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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Travel Book, June 21, 2004
Let's Go is one of the best for the young traveller, and this book is no exception. It goes into lots of detail about the different major cities, providing maps, reviews, and suggestions for places to visit off the beaten path.One of the highlights of this book is the walking tour suggestions--they have directions on how to take several strolls around different Italian cities and see all the major sites. The book provides a guide for some of the smaller, less known areas in Italy. It's easy enough to find guides for Florence, Rome, Milan, and Venice, but Let's Go provides great food and lodging suggestions for smaller places like Lucca, Assisi, and Ravenna. The only problem with this book is that it doesn't offer as many budget options as some of their other books. It was hard to find places to stay in Venice that we could afford based on their suggestions. They also did not make it clear that some of the housing options were outside the city limits. Details like those would have been helpful. That said, the book is still really helpful and full of information. Their budget food options are excellent! We got great food all over Italy for next to nothing thanks to Let's Go and managed to find lots of stuff to do for FREE in Rome when we were almost out of cash.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good guide for the entry level italian traveler, December 10, 2003
If this is your first visit to Italy or your first visit to one of the many 'regions' of Italy(Venice, Napoli, Firenze etc...) this is the perfect book. With separate maps of most Italian towns and easy to read legends showing the locations of train stations, bus stops and cheaper-then-average hotels/hostels you will have no problem navigating the otherwise precipitous Italian landscape. The focus of most 'Lets Go' books is the lower end hotels so if you're looking for four star elegance you may be slightly dismayed. Nevertheless this volume has excellent introductions to Italian history, culture, food and geography. Separate sections detail concerns for women and the gay/lesbian traveler.
A very helpful guide to Italy, this is slightly superior to the similar 'lonely planet' travel guide. Its sections on Venice, Naples and Palermo are essential to navigating those harder then average cities. The 2004 edition may be slightly inferior to the 2002 edition if you can pick up the older one(not much has changed in Italy so the traveler need not be concerned about hotel closings or the statue of David moving!)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended, November 5, 2005
I bought this book as an addition to my long love - Lonely Planet. If you have to choose one of these two - choose Let's Go.
I loved the way each chapter is organized: from the practical information of arrival, accomodation and food, tourist info, local transport to the "juicy" information on what to do and where to do it.
Sights: this book gives general knowledge on all the big things to see in the big tourist citys (we went to Milan, Venice and Florence). Some of the attractions of the smaller places are not listed under "Sights", as expected, but under other categories like "Hiking", so don't be lazy and read all of the text!
Directions how to get to places were very simple and up-front. we never got lost using the directions in this book.
As expected from the written word - prices were a little old, but in no way off track - they gave us an excellent idea on how much we should have to pay.
Food recommendation: we only tried them at the end of the trip, but we regretted not doing that beforehand. The prices quoted in the book were very close to reality (considering the expected price raise), and the food was as promised.
Hotels: we did not try the recommendations, but one thing was missing in this book (as in the Lonely Planet). The hotels were devided by price, but no regard was made to the number of stars. This is crucial information since it gives you an idea of the quality of the hotel and the services it must provide. If this information was given in the book together with the price, you could get a feeling of "value for money".
Over all, I found this book very easy to handle. the information was extensive and up to date.
As I said - Highly reccomended. I Think I found a replacement for the "Lonely Planet" series.
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