Good maps but no pictures but you don't expect those in a Rough Guide - if you want those buy something else.


A very good buy for the money   January 22, 2000
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I bought one of the original 'Rough Guides' to Venice, and it was easy to see where the title came from! The paper used was of an inferior quality. Fortunately, the edition here is far more elegant, although the paper quality could still be even better.

Now about this guide. For the money you won't get better. It is full of good, reliable and up-to-date information. The writers have certainly done their homework and surprise me every now and again with new and interesting stories and anecdotes. As a well-seasoned visitor to Venice, I am fed up with reading bland descriptions copied from other guide books. Too often, material presented in similar priced guides is mis-leading, and illustrations wrongly labelled.

Although you'll find no colour here, you will find very good maps and good, solid facts put in an interesting way. The writers know their stuff and I have, and continue to use this guide as a reference.

Good sections to please a wide range of tourists, I thoroughly recommend this guide as being one of the best of its kind for the price.

Just two little niggles: first of all the print is rather small and over a third of the book is given over to places outside of Venice. The type face could have been bigger had the writers just concentrated their efforts on the city.