Rick Steves' Venice - Admire the gold mosaics and colored marble of St. Mark’s Basilica, float down past impressive palaces on the Canal Grande, and find delicious meals at restaurants still frequented by locals. Rick offers expert advice on visiting the must-see sights, from the iconic Rialto Bridge to the Venice’s top art museum, the Accademia. Also included are tips for avoiding the crowds and exploring Venice’s back lanes and local hangouts...
Streetwise Venice Map - My favorite maps. Pocket-sized, laminated, folds like an accordion, and with a street index, these things are indispensible—and practically indestructible. Not that you won't get lost in Venice anyway (everyone does), but this map will help you find your way back...
Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice and the Veneto - The guides that show you what others only tell you, with 3D and cutaway views of museums, cathedrals, and other must-see sights; detailed street maps; a handy phrase section; advice on the best places to eat, drink, shop, sleep, and be entertained; and a Survival Guide of essential information such as currency, transportation, and communications.Showcasing Venice's architecture, villas, museums, palazzi, canals, and churches in more than 800 striking full-color photographs, this "new breed of guidebook" (Travel & Leisure) covers Venice's five main sightseeing areas. A detailed, fifteen-page "View of The Grand Canal" points out the wonders of this marvelous waterway, highlighted by a breathtakingly illustrated depiction of the canal and its landmarks... Beyond Venice, information regarding the cities of Verona, Padua, and Vicenza is found in the section devoted to The Veneto Plain, and focuses on the regions attractions, lush countryside, wineries, and wildlife...
DK Top 10 Venice - The pocket-guide version of the Eyewitness book. Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies [disclosure note: I have written several books in this series—though not this one]...
Time Out Venice - Think "Venice," and images of gondolas drifting along misty canals and pigeon-feeding visitors dwarfed by the splendor of St. Mark's and its square come unavoidably to mind. If it's Venetian icons visitors are after, this magical city will never disappoint. But for a more rounded experience, the longtime residents and experts who have contributed to the fifth edition of Time Out Venice lead travelers down back streets and into campi and calli where few tourists tread: to hidden churches with hidden artworks; to architectural and sculptural gems in concealed courtyards; and to districts where the everyday life of Venice goes on in time-honored, washing-festooned, market-haggling fashion. This guide explores every inch of the fabled city on water—with particular attention paid to mid-price and alternative accommodations and dining venues—and covers the entire Veneto region—its other historic cities, rolling vine-covered hills, ski resorts, and surprisingly wild club scene...
Time Out Shortlist: Venice - The pocket version. Small yet comprehensive, this mini-guide covers all of Venice, from famous attractions like the canals, St. Mark’s, and the Doge’s Palace to hidden gems of art and architecture known only to residents. Itineraries and dining and lodging options are included for all tastes and budgets...
The Rough Guide to Venice and the Veneto - The definitive handbook to Europe's most beautiful city and its hinterland. The guide includes detailed accounts of all Venice's monuments and museums, from San Marco to the far-flung islands. There is vivid background on the city's history and culture, with the lowdown on the Biennale, Carnevale and other special events. For every area, there are comprehensive reviews of restaurants, bars and accommodation in every price range. Finally, there is detailed coverage of Verona, Padua, Vicenza, Treviso and a host of other Veneto towns and sights...
Rough Guide Directions: Venice - Slim, stylish and pocketable, Rough Guide Directions: Venice is full of ideas for long-weekends or flying visits to one of Europe's most popular city break destinations. Providing accurate, up-to-date information this full-colour guide includes 28 themed sections—from "Death in Venice" to "Eighteenth-century Art"—to help you decide what to do, 24 hours a day. There are critical reviews of all the best places to stay, the best bars and the shops, all keyed to accompanying easy-to-use maps. Additional chapters cover festivals and special events from the Film Festival to the spectacular Regata Storica. The language section has a useful menu reader and handy phrases to have you speaking a little Italian by the time you arrive.
Lonely Planet: Venice and the Veneto - Discover Venice & The Veneto. • Relive Casino Royale and cruise the Grand Canal in your very own speedboat. • Escape the menu turistico and dine instead on baccala and Bellinis in hidden backstreet bars. • Take the art-pilgrim path to Padua, then sit with fireflies in Verona's pink-marble arena. • Contemplate Venice's less salubrious past, when the Catalogue of Courtesans was the guidebook of choice. One author, 12 years of Venice know-how, five extended walks, and one attempt at the Vogalonga. This is the only guide that goes the extra mile in finding gorgeous, great value canalside accommodation. Meet the mayor, learn about the lagoon and appreciate the city's artistic heritage as locals spill the beans on Italy's most beautiful city...
Lonely Planet's Best of Venice: The Ultimate Pocket Guide and Map - The pocket-sized verison of the regular Lonley Planet guide (geared toward stays of a few days, and without the rest of the Veneto in it). Elusive and enigmatic, Venice is a dreamlike place that beggars description. Countless artists have tried with pen and brush to render the shimmering lagoon with its slender bell towers. It's an enticing vision, increasingly difficult to find amid the madding crowds in St. Mark's Square, but in Best of Venice we'll show you how...
Cadogan City Guide Venice - The Cadogan books are one of my favorite guidebooks series. Venice is Europe's dream city of the imagination, cocooned far away in its magical lagoon. Streets of water lap against an urban fabric built to delight, filled with the color drenched masterpieces of Bellini, Titian and Tiepolo. And when your drunken senses can take no more, the worldly playground of the Lido and the Palladian villas of the terra firma are only a short hop away.
Our expert authors and local researchers give the lowdown on the city, from splendid palazzi and glorious churches to silent canals and tucked-away boatyards. 74 hotels and 116 restaurants, plus wine bars, clubs, late-night ice-cream parlors, classical concerts, opera, dance and theater are all personally reviewed...
The National Geographic Traveler Venice - National Geographic offers a century of incomparable travel expertise to the high end of the travel market with this extraordinary series of world tours. These information-packed guides offer savvy advice and the in-depth information that sophisticated travelers demand. Each guide features: Detailed background and site descriptions; mapped walking and driving tours; full-service sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life; a 60-page directory of visitor information, including notable hotels and restaurants, entertainment, and shopping; and foldout end flaps, printed with maps and quick reference information, that serve as handy bookmarks...
Blue Guide Venice - I love the Blue Guides. They're mind-bogglingly dull to read, but positively encyclopedic—and certainly indispensible—when it comes to learning the history, art, and background information that can make or break a trip to a place like Italy. Though other guides are more fun to read (and much better for such things as hotels and restaurants, which BG covers only in a cursory fashion), nothing—nothing—beats the Blue Guide for information, and if one exists for any destination to which I plan to travel, I always buy it, take it with me, and it usually ends up being the one I look at the most when actually out and about exploring the city. Venice has been one of the world's leading destinations for the cultural traveler since the eighteenth-century Grand Tour: a romantic setting, rich in art history, created by a republic that was stable and prosperous for a thousand years. The eighth edition offers the curious traveler invaluable information on everything from art and architecture to places to stay. Color photographs, floor plans, maps, diagrams...
Michelin Green Guide Venice - A classic. For people who want to see more. * Everything about the area, its people and culture. * Star-rated sights and attractions. * Suggested tours and itineraries. * 20 easy-to-use and detailed street plans and maps. * Places to eat, drink, stay and relax for every taste and budget...
Strolling Through Venice: The Definitive Walking Guidebook to "La Serenissima" - In Strolling Through Venice, John Freely brings Venice – her past and her present – alive. Beginning at Piazza San Marco, Freely guides the reader on a series of carefully planned and unique walks radiating from the iconic Grand Canal into each of the city’s sestieri. Through streets and squares, along canals, into churches, galleries, museums and palazzi; every major place of interest that the visitor could hope to see is illuminated. At each spot Freely peels back the layers of history to reveal the stories of Venice. Practical and informative, richly coloured and bursting with history, myth and legend, Strolling Through Venice is the perfect guide for anyone who has fallen under the spell of this most enchanting city...
Pauline Frommer's Italy: Spend Less, See More - This is a guide to all of Italy, not just Venice, but I had to include because, you know, I wrote parts of it—though not the coverage of Venice. (For the record, I do not receive any royalties if you buy this book—though, ironically, I do get a commission from Barnes & Noble if you order it off this Website, but no more than I would get if you clicked on any and bought of the other worthy titles listed here.) If you'd like to get the most out of your dollar and your trip, this is the guide for you, with a fresh spin on budget travel, showing you how to see the best for less and how to see it in a more authentic way—the way the locals do. Instead of spending $300 a night for a chain hotel, why not stay in a light-filled apartment in Rome's historical Trastevere neighborhood from just $125 or in one of Italy's monasteries for as little as $35? Or how about enjoying a plate of hearty appetizers at Venice's Cantino do Mori, so you can splurge on Paolo Senni's tagliata di fesa di vitella at Cane & Gato in Siena? Let us show you the "other" Italy--the one only insiders know about. Take a one-day paper marbling class in Venice or learn to cook the perfect ragu in Bologna. These are only a few of the great ways to get closer to the culture of Italy...
Frommer's Northern Italy - Again, a bit of a cheat, since it covers all of Northern Italy—not just Venice and the Veneto—but, again I include it for personal reasons. To whit: I wrote the first several editions of this book. Though it's now updated by someone else, he doesn't seem to have changed the text much other than updating the information, so it is essentially still what I wrote, which menas I probably agree with most of the recommendations. (Anything in there that you sample and turns out to be below par, I'm going to go ahead and blame on the other guy.) Here's the official review: Insights into Northern Italy's top travel options, including Cinque Terre hikes; Venice Carnevale parties; Great Dolomite Road drives; and custom itineraries for skiers and gourmands. • Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. • Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget. • Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions...
Frommer's Portable Venice - A succinct guide to the pleasures of Venice. Our book pinpoints the best dining, nightlife, and accommodations, including the city's renowned luxury hotels as well as bargain alternatives. It delivers the scoop on St. Mark's Square, the Grand Canal, museums, churches, the Lido, lagoon islands, and other attractions. [Here's an odd one, a non-disclaimer: despite my long history of association with the publisher of the Frommer's guidebooks, I actually have never had anything to do with this title—other than once pointing out that they had a map bullet in the wrong place.]...
Insight City Guide: Venice - Venice Insight City Guide features sections covering areas of interest, such as The Grand Canal, Castello, and Dorsoduro, as well as top attractions, including Arsenale, Doge's Palace, and San Rocco. A section on museums covers the Museo Correr and Palazzo Grassi. Photo features include Regattas and Water Festivals, San Marco and The Accademia. A section on travel tips provides information on transport, accommodation, activities, and language. Twelve area maps provide easy navigation. This Book also includes a removable Venice Insight Restaurant Guide...
Wallpaper City Guide: Venice - Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he or she has a week or just 24 hours in the city. The guides feature up-and-coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centers, and a selection of the best shops to buy items unique to the particular city. Wallpaper* City Guides present travelers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best, the most exciting, and the most beautiful of the featured city. In addition to looking beautiful, the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority. They have tabbed sections so the tourist can easily find what he or she is looking for. Also included are color-coded city maps, rate and currency cards, and an easy navigational tool. They are the ultimate combination of form and function. Compiled by the well-traveled editorial team of Wallpaper* and by an extraordinary network of international correspondents, the guides are truly THE insider's guide to each featured city. The contributors to these guides have put their heads together to come up with fascinating, efficient guides that keeps the hip, urban traveler with his or her finger on the pulse...
Fodor's Venice and the Venetian Arc - Visit the Gothic palace where doges once ruled, play Casanova behind a classic Venetian mask, get hooked on exotic fish from the Adriatic, indulge in the sweet treat discovered by Marco Polo, or see the origins of the Renaissance in a fresco-filled chapel-Fodor's Venice & the Venetian Arc, 4th Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the area to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing...
Italy with Kids - An indispensable resource for family travel to Italy. Featured destinations are Rome, Venice, Pisa, Florence, Siena, hill towns of Tuscany, Naples and Amalfi Coast, Milan and Lake Region. Everything is written from the parents' perspective: are the hotels family-friendly? Which restaurants are appropriate for kids? How do you say "I need a babysitter tonight?" What are the best gelato shops in each city and town? What books should my kids read before we leave? 'Fun Facts' sidebars are sprinkled throughout for the kids to ponder, and great activities are planned with the kids (and parents too!) especially in mind...
Globe Trekker: Venice City Guide - Probably my favorite travel series. This disc covers the Grand Canal, St. Mark's Square, the Venice Film Festival Burano, a Casanova tour, the Doje's Palace, and the Lagoon...
Rick Steves: Italy's Cities - Everybody's favorite PBS travel guru takes you through Italy's major cities, starting with Venice ("Serene, Decadent, and Still Kicking"), then moving on to Milan and Lake Como, Florence, Rome (both Caesar and Baroque), and Naples and Pompeii. (It's a compendoium of segments from various Travels in Europe episodes from 2000 to 2007.)...