Lonely Planet Pocket Venice 4

by Paula Hardy, Paula Hardy, Peter Dragicevich

Lonely The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Venice is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Absorb the architecture and mosaics at Basilica di San Marco, cruise the Grand Canal aboard a gondola, trace the development of Venetian art at the Gallerie dell'Accademia -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Venice and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Pocket The Perfect Lonely Planet Pocket Venice, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience. Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Venice's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet Venice & the Veneto guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet Italy guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Genres: Travel, Italy, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2013

Reviews

[Jen Surname · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of top tips.

A really handy guide for pre-trip prep and getting a general feel for how things work ahead of time, and a great reference source on the fly once there. Having never visited Venice before, this guide was a fantastic resource if only for working out how public transport works! With so many options and costs and routes just to get to and from the airport, nevermind around the city itself, it’d be easy to come a cropper. Having read all the options in the days prior to my trip, I had no problems at all.

The guide is laid out in such a way that it’s easy to find what you’re looking for and is full of great tips for saving money when there €7.50 for a vaporetto trip, or €20 for a full day ticket. Or €30 for two days - no brainer and probably saved me a pretty penny. Thanks to the two day ticket we managed to travel the length of the Grand Canal (twice!), visited Lido, visited Murano, and got to where we wanted to go with no hassle at all. I had no clue what a vaporetto was before reading this guide! The prices were all accurate too.

The little section on common words and phrases - and now to pronounce them - was also a lovely touch.

A great resource. There was loads of stuff in here that I wasn’t interested in, but that’s just me. It’s certainly comprehensive and a mine of useful information.

[Robert Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read & Very Helpful Information

There is nothing but GREAT stuff in this book! I would highly recommend this read for any traveler to Venice.

[Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Linked information throughout the book. Very useful.

[Anne-marie Becker · Rating 2 out of 5]

No where near as good as other books by the same series and publishing company.
I went to Venice and didn't bother packing it.

[Ranjana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good book with lots of great tips

[Sten Vesterli · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the information you need for your visit to Venice, including map of the water busses and a fold-out city map. Clear prioritization of highlights, which is essential for a city like Venice. Recommended if you're going to Venice.

[LouLovesItaly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable. I didn't buy it predominantly for a trip. Just another to add to the collection I have. Having been here numerous times, it is very accurate

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good little book summary. The map is a plus. Practical and pocket-sized.