City Secrets: Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy

ISBN 10: 1892145014 ISBN 13: 9781892145017

Publisher: Little Bookroom, 2001

Synopsis

Second in the highly-acclaimed City Secrets series, City Secrets Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy is a unique and sophisticated guidebook that compiles the recommendations of some of the world's most eminent authors, artists, architects, and others.

Whether writing about a painting, a restaurant, or a village's hidden byways, these experts' observations, taken together, amount to an exhilarating insider's look at both the well-known and the overlooked. The impassioned descriptions and informed perspectives in the pages of City Secrets Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy form an inspired tour of this most inspiring of countries.

About this title

Review:

... fulfills the seemingly impossible goal of providing a sophisticated guide to Florence, Venice including precious itineraries through seldom-visited treasures. -- Il Mosaico

If you require a guide more refined than rough, the City Secrets travel books may be up your alley. -- Irish Times (Dublin)

Like last year's indispensible Rome guide, the pocket-size [book] offers insider tips from artists, writers, historians and architects. -- New York magazine

Niles and Frasier Crane would love this book ... crammed with tips ... Full marks for letting words do the work ... -- The Observer (London)

“... it should be everyone’s pick to supplement any guide more devoted to the travel basics.” -- Barron's

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Bookroom
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1892145014
• ISBN 13: 9781892145017
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Kahn Robert