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The Rough Guide to the Italian Lakes - 1st Edition by: Matthew Teller, Lucy Ratcliffe List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914 EAN: 9781843535249 ISBN: 1843535246 Label: Rough Guides Ltd Manufacturer: Rough Guides Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: March 30, 2006 Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd Studio: Rough Guides Ltd Sales Rank: 7674 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: "The Rough Guide to The Italian Lakes" is the definitive guide to this region of legendary natural beauty. A 16-page full colour section introduces the highlights of the lakes with inspiring accounts of all the sights, from the Duomo in Milan to the villas and gardens of Lake Garda. In addition there are two full-colour 4-page inserts on 'Reading the Streets' (on the architecture of the region) and 'The Great Outdoors' (covering cycling, hiking, watersports etc). This guide includes practical tips on how to get the best out of the lakes, from exploring Lake Como to cruising on Lake Maggiore and discovering Lake Orta. There are candid reviews of the best places to stay, eat, drink and shop, for all budgets. This guide also covers cites across the border in Switzerland and comes complete with plenty of useful maps and plans for the whole region. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Excellent On MilanWe used this book last October when visiting Milan. We have also been to Verona in the past and this book is informative on both cities. Did not make it as far as the lakes so cannot speak about previous reviews. But fine on the cities. Rating:  - Sniffy and snottyThis is like some of the earlier and poorer Rough Guides, snottily dismissive of anything that equates to "tourism". Which is of course ridiculous, because it's a tourist guide, and the smug authors are of course also tourists. No doubt they consider themselves "travellers" ... Plenty of decent content of course, but fundamentally unbalanced. Some of the stuff about Garda is inconsistent with what I have seen (e.g. Riva is not hard to get to at all, and the eastern lakeside shore is not afflicted with horrendous traffic jams. Busy yes, jammed no, in my probably lengthier experience). I suspect they visited some areas very briefly indeed. Other Rough Guides are rather more realistic. Rating:  - Don't leave home without it!Our trip to Lake Garda last month was superb, and this book was a crucial element in making it so. The recommendations were spot on, particularly in helping us to avoid the spoilt package holiday destinations (of which there are many around Garda), and instead finding the real "Lago di Benaco". Thank you Rough Guides! Rating: - A must have guide bookAfter searching high and low for a relevant guide book we found this beauty. The guide is well written, concise and easy to use. It became our 'bible' on our recent trip to the Italian Lakes' The hotel & restaurant reviews were spot on. |
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