Sicily (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

DK Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 21, 2009

DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations.

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.

Each guide is packed with the up-to-date, reliable destination information every traveler needs, including extensive hotel and restaurant listings, themed itineraries, lush photography, and numerous maps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: DK Publishing; Revised edition (December 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756661218
• ISBN-13: 978-0756661212
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Travel > Europe > Italy > Sicily

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touring Sicily, April 7, 2011

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Ernest L. Harper - See all my reviews
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My wife and I will be taking a two-week tour of Sicily in late summer and want to prepare ourselves for the trip. We've had positive experiences with Eyewitness Travel on previous trips abroad so decided to go with a proven winner again. This is an excellent guide for the casual tourist who wants to know the basics about the places being visited. For the serious student of the history and culture of destinations, more scholarly tomes would be more appropriate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite!, January 11, 2011

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Dr. Denise Levine (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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I always love the Eyewitness Travel Guides! They are most informative and, as a photographer, I appreciate the stunning photos they contain!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent pictorial guide, October 26, 2010

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We love the Eyewitness Travel books for their clearly illustrated guides, which include detailed maps and diagrams of major sightseeing locales. That kind of guide is invaluable for getting your bearings and making sure you see the highlights of an area, and for this, our first trip to Sicily, the book was exceptionally helpful. Sicily is an incredibly rich island, with both contemporary and ancient importance, and it would be possible to spend months here without experiencing them all. This guide book is a great companion for each excursion. That said, the Eyewitness guides can't be your sole guide to Sicily -- or anywhere else, for that matter. Their greatness is in their visual focus, not their in-depth analysis of history, background, or, most important for those seeking hotel and restaurant help, for opinions about the island. Travelers are better served by the Let's Go! or Lonely Planet guides for that kind of assistance. If you are willing to find that kind of help online, however, the Eyewitness Travel guide to Sicily can be the only book you bring with you on your trip. If you need everyday assistance once you're in Sicily, and don't have Internet access, you'll need a second book to supplement this guide's "show me" information.