Shortlisted for the 2015 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. This is a delightful book about Italy's unexpected history, told through its citrus fruits. The story of citrus runs through the history of Italy like a golden thread, and by combining travel writing with history, recipes, horticulture and art, Helena Attlee takes the reader on a unique and rich journey through Italy's cultural, moral, cu...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Pocket Venice is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Grand Canal by gondola, admire the Basilica di San Marco, or snack on tapas-style cicheti in a Cannaregio bar; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the be...

Rome at 1:12,500 on a “write & wipe” waterproof and tear-resistant, indexed street plan from Michelin with an enlargement of the Piazza Navona area, a road map of the city’s environs, a metro diagram, plus sightseeing recommendations based on the publisher’s Green Guide.

Venice at 1:6,000 on a “write & wipe” waterproof and tear-resistant, indexed street plan from Michelin with plans of Murano, Burano and the Lido, a road map of the Mestre area, a diagram of the vaporetto lines, plus sightseeing recommendations based on the publisher’s Green Guide.

In recent years, tourists have discovered the rustic charms of Puglia, also known as Apulia, the heel stretching down from the spur of the Italian boot. The region boasts beautiful landscapes and miles of dramatic coastline, cities with Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic castles, and a tremendous wealth of Baroque architecture, as well as rupestrian churches containing Byzantine frescoes. Yet until this book, al...

Central Italy at 1:400,000 in a series of indexed touring maps from Michelin. Enlargements show road access to central Rome and Florence, with additional street plans of these two cities, all indicating principal sights and facilities, main traffic routes, one way street, and in Florence the restricted entry zone; all have a short index listing main streets. The map also indicates locations with street plan...

Rome at 1:15,000 on a pocket-size street plan from Marco Polo Travel Publishing printed on sturdy, waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic paper, with an enlargement showing the city’s historic centre including the Vatican in greater detail.

The Rough Guide to Rome is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating city, with detailed coverage of all the major sights, including some only recently opened to the public, such as the Stadium of Domitian, the Domus Aurea (Rome's most magnificent ancient building) and Mussolini's bunker at Villa Torlonia. Get the most out of Rome with information on everything from its world-class museums and iconic an...

Lake Garda and Verona on an Insight Flexi Pocket Map in their new format introduced to provide more convenient access to the special features of this series: various additional maps and/or street plans plus tourist information including a list of must-see sights. The map is tear-resistant, waterproof, and can be written on with non-permanent marker pens.

Discover the magical canals and romantic palaces of Venice with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail, this compact, dependable, Venice city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. * Includes 2 PopOut maps - a detailed street map the city centre as well as an overview map of Venice * Additional maps of Venice Lagoon and the waterbus services are also included ...

Lonely Planet Make My Day Rome allows you to effortlessly plan your perfect day. This spiral bound, full colour guide lets you flip through the activity cards that are split into morning, afternoon and evening so that you can plan your itinerary by mixing and matching the cards to build your own day from more than 2000 combinations.

'None of Venice's innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissima's character with quite such a combination of the scholarly, the informal and the intimate...Over the years thousands of readers, starting this book, have been relieved to encounter its famously undemanding approach to the city - 'Generally the first thing to do in Venice is to sit down and have some coffee': but by the time they get to...

Milan PopOut Map: pop-up Milan city map - folded pocket size travel map with transit map included Contents include maps of: Central Milan Greater Milan Metro The Lakes Milan Province Explore Milan with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size, yet big on detail, this compact, dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. * Includes two pop-up maps covering central and...

Here are hundreds of irresistible excuses for going to Italy. Be welcomed and utterly seduced by the vitality and sheer authenticity of Italy and its people.

DK Eyewitness Pocket Map & Guide: Venice will lead you straight to the best of Venice. It's packed with beautiful illustrations and coverage of all the major areas and sights from museums to parks and markets. There's comprehensive area-by-area information and referencing, and recommendations for the best hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, galleries and other cultural attractions. You won't miss a thing on y...

Six years after his first, very thorough, revision, John Fort has returned to the task, so that this long-honoured guidebook, regarded by the discerning visitor, since its first publication forty years ago, as the indispensable introduction to the glories of Rome, continues to give an accurate picture of the city's treasures as they are currently displayed. This latest edition of the "Guide" is immeasurably...

Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their...

Italy's famous Alta Via long-distance walking routes are spread across the Dolomites running roughly north to south and across to the Austrian border. Increasing in difficulty from AV1 to AV6, they vary in length from 6 to 13 days and range from easy ambles to difficult aided climbs. For the two first routes, described in detail in this guide, overnight stops are at manned mountain huts or guesthouses so wa...

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don t want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all things ultra-practical and easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise! Don t miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area. Tips for every day: Perfectly planned travel i...

The Way of St Francis is a month-long trail through the green heart of Italy from Florence to Assisi and then to Rome. At 550km, this is a long trek by any standards and explores the spine of mountains running through central Italy, the Apennines.