The American Express Pocket Guide to Venice

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The American Express Pocket Guide to Venice
The beauty and cultural eminence of Venice are as remarkable today as ever, and this complete and detailed guide will ensure that you will enjoy them to the fullest. Venice is the city of gondolas on the Grand Canal; the Piazza San Marco, with the gloriously Gothic Doge's Palace; the Bridge of Sighs; the Basilica of San Marco, with its fabulous mosaics; the Rialto bridge; superb museums and magnificent art collections; and the islands of the lagoon.
Since the financial, political and cultural predominance of Venice was linked directly with the mainland, any visitor to the "floating" city will also want to visit Padua, Vicenza, Verona and the beautiful Palladian villas, and this book covers them all in detail. All the sights and places of interest in Venice itself are described, and advice is given on the hotels of Venice and where and what to eat and drink. The islands and the Lido are treated separately for easy reference, and in full... Tovább

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The American Express Pocket Guide to Venice
The beauty and cultural eminence of Venice are as remarkable today as ever, and this complete and detailed guide will ensure that you will enjoy them to the fullest. Venice is the city of gondolas on the Grand Canal; the Piazza San Marco, with the gloriously Gothic Doge's Palace; the Bridge of Sighs; the Basilica of San Marco, with its fabulous mosaics; the Rialto bridge; superb museums and magnificent art collections; and the islands of the lagoon.
Since the financial, political and cultural predominance of Venice was linked directly with the mainland, any visitor to the "floating" city will also want to visit Padua, Vicenza, Verona and the beautiful Palladian villas, and this book covers them all in detail. All the sights and places of interest in Venice itself are described, and advice is given on the hotels of Venice and where and what to eat and drink. The islands and the Lido are treated separately for easy reference, and in full detail. Superb four-color maps show the center of Venice in detail, as well as the entire island, the lagoon and the mainland as far inland as Verona.
Venice is unique, beautiful, romantic, magical—and with this comprehensive and concise book in hand, the visitor can choose the most effective ways to see and do the best of everything in the time available.
Sheila Hale is also the author of The American Express Pocket Guide to Florence and Tuscany. She was born in New York, but has lived in Italy and England since 1962. A writer and journalist, she contributes to a number of magazines, especially on subjects relating to the history and culture of northern Italy. Vissza