Let's Go 2005 Italy - European Travel Books

Paperback - 18 November, 2004 - Let's Go Publications
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By: Inc Let's Go
ISBN: 0312335520

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Highly recommended

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.

Absolutely worth it

I spent about 8 months in Italy last year with this book as a my bible. It helped me find the 'off-the-beaten-path' experience i was looking for especially in some of the major cities where it can be easy to get sucked into the tourist trap. I loved this book so much I actually bought another copy after losing my first, and the second quickly took on a beating. What I like most is it allows you to choose, there are enough major sites to keep you busy but enough quirky spots to make it an adventure. It does an excellent job with restaurants as well and after studying in Parma my standards were pretty high. I got lost quite a bit but i can't say that is the fault of the maps so much as my own directional ability. Anyway, in short this guide was an incredible resource that steered me towards spots where i could meet actual Italians and not just other tourists.
A big thank you to Let's Go!

Let's Go 2005 Italy (Let's Go Italy)

Hello,

I am very sad about this book. I expected better travel guide. It was nearly completely useless during our holiday. We have been in the north and middle part of Italy by car in this summer (2005). The maps of the cities were too small to easy understand it. The description of the cities were not satisfactory for us. The signs of the place of interest were right and the entrance prices were mainly correct. The book serves a broad choice of hotels, bars but you hardly find campsites in it. The bars and self service restaurants which are listed never signed in the maps. You get information from where and how you can go there but you don't know where you are exactly because of the poor maps.
I think there is better travel book on the marked but I have no any experience with that so I can't offer better choice yet.
I hope you will be luckier with any kind of Italian travel book like I.

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