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Summary: Let's Go Italy 2001
Review: I brought the Let's Go Italy book with me when I visited Rome in October 1999. While the guide thoroughly covers all of Italy, it doesn't do justice to a city like Rome. (Nor should it be expected to... that's what Let's Go Rome is for!) If you're planning to focus on cities like Florence, Venice or Rome, make sure you bring along a guide specific to the city if you're going to be spending more than a few days there. The wealth of information contained in these specialized city guides makes it worth the extra cost. If you're planning to see many cities on your trip to Italy, and only have a day or two in each one, this might be the best guide for you. Either way, the Let's Go series is excellent!
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Summary: A travel book I wouldn't recommend
Review: I got this book based on its excellent reviews in preparation for a semester in Italy. Usually I choose Lonely Planet or the Rough Guides for travelling, and now I wish I had stuck to those. The book is difficult to read and its attitude makes me angry every time I open it. I feel like it doesn't have very much history or background, and putting prices for every attraction in parenthesis in the text is distracting. Not only that, it doesn't really say anything new -- you are left with information about the boring central tourist attractions, and no way to escape the herds.
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Summary: Don't read the reviews...
Review: I got this book based on its excellent reviews in preparation for a semester in Italy. Usually I choose Lonely Planet or the Rough Guides for travelling, and now I wish I had stuck to those. The book is difficult to read and its attitude makes me angry every time I open it. I feel like it doesn't have very much history or background, and putting prices for every attraction in parenthesis in the text is distracting. Not only that, it doesn't really say anything new -- you are left with information about the boring central tourist attractions, and no way to escape the herds.
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Summary: A remarkably poor book.
Review: I hate to disagree with the other reviews you'll read here, but I honestly think this book is terrible. I've traveled quite a bit, in lots of different places, and I've really enjoyed books from the "Let's Go" series. This one, though, was so badly done that I found myself getting frustrated and angry each time I tried to use it.The authors try (too hard) to be cool and hip, and I'm afraid that they've let that get in the way of presenting their information in a way that makes any sense at all. And, I'm not just talking about the poor job they did describing the things I'd gone to Italy to see, either. Their maps were lousy, and this book lacks even such things as clear advice on such mundane things as getting your laundry done and how to use a payphone to call home. Do yourself a HUGE favor and steer clear of this pitiful attempt at a travelm guide.
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Summary: A travel book I wouldn't recommend
Review: On my trip to Italy I found this book VERY unhelpful. The maps were not detailed enough and while in Florence I noticed at least 3 other groups of American tourists all of us looking for the same Let's Go restaurant that did not seem to exist, this was after looking for another recommended restaurant whose street did not seem to exist. I would not recommend this book.
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Summary: Don't forget your passport and Let's Go Italy
Review: Travelers heed this advice that this book by far provides a superb collection of eateries, lodging, roadmaps, and sights, ideal for the budget traveler. It allowed me to thoroughly taste Italy's flavor literally and figuratively in a short period of time. Most importantly, its information puts you in control and feeling like a native, not a confused tourist. "Let's Go's" yearly updates enables travelers to confidently scour every crevice of the Italian landscape with utmost zeal. It's witty clips should also be commended in providing travelers entertaining literature during claustrophobic Italian train rides. "Let's Go" wets your appetite for the catacombs of Palermo or Michelangelo's David in Florence's Academia before your even get there. "Let's Go Italy" goes beyond just maps and door to door directions, its content also steers you into or away from local trouble depending on your inkling for adventure, and keeps you one step ahead as you prepare for and are on your journey. If authentic Italian pasta is in your future, don't forget your passport, and make room in your pack for "Let's Go Italy."
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