Hip Hotels Italy [Paperback]

Herbert Ypma (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002 | Series: Hip Hotels

'You can have the universe, if I can have Italy.' So said Giuseppe Verdi. It sounds generous, but Verdi knew that Italy is a universe - diverse, beautiful and crammed with the relics of two millennia of civilization. This new volume of HIP HOTELS presents amazing places to stay in destinations the length and breadth of its boot-shaped peninsula and islands. Herbert Ypma has ventured far beyond the familiar rolling hills of Tuscany, the postcard-perfect Amalfi Coast, or the Grand Tour destinations of Venice, Florence and Rome, to introduce real discoveries in underexplored regions like Campania, Puglia, Basilicata and Le Marche. Many hotels are a complete surprise: ancient sassi cave-dwellings in the eroded rocky landscape of Basilicata, or the trulli of Puglia, centuries-old igloo-like constructions with conical slate roofs. And whether cave, abbey, olive mill, fishing hut or barefoot beachside palazzo, every one of these unique hotels is true to its locale in its architecture, design and gastronomy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Destined to become the bible for traveling fashionistas—or those who just wish they were. -- Entertainment Weekly

His well-edited selection of the best-designed places to stay will have readers scrambling to make travel plans. -- Travel & Leisure

Hotels so stunning, so individual, so undeniably designer destinations in their own right. -- Wallpaper

The book's color photos will get you packing. -- Playboy, August 2002

The color photos are splendid. -- The Bookwatch, July 2002

Ypma's beautiful photographs are accompanied by discussions of each hotel's history and design. -- Condé Nast Traveler

[E]nough to restore even the most jaded traveler's appetite for originality and personality in hotel design. -- Weddingbells, Fall/Winter 2002

About the Author

Photographer and writer Herbert Ypma grew up on three continents, and has remained a global nomad ever since. His bestselling World Design series of visual sourcebooks set a new standard in interior design publishing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500283478
• ISBN-13: 978-0500283479
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Food & Lodging > Hotels & Inns

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blends a travel guide with a design resource, July 8, 2002

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This review is from: Hip Hotels Italy (Paperback)

Hip Hotels Italy joins others in the lauded Thames & Hudson "Hip" series that blends a travel guide with a design resource, focusing on the biggest names in architecture and interior design. Notable establishments in Italy which include olive mills, caves, abbeys and even fishing huts show how all types of architecture can be transformed and renovated for tourism. The color photos are splendid.