This 96-page book offers an experts guide to Bologna, with 12 described tours to help you make the most of your visit. Four walking tours focus on Bolognas beautifully preserved historic centre, with its arcaded piazzas, its renowned university and its magnificent churches and palaces. A further eight tours sample the surrounding area, including Parma, the Po Delta, the Adriatic resort of Rimini and the city state of San Marino. The guidebook also includes a chapter detailing Bologna's history and culture, as well as leisure-time suggestions and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus dozens of full-colour photographs and maps, including a pull-out map that is clearly marked with all the tours.
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Brian Bell is a contributor for Langenscheidt titles including: 'Insight Guide - Sicily','Insight City Guide Bangkok','Insight City Guide Boston'
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible misguided book, get the Cadogan Guide instead...,
This review is from: Insight Pocket Guide Bologna (Paperback)
This was probably one of the worst tour books I've ever taken on vacation. My husband I love to do walking tours, which this book had many. Unfortunately, the maps and directions they included were terrible. Sometimes the maps didn't match the directions, or the maps were completely inaccurate. This is a shame considering the book was published in 2006, so it's not outdated. I have to qualify this by saying that we've toured Europe quite a lot and have done tons of walking tours, so it's not like we were newbies. Additionally, the tours did not include many of the major sights in Bologna. In Ferrara it described the main cathedral in town as a disappointment, which I found odd considering it was magnificent inside (I realize this is subjective). However, it's probably a good idea to stay factual due to the subjective nature of whether or not a historic point is "a disappointment" or not. I would recommend the Cadogan Guide to Bologna and Emilia Romagna instead. It's not as fluffy and colorful as the insight guide, but it has 10x more information and the maps are accurate. The insight guide was nothing more than colorful pictures and I found IT to be a real disappointment.
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Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna, the land of plenty, and arguably the most civilised region in Italy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Piazza Maggiore, Emilia Romagna, Santo Stefano, San Petronio, Via Farini, Jewish Ghetto, Strada Maggiore, Umberto Eco, Via Zamboni, Due Torri, Grand Ducal, San Francesco, Via Castiglione, Ducal Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Papal States, Piazza Garibaldi, Teatro Regio, Twin Towers, Via Garibaldi, Bruno Magli, Cantina Bentivoglio, Corte Isolani, Leonardo da Vinci, Palazzo Comunale New!
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Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna, the land of plenty, and arguably the most civilised region in Italy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Piazza Maggiore, Emilia Romagna, Santo Stefano, San Petronio, Via Farini, Jewish Ghetto, Strada Maggiore, Umberto Eco, Via Zamboni, Due Torri, Grand Ducal, San Francesco, Via Castiglione, Ducal Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Papal States, Piazza Garibaldi, Teatro Regio, Twin Towers, Via Garibaldi, Bruno Magli, Cantina Bentivoglio, Corte Isolani, Leonardo da Vinci, Palazzo Comunale New!
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- The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco on page 16, and page 27
- The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones on page 42
- Stealing Beauty by Susan Minot on page 16
- Italian Journeys (Picador Books) by Jonathan Keates on page 46
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