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Title: Lonely Planet Venice (Venice, 2nd Ed) by Damien Simonis ISBN: 1-86450-321-1 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: For Venice - anything but Lonely Planet. Sorry.
Comment: Some devoted followers of Lonely Planet will immediately click "NOT HELPFUL" to avenge this comment, I am sorry if this reviews disappoints you, but one has to be honest, right?
Yes, I admit I am not the greatest fan of Lonely Planet - although I recognize there are destinations where no-one does the trick better than this cheap-and-nasty house of publishing. In Africa, for example, Lonely Planet was the best guide available. But Venice, this magical and charming little patch of magic in the Adriatic? This guide is a joke, but I am not laughing.
The book is more concerned with righting the world than with doing its job. Do you want to read more of the same moans about evils of international tourism and how irresponsible travellers are ruining the world? If the answer is yes, go buy this book. It will certainly accomplish the mission of ruining all the enjoyment of travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
However, if you need a travel guide, not a campaign newsletter, you will be better off with another book. A book which might tell you that all the tourist crowds in Venice occupy perhaps five percent of the city's territory, while the rest is the real Venice with people getting on with their lives, buying groceries in small shops and hanging their washing outside, Italian-style. Another book may show you how charming, how crazily enchanting and breathtakingly delicate this city is.
Maybe with another book you will realize that all the alarmist moans about Venice which will die in five/ten/fifteen years unless tourism is banned are just another shameless exagerrations, concocted by scaremongers and killjoys.
Writing is excessively dry and is difficult to follow or enjoy. I find it hard to believe that a reviewer was pleased with maps - they are just sad and amateurish, worse than anything that I have seen in my life, aside from Lonely Planet Iceland and Greenland, which is and probably will be the world champion of poor mapping.
This guide is not a match for Eyewitness or Fodor's, it does not even come close to being a good guidebook. Do yourself a favor - buy something else.
Rating: 5
Summary: Venice is a "must see" and this guide is a "must have".
Comment: Venice is slowly sinking (literally) and some say that it is because of the additional weight of tourist visiting the island (at peak tourist tides - high summer - 100,000+ tourists a day). Venice is comprised of one hundred islands, stapled together by 400 bridges, water taxis and gondola hawkers, making this one of the most captivating cities of the world, and one that especially needs and deserves its own guide.
Damions Simonis has produced the definitive guide on Venice. In his "Lonely Planet Venice" you have brilliant maps, a solid introduction section that covers Venice's history, government, economy, ecology, climate etc. An informative practical travel section and most important, a reliable and up to date listing of recommendations for lodging, restaurants, entertainment, places to see and things to do. These, along with the beginning of Internet references (though he fails to include hotel web sites and email addresses), make this a great guide on Venice.
If you are planning to spend your time in Italy, and mainly in this city of romantic waterways and sumptuous architecture, you deserve the best guide out today - Lonely Planet Venice. Highly recommended
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent travel guide
Comment: The guide itself - like most Lonely Planet guides - is divided into basically two parts: First, things to know before you go, like history, geography and climate as well as information about visas, customs, money, health, etc. Second, the "traditional" description of places, monuments and museums as well as tips of where to stay and where to eat. The book is written in a casual way that makes reading easy, but still gives precise information when needed. On my last trip to Venice I found that almost all prices, opening times and other details where up to date. Another detail I liked was that some recommended hotels had their e-mail addresses in the guide. It made advance reservation so easy, and I am not talking about a Hilton, but a midrange hotel. One point that some people might find offensive is that sometimes the authors don't hesitate to give their personal opinion about politics, lifestyle, etc. But if you just take it for what it is, an opinion, and are able to go, see for your self, and make up your own mind, than this travel guide is for you. I really recommend it.
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Title: Lonely Planet Venice City Map (City Map Series) by Lonely Planet Publications ISBN: 1740594290 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Florence (Florence, 2nd Ed) by Damien Simonis ISBN: 1740590309 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Rome (Rome, 2nd Ed) by Sally Webb, Stefano Cavedoni, Helen Gillman ISBN: 1864503114 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Italy (Italy, 5th Ed) by Damien Simonis, Fiona Adams, Miles Roddis, Sally Webb, Nicola Williams ISBN: 1864503521 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Paris (Paris, 4th Ed) by Steve Fallon ISBN: 1740593065 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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