Let's Go 2001: Italy: The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series (Paperback)

by Let's Go Inc. (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Our budget-minded coverage of the land of the Renaissance includes Rome, Florence, Venice, Tuscany, and the Italian Riviera, plus Tunisia.

FEAST on fungi during Cortona's Festa dei Porcini for under $5.

BURROW through subterranean villas complete with mills and wine cellars for under $3.

MARVEL at an erupting volcano while lounging on a black-sand beach. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Let's Go Publications (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312246811
• ISBN-13: 978-0312246815
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,402,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 2 in The Let's Go 2001 Series.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thorough, but bring along a city guide, too, July 31, 2000

By	Paul Bobbitt "Pobbit" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Go 2000: Italy: The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series (Let's Go. Italy, 2000) (Paperback)

I brought the Let's Go Italy book with me when I visited Rome in October 1999. While the guide thoroughly covers all of Italy, it doesn't do justice to a city like Rome. (Nor should it be expected to... that's what Let's Go Rome is for!) If you're planning to focus on cities like Florence, Venice or Rome, make sure you bring along a guide specific to the city if you're going to be spending more than a few days there. The wealth of information contained in these specialized city guides makes it worth the extra cost. If you're planning to see many cities on your trip to Italy, and only have a day or two in each one, this might be the best guide for you. Either way, the Let's Go series is excellent!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A travel book I wouldn't recommend, August 27, 2001

By A Customer

On my trip to Italy I found this book VERY unhelpful. The maps were not detailed enough and while in Florence I noticed at least 3 other groups of American tourists all of us looking for the same Let's Go restaurant that did not seem to exist, this was after looking for another recommended restaurant whose street did not seem to exist. I would not recommend this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't read the reviews..., August 4, 2001

By	begonia (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

I got this book based on its excellent reviews in preparation for a semester in Italy. Usually I choose Lonely Planet or the Rough Guides for travelling, and now I wish I had stuck to those. The book is difficult to read and its attitude makes me angry every time I open it. I feel like it doesn't have very much history or background, and putting prices for every attraction in parenthesis in the text is distracting. Not only that, it doesn't really say anything new -- you are left with information about the boring central tourist attractions, and no way to escape the herds.