Time Out Venice 7th edition

N.C. , N.C.

Which? Recommended Provider: Time Out Guides is rated top guidebook brand byWhich? Survey, for level of detail, photography, quality of maps, ease of finding information and value for money.With the inauguration after ten years of the newly expanded Accademia gallery,...

Watermark: An Essay on Venice

Joseph Brodsky

'Reading Brodsky's essays is like a conversation with an immensely erudite, hugely entertaining and witty (and often very funny) interlocutor' Wall Street JournalWatermark is Joseph Brodsky's witty, intelligent, moving and elegant portrait of Venice. Looking at every...

The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto

Jonathan Buckley

The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, long established as the most thorough and reliable guide to the city and its surroundings, has been completely redesigned and updated for this ninth edition. Unrivaled in its coverage of the Doge's Palace, the Basilica di San...

Rome

Robert Hughes

A dazzling biography of the Eternal City - 'A tour of the great city with a great guide: who could do this better?' EVENING STANDARD.For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome...

Italy For Dummies^®

Bruce Murphy , Alessandra De Rosa

For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of theFor Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer’s. Small trim ......

Italy For Dummies

Alessandra De Rosa , Bruce Murphy

Marvel at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican or the take a gondola ride through Venice at dusk. Sunbathe on the Amalfi Coast or walk the streets of Pompeii. Find the latest fashions in Milan or enjoy an opera amid the ruins of a Roman Amphitheater ...

Frommer's® Rome

Danforth Prince , Darwin Porter

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Annie Hawes

During the course of Annie Hawes' new book, local culinary superstar, Ciccio, gradually takes over as Annie's constant companion. How irresistible is a man who first demonstrates his affection and esteem by inviting her into his vineyard to help himmix up cow manure,...

Extra Virgin

Annie Hawes

A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and her sister, on the spot by chance, have no plans whatsoever to move to the Italian Riviera but find naturally that it's an offer they can't...

Old Calabria: Travels Through Historic Rural Italy at the Turn of the 20th Century

Norman Douglas

First published in 1915, written by Norman Douglas (1868 – 1952). Travel author Norman Douglas shares his experiences and photographs of Calabria, a beautiful and historic yet secluded region of rural Italy, as it was at the turn of the 20th century. A wonderful guide...