Advantages: Nice layout and good range of information along with a great map Disadvantages: None
I already owned the DK top ten Venice book before I even had a trip to Venice planned but, when I came to actually book my trip I then purchased an extra guide book. I then even got one free with my hotel booking through my work so I ended up with thre ...
Advantages: Useful information and different to the normal guide books Disadvantages: None
This guide was a book purchased by me when my Wanderlust magazine ran an offer for its subscribers to purchase books free and just pay for postage. Being a lover of the Italian places I have been to visit so far and completely loving the way of life, I fe ...
Advantages: Tells you about the REAL Italy Disadvantages: Some chapters can be heavy going
While television and the internet may have developed the phenomenon yet further, the idea of the armchair tourist is not that new. In the nineteenth century well-to-do young men set off on the "Grand Tour" to see Europe and bring back souvenirs from, in p ...
