Italy (Charming Small Hotel Guides Italy) [Paperback]

Fiona Duncan (Editor), Leonie Glass (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Charming Small Hotel Guides Italy | Publication Date: March 2001

Super-sized, with over 500 profiles, this bumper edition of the series bestseller offers hundreds of places to stay throughout Italy. Hand-picked accommodations are all unique. History buffs should consider a stay at the old monastery for Carmelite monks in Torino, while food-lovers might prefer Tuscan Il Bottaccio, where dinner is a 10-course event. This pocket-sized guide offers an expansive selection of hand-picked accommodations. Most are shown in full color, and all come with contact information, pet policy, opening seasons, candid evaluations and prices.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have used the Spain and Italy volumes to find delightful, inexpensive hotels... I would trust their recommendations." -- The Washington Post

"Ooooh! Wait til you see this guide." -- The New York Daily News

"Sparkles with photographs of the finest – not the costliest – small hotels. Beautifully written descriptions, contact info, prices, etc." -- Library Journal

Each of these portable pocket books gives photographs and descriptions of more than 400 properties, covering practicalities and salient features. -- Gourmet Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ); 8 edition (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588431126
• ISBN-13: 978-1588431127
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,419,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Places, Minor Reservations!, August 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Italy (Charming Small Hotel Guides Italy) (Paperback)

This can be a very helpful starting point for your travel planning, containing useful information about many attractive, special places in Italy. In this modern era, however, it is also important for the reader to leap to the Internet for additional information before making those reservations.

That done, you will discover that there are several potentially disappointing errors in this book, most notably the transposition of the photos for the magnificent Villa San Michele (Fiesole; attributed to Michelangelo) with the Hotel San Michele in Cortona. The former is one of the most beautiful and expensive hotels in Tuscany, standing atop a hillside overlooking Florence. The Cortona San Michele (while quite nice) is a more modest, affordable hotel, on a steep, narrow city street. One can only imagine the dismay for the visitors who arrive in Cortona, expecting the first, and found themselves at the latter! "Certainly doesn't look like its photo, now does it?"

Tighter editing--- and diligent reader investigation-- is essential. But all totalled, a recommended starting point for travel planning, especially if you recall that ancient Roman admonition, "Caveat Emptor!"

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peace of mind, September 6, 2002

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ginaa "cathyka" (Aromas, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italy (Charming Small Hotel Guides Italy) (Paperback)

Great descriptions, unbelievable quality photos; compact. Never having visited Italy befoe, we wanted to travel in teh countryside, in Tuscany and the Lake District. We used the 'Editor's Choices'. Our first stay at Villa Simplicitas near Lake Como was perfect, like we were visiting friends, fabulous service and food, locally made aperitifs. It was inexpensive and fabulous. Just perfect. It set the tone for the trip, and what a relief to find, after driving from Milano and flying in from California. We stayed at other places and were perfectly informed by this guide. There's nothing as valuable as relief from worry when traveling in a foreign city, without speaking the language well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Peace of mind, September 6, 2002

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ginaa "cathyka" (Aromas, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italy (Charming Small Hotel Guides Italy) (Paperback)

Great descriptions, unbelievable quality photos; compact. Never having visited Italy befoe, we wanted to travel in teh countryside, in Tuscany and the Lake District. We used the 'Editor's Choices'. Our first stay at Villa Simplicitas near Lake Como was perfect, like we were visiting friends, fabulous service and food, locally made aperitifs. It was inexpensive and fabulous. Just perfect. It set the tone for the trip, and what a relief to find, after driving from Milano and flying in from California. We stayed at other places and were perfectly informed by this guide. There's nothing as valuable as relief from worry when traveling in a foreign city, without speaking the language well.