Pocket Rough Guide Venice: Travel Guide with eBook

By Jonathan Buckley and Rough Guides

Book Overview

This pocket-sized Venice guidebook, written by Rough Guides experts, is perfect for short trips. Portable and complete with a pull-out map, it's sustainably printed to support environmental responsibility.

Inside this Venice travel book, you will find:

Must-see recommendations - expertly chosen main attractions, hidden gems, family-friendly spots and relaxing retreats in tourist hotspots
Top picks in Venice - essential experiences including Basilica di San Marco, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Accademia, Palazzo Ducale, Frari, Torcello, Burano, San Michele, Punta della Dogana, Museo Correr, Guggenheim, Ca' d'Oro, Ca' Rezzonico, selected to enrich your journey
Best itineraries - diverse trip plans, suiting various durations and interests, and including recommendations for where to eat and drink along the way
Venice overview - a visual at-a-glance map spotlights key areas, with brief highlights
Inspiration for day trips - suggestions for extending your adventure or discovering new areas
Essential travel tips - guidance on navigation, health, local festivals and a comprehensive A-Z directory
Local language primer - key phrases for essential interaction, covering greetings, numbers and food
Authentic reviews - independent, reliable reviews of dining, drinking and shopping options, all collated by Rough Guides' experts
Accommodation listings - a selection of places to stay to fit any budget
Convenient pull-out map - an essential, easily-accessible map highlighting must-visit sites
Updates on Venice - a brief overview of the latest changes for returning visitors
Bonus eBook - free digital access to the guidebook post-purchase for on-the-go planning
Coverage includes: San Marco, Dorsoduro, San Polo, Santa Croce, Cannaregio, Castello, Canal Grande, La Giudecca, Burano, Murano

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789195888
• ISBN13: 9781789195880
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

opinion

I really don't care for Lonely Planet's Italy Guide so I purchased this guide. The maps are good and the floor plans of important buildings are very helpful.

La Serenissima

Over the past few weeks I think I have read all the guide books on Venice there are on the market (a very crowded market), and this one leads the pack.It is not for the person looking for pretty pictures, that is true. But it is the most comprehensive, most insightful, and ultimately most helpful.The Time Out Guide is also very good, especially its listings section, some interesting background, terrific colour maps (complete with street index), and nice pics and Lonely Planet looks more than adequate, but it is Rough Guide I am most impressed with. That is because of the depth of information on many places. There are really clear black & white maps of the layouts of things like the Basilica and Doge's Palace, and sestiere maps. I decided this is the guide I want to read at night or in a quiet corner when actually visiting places.

Really 4.5

Rough Guide definitely gets 5 stars for thoroughness. From cover to cover there is more information about Venice than I would have thought possible, or maybe even desirable!Especially when it comes to information on neighborhoods, museums, scuole and the like, this is the best book of it's kind. I kept it in hand walking through the Accademia; I think they actually gave background information on every single painting in the place. The sections on the Doge's Palace and the Basilica are just staggering. Every tiny little campo, every plaque, every statue is covered with a thoroughness bordering on [tedium].Unfortunately, this is also the Rough Guide's biggest drawback. The guide covers everything from the sublime to the mundane, and sorting through it all (and with no pictures!!?!?!) sometimes takes some effort. With a prose style more reminiscent of Henry James than Rolling Stone, I thought it seemed tedious at times.Having said all that, the restaurant recommendations were dead-on, and they were forward-looking enough to attempt lira to Euro price estimations.Recommended, but you may want to pick up something more entertaining for the flight over.

Superb! ...Move over, Lonely Planet!

Wow! Just got back from Venice, where we used this guide to find our pensione, restaurants (NO tourist ones), gelato, churches, the best tartuffi (truffles) in the world, and of course museums, attractions, and scuolas. We never found anything to disagree with on their reviews, although they called our pensione "cheerless" despite the sunny south exposures that were a delight. Best of all, the maps are cross-referenced to the text, so when reader looks up a restaurant review, the map location is noted and easily found (other guide books are infuriatingly lax in this simple and useful method).Absolutely perfect!

A week is not enough....

Up to the usual Rough Guide standards, this is a great introduction to Venice. It's restaurant and hotel suggestions are good, but it really shines in describing the city, and offering suggestions for many days' walks -- much better in fact, than several 'walking' guides we also consulted. Good maps complement a sensible layout of this maze of a city. The 'Brief History' does an excellent job, and prepares you for delving deeper with an extensive reading list.