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Summary: Covers Pretty much all of venice
Review: I bought this book before I went on a trip to italy. It is extremely informative about venice and has a lot of useful information. However, I have to agree that the map can be difficult to work with at times. I got pretty badly lost using it because it did not fully list all the 'streets'(there were 2 streets of the same name in the same area - go figure). However, My experience has been that maps in venice are dodgy at best.My only real complaint about this book is it's weight. It's quite heavy to carry in a bag when you are sightseeing - aside from that - it's a very highly reccomended book if you are researching a trip to Venice. It's also great for re-identifying photos correctly later:)
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Summary: Dorling Kindersley captures Elegant Venice
Review: I bought this book for my daughter before she went on her trip to Italy. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides books are a high quality publication. This volume is a useful as well as attractive book. If you need to deviate from your travel plans this is a very useful book. It contains exhaustive information on lodging, dining, points of interest and contains useful maps and photographs. She found it to be invaluable.
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Summary: Great Book With Stunning Visuals
Review: I have to confess up front. I love these books. I must have a dozen. I really like the Paris book, and the one for Prague, and Stockholm, and South Africa, and .... You get all the detailed material similar to other great travel books plus you get great visuals. The photos and descriptions and cutaway drawings are excellent and more than make up for any lack of small detail. But there is lots of detail here. The book includes the history of Venice and many details on the art, art galleries, parks, cutaway views of historical buildings, and many other things of interest. That is the good part. You will be amazed with the visuals and cutaway architectural views. A great book, very detailed, with all the regular stuff such as maps, rstaurants, hotels, etc. Jack in Toronto
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Summary: A must-have if you're going to Venice!
Review: Me and my family went to Venice in February and we are very happy to have discovered this book before we left. It has almost all you need to survive in Venice. I'm very glad of all the good restaurants mentioned in the book and though they were a bit hard to find we really got there after all. The map is a bit small but you manage with it. The book also explaines the history of all the buildings and is very teaching. A great guide that you must have with you when you travel there. I noticed that I really wasn't the only one with the same book!
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Summary: Invaluable guide to Venice
Review: My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed Venice using this guide to explore the city on our own. We highly recommend it to people who would like to visit the city on their own and learn about the history, culture, architecture, etc. in depth.
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Summary: Invaluable guide to Venice
Review: My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed Venice using this guide to explore the city on our own. We highly recommend it to people who would like to visit the city on their own and learn about the history, culture, architecture, etc. in depth.
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Summary: I'm a DK addict
Review: OK . . . I'm actually a travel book addict, and I bought four different (yes, I know it's excessive) guides for my recent trip to Venice. The DK guide was my favorite. It is completely engrossing, with actual pictures of the food, the palazza, many of the art works, etc. It's a perfect guide for a 'high points' look at the most touristed sights: the Basilica, the Doge's Palace, etc. My favorite feature turned out to be "A View of the Grand Canal." I actually sat with the guide open in my lap on the vaporetto ride from Piazalle Roma to my stop near the Salute and could watch as every important church and palace on the canal passed by. It was so much fun! And the guide is absolutely gorgeous! Even after my trip, I have enjoyed just flipping through the guide to take a look at some of the beautiful photos and drawings. It's a great souvenir in that it has photos of many things you are not permitted to photograph: the insides of churches, museums, etc. So why only four stars? Well, the guide is actually a little light on more practical information, such as where you can get a good meal for a decent price. It's full of all the expected tourist recommendations (e.g., Harry's Bar), without telling you about how to navigate a good baccari like a Venetian (although I did think the pages which included descriptions AND photos of typical Venetian dishes was excellent). If you have a budget of a few hundred dollars a day to plop down on food, that may be ok. The rest of us will need some help. And while it may be an unfair criticism, the guide gives all its information in lire. Unless you want to carry around a currency converter to figure out the Euro equivalent, I'd supplement this guide with another. In fairness though, I'd like to give it 4.5 stars. It is really an excellent book.
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Summary: I'm a DK addict
Review: OK . . . I'm actually a travel book addict, and I bought four different (yes, I know it's excessive) guides for my recent trip to Venice. The DK guide was my favorite. It is completely engrossing, with actual pictures of the food, the palazza, many of the art works, etc. It's a perfect guide for a 'high points' look at the most touristed sights: the Basilica, the Doge's Palace, etc. My favorite feature turned out to be "A View of the Grand Canal." I actually sat with the guide open in my lap on the vaporetto ride from Piazalle Roma to my stop near the Salute and could watch as every important church and palace on the canal passed by. It was so much fun! And the guide is absolutely gorgeous! Even after my trip, I have enjoyed just flipping through the guide to take a look at some of the beautiful photos and drawings. It's a great souvenir in that it has photos of many things you are not permitted to photograph: the insides of churches, museums, etc. So why only four stars? Well, the guide is actually a little light on more practical information, such as where you can get a good meal for a decent price. It's full of all the expected tourist recommendations (e.g., Harry's Bar), without telling you about how to navigate a good baccari like a Venetian (although I did think the pages which included descriptions AND photos of typical Venetian dishes was excellent). If you have a budget of a few hundred dollars a day to plop down on food, that may be ok. The rest of us will need some help. And while it may be an unfair criticism, the guide gives all its information in lire. Unless you want to carry around a currency converter to figure out the Euro equivalent, I'd supplement this guide with another. In fairness though, I'd like to give it 4.5 stars. It is really an excellent book.
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Summary: A city like Venezia deserves a guide like this.
Review: The best guide to Venezia and the Veneto. The pages about the Grand Canale deserve an award for its beauty and first quality information.
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Summary: A visually sumptuous regional guide
Review: The British firm of Dorling Kindersley is famous for its visual encyclopedic guides, and this title from the Eyewitness series lives up to the reputation of its predecessors. The book is packed with photographs, three-dimensional renderings, historical tidbits, and travel advice. It makes a slight sacrifice of depth to breadth by including chapters on the Veneto Plain, Verona and Lake Gardia, and the Dolomites. - Durant Imboden, Venice for Visitors, http://govenice.miningco.co
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