Product Description

This handy guide is just the right size for the intrepid city wanderer. Expanded edition of the best-selling guide to Italy's most romantic destination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214992 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 306 pages

Synopsis
This handy guide is just the right size for the intrepid city wanderer. Expanded edition of the best-selling guide to Italy's most romantic destination.

Customer Reviews

The Good Book
I usually travel with LP so maybe I am a little biased but I did find this book up to their normally high standards.

The legendary confusion of Venice's allyways meant I was wary of this book's maps (esp considering LP's less than perfect record in that regard). However I was pleasantly surprised and in 4 days in the city did not get lost using them. It was a little annoying the way they were split across several pages but i guess that was necessary to acheive the accuracy.

The tips to the sights and the walking tours were exellent. The restaurant and shopping sections were ok. I cant comment on the hotels section as I was in an apartment.

The prices (on everything) and some of the transport details were out-of-date.

Overall I would recommend this book.

Wouldn't recommend it
As a LP devotee and a part time traveller I automatically reach for a LP guide as soon as I book a trip - unfortunately I found this Guide quite hard to follow and have fedback this to LP. The book jumps around and instead of having info in one section on a particualr place I found I was having to constantly refer to the index. I also found the maps a little difficult to read and the photos were not helpful in identifying buildings or site seeing. The information on getting around was quite scary like the overcrowded boats etc - although they could be busy they were no way as bad as a tube at peak time in London's underground system (for those of you who are familiar)! We found the Easy Guide (available from the information offices) a decent investment - it had a good map, things to do and details of what's on. P.s - don't forget your insect repellent - mozzies had a field day when I landed!!

informative, but could use more flair
We just came back from a 2.5 days stay in Venice. As always, we trust on LP for all the practical info. The maps are helpful and the suggested walking tours were excellent.
We'd like to see more addresses for supermarkets and/or other self-catering possibilities in and around Venice. As LP is a guide for the budget traveller, tips for expensive restaurants aren't going to be used anyway.
Also the author warned the readers about the petty crime like pickpocketing in Venice. But we experienced the better side of the city, the possible threats of getting your wallet stolen on a crowded vaporreto or during queueing for entering a museum is much lower compared to other Europeans tourist hotspots like Paris or Barcelona. Here the author might think of a more positive way of writing his warnings. Cos after reading the guide, we had more or less an idea of getting into the hole of the lion, while Venice is such a relaxed beautiful town.

Compared to the 2002 edition, Venice has become even more expensive on all the topics handled in the guide. For example, the 3-day vaporreto-ticket costs now 22 EURO instead of the 18 EURO in LP. Also the tickets for museums have raised at least 10% in price compared to what is stated in the guide.

In general, LP has been a great informative guide that shows you Venice is much more than St. Marco's Square alone.