What's the Top Italy Travel Guidebook for Rome, Florence & Venice?
Which Is Recommended? Rick Steves Italy guidebook or Lonely Planet Italy guidebook?
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1914 Ms. Mason began in Liguria and visited
Portofino: 'the quaintest fishing village under
the sky'.Cinque Terre was not yet famous. |
Let's start off on the right foot: there are no best travel guidebooks. All have strengths and weaknesses, and all travelers have different approaches and needs. We have recently completed our independent review of almost all the popular Italy travel guidebooks. We give you our recommendation along with enough description help you decide if it fits your needs.
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BEST FOR A PANDEMIC?
We highly recommend the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides. The rich illustrations and deeper explanations provide the best possible vicarious enjoyment.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Italy
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Florence & Tuscany
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Rome
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Venice and the Veneto
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We cover everything you need in three articles:
⬥Guidebooks for Italy (This Article)
⬩All of Italy ⬩Best of Italy ⬩Southern Italy
+Publishers of Italy Guidebook Series Reviewed
⬩Rick Steves ⬩Lonely Planet ⬩Rough Guides
⬩DK Eyewitness ⬩Fodor's ⬩Frommer's
⬥Guidebooks for Italian Cities & Towns (Click)
⬩Rome ⬩Florence ⬩Venice ⬩Cinque Terre ⬩Naples
⬥Guidebooks for Italian Regions (Click)
⬩Amalfi Coast ⬩Cinque Terre ⬩Italian Lakes ⬩Liguria, ⬩Puglia ⬩Sardinia ⬩Sicily ⬩Tuscany
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▸Guidebooks in each category are
in order of preference.▸All books have Paperback and Kindle editions.
▸ On Amazon UK the Kindle editions may be in the Kindle store.
▸See
Who Are The Reviewers below to read about the criteria of the reviewers.
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⬥Italy - Entire Country - The Best Guidebooks
No guidebook fully covers all of Italy. If you are traveling away from the major tourist centers, use the Amazon 'Look Inside' feature to see the Table of Contents or Index to make sure your areas is covered.
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1922 Monroe had a special perspective on
Sicily. A Stanford-educated Professor of
Psychology, he wrote 5 books on Europe. |
Italy Lonely Planet 2021 ++
(Amazon US) +(Amazon UK) +
(Amazon UK Kindle)Color 1024 pages 27 oz. Oct. 2021 15th Edition
Approachable and fairly thorough with straight ahead writing. The comprehensive coverage of Italy's 20 regions has good clear maps interspersed in the articles and it includes more out of the way sights. The 2021 edition also comes with a map of Rome accommodations organized by neighborhood. The guide's index can be somewhat spotty.
Italy Rick Steves 2021 ++(Amazon US) +(Amazon UK)
Mostly B/W 1253 pages 21 oz.
Next Edition Fall 2022
Complete info on the frequently visited sites in Italy presented in an effective format. The writing imparts a feeling because the places are actually selected by RS himself. Includes excellent maps, suggested itineraries, good info on opening hours, fees, etc. They don't include many of the less traveled places. No coverage on Sicily, Sardinia, or Puglia (Apulia).
