Sandra Gustafson's beloved travel guides (more than 350,000 copies sold in the series) are poised to find their widest popular audience with the exciting re-launch of these best-selling series titles. Joining Great Eats and Great Sleeps Paris, Sandra's guides to London and Italy have been completely revised and updated, retooled and retitled, with new maps, streamlined layout, expanded listings, and more detailed neighborhood coverage. While Sandra's eagle eye for finding the best value for the money remains the series hallmark, its renewed emphasis on the full range of travel pleasures--from the inexpensive romantic hideaway to the splurge dinner worth every penny--is sure to please longtime fans and attract a legion more. Packed with personal recommendations, each revisited or newly discovered by Sandra, the Great Eats/Sleeps series is the perfect companion for anyone in search of the out-of-the-way, unusual, fun, and true flavor of Europe.
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Sandra Gustafson has traveled throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has lived in Paris, Prague, and Singapore. A recognized travel author with a growing, loyal readership, she currently lives in San Diego.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Going to Italy? Get this book!,
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This review is from: Sandra Gustafson's Great Eats Italy: Florence - Rome - Venice; Fifth Edition (Paperback)
If you're getting ready to take an Italian vacation, be sure to pick up this book before going. In touristy cities like Venice, Florence, and Rome it is easy to be overwhelmed by the restaraunts, many of which cater to the tourists with uninspired, low-quality dishes. Great Eats will help you avoid the tourist traps and eat at restaraunts that serve great food and reasonable prices, after all, if Italy's known for anything, it's the food. Miss the good authentic food and you've missed a lot. Besides, at ten bucks, it'll pay itself off versus going on your own by showing you where the values are. I wouldn't go to these cities without this book, it worked out GREAT for us.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
OK, not great,
By Momoftwosons (Upstate New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sandra Gustafson's Great Eats Italy (Paperback)
I bought this book just for the Rome section and ripped it out to bring along. Most of the restaurants that we visited from here were just OK, not great. It still felt pretty hit or miss. Your best bet - skip books, get off the tourist track, find places that are busy with Italians eating in them and make your reservations for the next night. When we did that we were satisfied with every place we ate at.
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Great guide to eating in Rome and Florence,
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This review is from: Sandra Gustafson's Great Eats Italy: Florence - Rome - Venice; Fifth Edition (Paperback)
We just got back from a week in Italy (Rome, Florence and Siena) and Gustafson's book helped immensely for both Rome and Florence. It is organized well and has good tips for what to eat where, so that when you are looking for a decent bite near a particular site, you can find one quickly. The book is broken down by cities, and then by locations within each city. For each of the locations, there is a wide variety of choices ("cheap eats", mid-range, expensive, and the best gelato and desserts) within that particular area. She also has other suggestions on food related products. The maps were good, but an additional map (often provided by the hotel) is helpful, as her maps are not very detailed. They are sufficient, though, for purposes of the book. Most importantly, we didn't have a bad meal at any of her recommendations.
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Each listing in Great Eats Italy includes the following information: the name and address of the establishment, the area of the city in which it is located, the telephone number (plus fax, email, and Internet if available), the days and hours it is open and closed, annual closing dates, whether reservations are necessary, whether and which credit cards are accepted, the average price of a three-course a la carte meal without beverages, the price of the menu turistico (set-price meal), the cover and service charges, and whether or not English is spoken. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
menh turistico, vin canto, menu turistico, tavola calda, dark chocolate sauce, funghi porcini, zucchini flowers, dates vary, veal scaloppine, tram tram, panna cotta, del giorno, house wine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Eat, San Lorenzo, Big Splurge Restaurants, San Marco, Mercato Centrale, Piazza Navona, San Polo, Grand Canal, Rialto Market, Jewish Quarter, L'Insalata Ricca, Pitti Palace, New Year, Rialto Bridge, Rio Terra, Campo Santa Margherita, Piazza Santo Spirito, Ponte Vecchio, Termini Station, Trevi Fountain, Alla Madonna, Giovanni Fassi, Santa Maria Formosa, Via Garibaldi, Antica Sacrestia New!
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Each listing in Great Eats Italy includes the following information: the name and address of the establishment, the area of the city in which it is located, the telephone number (plus fax, email, and Internet if available), the days and hours it is open and closed, annual closing dates, whether reservations are necessary, whether and which credit cards are accepted, the average price of a three-course a la carte meal without beverages, the price of the menu turistico (set-price meal), the cover and service charges, and whether or not English is spoken. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
menh turistico, vin canto, menu turistico, tavola calda, dark chocolate sauce, funghi porcini, zucchini flowers, dates vary, veal scaloppine, tram tram, panna cotta, del giorno, house wine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Eat, San Lorenzo, Big Splurge Restaurants, San Marco, Mercato Centrale, Piazza Navona, San Polo, Grand Canal, Rialto Market, Jewish Quarter, L'Insalata Ricca, Pitti Palace, New Year, Rialto Bridge, Rio Terra, Campo Santa Margherita, Piazza Santo Spirito, Ponte Vecchio, Termini Station, Trevi Fountain, Alla Madonna, Giovanni Fassi, Santa Maria Formosa, Via Garibaldi, Antica Sacrestia New!
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