Fodor's Italy 2010 (Full-color Travel Guide) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2009 | Series: Full-color Travel Guide

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Italy!

•Updated annually, Fodor’s Italy provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book.

•Fodor’s Italy features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Italy.

•Experience Italy like a local! Fodor’s Italy features includes unique photo-features that impart Italy’s culture, covering Rome’s ancient ruins, Tuscany’s wine country, Venice’s Grand Canal, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

•Full-color pullout map.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

Editorial Reviews

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"In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market." –Booklist
 
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"Always thoughtfully written and easily readable, Fodor's travel guides have become a must-have when traveling to unfamiliar destinations" –Mid South Magazine
 
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Product Details

• Paperback: 960 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Pap/Map edition (October 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400008492
• ISBN-13: 978-1400008490
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #601,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darned good Italy guidebook, January 16, 2010

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Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Italy 2010 (Full-color Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I haven't had a new Italy guidebook in a number of years, been using an old Lonely Planet guide for years. This is a good improvement, up to date, which is especially important for hotels and restaurants. In this Fodor's guide there's a good cross section of inexpensive and more luxurious accommodations. There's a lot of space on the sights and basics of getting around, which I didn't need as much so I'm not as good of a judge on that. The color photos look good and could help with planning before a trip, but are probably not as useful while on the road. A single book for a whole country is often pretty thin on the ground. A couple of my personal favorite places are mentioned though in the book, an interesting surprise. The book is a starting point though, best for first time travelers to Italy but useful for repeat visitors as well.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has EVERYTHING!, March 24, 2010

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Darrell Brangham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Italy 2010 (Full-color Travel Guide) (Paperback)

O.K. so i bought this book not realizing the size of the book. This is a very big book not one you stick in your pocket as your wondering around. But beyond the size of the book the actual book is amazing there is soooo much info for every location in Italy. I think you can not get a better travel guide. I planned my entire trip with the help of this book, buy it don't waste your time looking at others.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful Guidebook, July 25, 2010

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This review is from: Fodor's Italy 2010 (Full-color Travel Guide) (Paperback)

As usual, a Fodor's guidebook does not disappoint. It includes beautiful photographs, useful maps, and excellent advice. The range of recommendations and ratings for restaurants and hotels runs the gamut, although there are other guides out there that would be of more use to the backpacker/hostel group. Highly recommended.