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| Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (32 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7430
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Turtleback
Edition: 2006
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0756615453
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.50493
EAN: 9780756615451
ASIN: 0756615453
Publication Date: March 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Book for Foreigners and Italians January 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is a complete wide-angle picture of Italy in just one book. Not too heavy, it provides the tourist who travels all over Italy with useful information. The beautiful pictures attract your attention and you become actually curious to see the Italian architectural masterpieces or just a picturesque corner house from life.
 Average but not bad January 10, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Overall this book fell a bit short of my expectations.
The pictures are nice because it puts a face to the description, but even for a book covering an entire country it felt a little anemic.
Even large cities like Roma, Florence, etc. covered only major items, not even a few unique/unusual suggestions.
This book is alright as a decent start and it's certainly visually appealing but I find other books to be more thorough & useful. Forget the pictures and just get a better book (Frommers, Lets Go, Cadogan, & Unofficial Guides are all solid) and add in a little internet research to see what the lesser known areas look like.
Useful January 9, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's the greatest book ever when you travel to Italy!!!
Especially for the people who are planned to start living in Italy.
 Good Starter November 9, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I found this book useful for helping me target in on the areas I'd be most interested in visiting. Perusing the overview maps and many little photos of the attractions quickly gives you an idea what to expect in each region. It's a great starting point for planning your vacation to Italy. It has all the contact info you need to further track down or get specific information on hotels/attractions.
Once you look thru the book and have an idea on the specific regions you want to visit I'd suggest getting a book just targeted in on that region as you'll get more detailed information on the hotels/restaurants/attractions in that area that way. This book as to not be thousands of pages just briefly describes attractions and as for hotels/restaurants it mostly just gives you a star rating. If you want to do leg work yourself though it may be all you need as it does provide web links and phone numbers where you can get more details on each.
Prepared for Italy! November 5, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have used these DK companions to traveling before. Just as the rest, this guide to Italy is excellent in many ways, i.e.,excellent pictures, easy to read, to follow. It will prepare you greatly for your trip in terms of what to see, and the historical facts about the sites visited. Once your trip to Italy has been completed, it will become a resource for many memories. There is no need for any other travel guide for future trips!
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