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Today's tourists are as likely to be toting Rick Steves as Giorgio Armani, tasting the good life without burning through the Kids' college fund.
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Designed specifically for Rick's travel audience (or users) these maps highlight choice destinations throughout Italy, from the Alpe di Suisi to Sicily, in a colorful, easy-to-use format on high-quality paper that lasts over many trips: Cuts the Clutter: While big cities are left for navigational purposes, this map is otherwise stripped clean and filled in only with places that matter to travelers. Guidebook-Friendly: At a glance, all the places you read about in Rick's Italy, Rome, Venice and Florence guidebooks pop right out in a crisp, easy-to-read format Rail or Road: Includes important train lines and highways (and ferry routes) for easy route-planning, no matter how you'll get around. The Back's Even Better: The reverse side includes detailed city-center maps of Rome, Venice and Florence, locating sights, hotels and restaurants from Rick's city guidebooks.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT,
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This review is from: Rick Steves' Italy 2009 (Paperback)
I bought this book because of all the rages and reviews coming from my friends boasting about how great Rick Steve's books are so I've decided to pick up a copy for my trip to Italy this xmas. I had even went to a retail store to take a look at the information inside the book before buying. This guide appears to have plenty of history (which doesn't come with other travel books) and tonnes of useful information. It is until I go on the actual trip that I found how USELESS this book really is to me. The maps and some info in the book are inaccurate. The info and history are very minimal.This is NOT Italy through the back door. It is more like Italy 101 for Red Neck Tourists looking for a taste of America outside of the USA. The recommended food places are no where near authentic Italian - don't waste your money. Go buy yourself a Frommers if you need some very good restaurant recommendations. When you go to Italy and sees restaurants on the door saying "recommended by Rick Steve", walk away! You're better off going to McDonald's. Apparently Rick Steve also missed out on the fact that Italy is famous place for SHOPPING - and to your condolences, he does NOT tell you about the great outlets to go to. Oh, he missed the 2006 Winter Olympics city - TORINO in this book. It's such a beautiful city and is very different from other Italian cities, yet, not ONE word mentions anything about it. The book doesn't even give you any introduction to the importance and differences of different kinds of cuisines in various regions of Italy. Lack of information on religious sites - I say that because the CORE CULTURE of Italy is Roman Catholicism, 80% of the people in Italy are Roman Catholics. How can anyone miss such an important part of its culture and its influences in the country THROUGHOUT thousands of years of history? He also told me a taxi ride from Rome Fiumucino to anywhere in Rome is 40 euros but in fact, it is 60 euros. Yeap, I bought the 2009 book and I was in Rome in December 2008! Horrible. Don't waste your money. That's my best advice to you.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
extremely helpful guide,
By A Customer
This review is from: Rick Steves' Italy (Paperback)
we spent over 3 weeks in Italy - starting from South to North. i brought both the Lonely Planet and Rick Steves books and found Steves' book the most helpful. the best parts were advice on how to avoid waiting in long lines (ie Coliseum) and restaurants recommendations. hotels were accurately depicted and very close to major sites. the only shortcoming was that there was no warning about exchanging money at the train stations. apparently, some places charge up to 18% commission so beware and read all the fine print.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
the Rick Steves phenomenon is over,
By Pearl (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rick Steves' Italy (Paperback)
Rick's books started out quirky and interesting and different from the rest of the field because they had a distinct personality. Now Steves has become a brand name like the rest. The books are still written in a friendly tone, but I found, traveling with this book through Tuscany, that the descriptions often bore little relation to the actual places described. Maybe Rick is a victim of his own success, but places he (and his team of writers) describe as charming and out of the way were as often as not anything but. Felt more like Italian Disneyland. The restaurants were especially disappointing. I love my fellow countrymen, but I didn't go to Italy to hang out with a bunch of American tourists.
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