Venice Insight City Guide

Brian Bell (Autor)

Media-Kombination

256 Seiten

2005
APA Publications Pte Ltd
978-981-4137-60-7 (ISBN)

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This 258-page guidebook to Venice presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: The Best of Venice: overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions. Places: district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps. Restaurant guide: a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars. Photo Features: magazine-style full-colour features on some of the most famous sights, including museums and galleries. Essay Features: incisive essays on history, people and culture. Travel Tips: practical listings, covering Accommodation, Entertainment, Transport and more. Street Atlas: colour maps of Venice's main streets, with grid-referenced index

Introduction: The Best of Venice, Venice's Allure. History: City in the Lagoon, Decisive Dates. Features: Saving the City, The Venetians, Architectural Style, Artists of Colour and Light, The Operatic Tradition, Carnival, Eating Out. Places: Introduction; Around San Marco; The Grand Canal; Castello; Eastern Castello; San Polo and Santa Croce; Cannaregio; Dorsoduro; Islands of the Lagoon; The Minor Islands. Photo Features: Artists' Trails, Regattas and Water Festivals, San Marco, The Accademia. Information Panels: Marco Polo, The Doge, Dams and Deadly Floods, The Venetian Palace, La Fenice, Commedia dell'Arte, Caf� Society, Gondolas and Gondoliers, Antonio Vivaldi, The Arsenale, The Biennale, The Scuole, The Jewish Ghetto, Venice Film Festival, Cruising the Brenta Canal Travel Tips: TRANSPORT - Getting There, Getting Around, Car Parks, The Airports, City Ferries, Gondolas, Water Taxis, Boat Holidays; ACCOMMODATION - Hotels, A Place of Your Own, Accommodation Listings by area: San Marco, Castello, Dorsoduro, Cannaregio, Santa Croce and San Polo, The Islands, Bed and Breakfasts, Youth Hostels; ACTIVITIES - Concerts and Operas, Cinema and Theatre, Festivals and Events, Nightlife (by area), Hotel Bars, Shopping , Guided Tours, Nature Excursions, Children's Activities, Sports. A-Z: PRACTICAL INFORMATION - Budgeting for Your Trip, Business Hours, Climate, Clothing, Consulates, Crime and Safety , Day Trips, Directions, Disabled Travellers, Economy, Electricity, Emergency Numbers, Entry Regulations, Government, Health and Medical Care, Media and Internet, Money, Population and Size, Postal Services, Public Holidays, Public Toilets, Radio and Television, Religious Services, Student Travellers, Telephones, Tipping, Tourist Offices, Websites; LANGUAGE; FURTHER READING. Maps: Map Legend; Street Atlas; Venice inside front cover; Venice Vaporetti Network inside back cover Central Venice; San Marco; Grand Canal; Castello; Eastern Castello; San Polo and Santa Croce; Cannaregio; Dorsoduro; Giudecca and San Giorgio; Murano, Burano and Torcello; The Lido; The Minor Islands

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.4.2005
Reihe/Serie	Insight City Guides
Zusatzinfo	Full colour photographs throughout
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 196 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien
ISBN-10	981-4137-60-X / 981413760X
ISBN-13	978-981-4137-60-7 / 9789814137607
Zustand	Neuware