice for experts and independent travelers. Revised and extensively updated, Blue Guide Sicily offers an in-depth history of this historically rich destination. Ellen Grady gives a comprehensive overview of the island—from detailed analyses of cities, sights and works of art to carefully chosen suggestions of where and what to eat and where to stay. The guide is strong on history, art, archaeology, architecture, landscape, conservation and wildlife. Full-color maps, two-tone plans and black-and-white photographs.

Northern Italy

Author: Paul Blanchard
Publisher: Blue Guide: Northern Italy
ISBN: 9781905131013
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
SPECIAL REPRINT EDITION: Blue Guide Northern Italy 2005, OF WHICH THIS IS A REPRINT, remains the classic reference source for some of the most stunning scenery and the most famous towns in the world - including, for example, Venice, Verona, Milan and Bologna - focusing on the artists who lived there and the patrons who gave them commissions.

The Venice Lido

Author: Robin Saikia
Publisher: Travel Monograph
ISBN: 9781905131501
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A short and literary guide to Venice's Lido, in the Blue Guides' new Travel Monographs series.

Venice Walks

Author: Jo-Ann Titmarsh
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762766352
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Explore Venice on foot with the help of this innovative guide, filled with full-color, aerial-view maps and color photographs. The routes are comprehensive but not overwhelming, allowing you to connect neighborhoods, parks, and noteworthy sights at your own pace. The informative, lively text provides provides background information on all the must-see areas and offer lots of personal insights and advice — including where to eat, drink, and shop along the way.

Blue Guide Lombardy, Milan & the Italian Lakes

Author: Alta Macadam
Publisher: Blue Guides
ISBN: 9781905131839
Category : Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
First edition in-depth coverage of this exceptional area of Italy.

Venetian Chic

Author: Francesca Bortolotto Possati
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
ISBN: 1614285381
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 3

Book Description
Venetian art connoisseur, interior designer, and hotelier Francesca Bortolotto Possati knows the intricacies of Venice. To have her as a guide is to experience firsthand her passion for the private side of the mythic city whose daily visitors outnumber its population. Join her to visit artists’ studios, elegant Venetian friends, and palaces’ secrets. Everywhere one wanders, a sense of history saturates the buildings and landscapes, harking back to the artists of the Renaissance and the chic masquerade balls of centuries past.The discerning eye of photographer Robyn Lea makes this book a revelation of the Venice of dreams, which will surely allow readers to see this iconic destination through new eyes.A sentimental foreword by Jeremy Irons perfectly complements this stunning volume.

Blue Guide Florence, 11th Edition

Author: Alta Macadam
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1905131755
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fully updated new edition of this essential Blue Guide to the city of the Renaissance. Completely updated, this edition contains superb coverage of painting, architecture and sculpture as well as updates on museums including the reorganized Uffizi. Detailed coverage of where to stay and eat. The depth of information and quality of research make this book the best guide for the independent cultural traveller as well as for all students of art history, architecture and Italian culture. Ideal as an on-site guide as well as a desk resource. With maps, plans and photographs.

Secret Venice

Author: Thomas Jonglez
Publisher: Editions Jonglez
ISBN: 9782361952266
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Five years of research were needed to conceive this exceptional guide, which will allow all lovers of Venice and the Venetians themselves to start exploring the most extraordinary city in the world, away from the beaten path.