The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto: Travel Guide with eBook

By Jonathan Buckley and Rough Guides

Book Overview

This practical travel guide to Venice & the Veneto features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion both, ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Venice & the Veneto guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss. Our colour-coded maps make Venice & the Veneto easier to navigate while you're there. This guide book to Venice & the Veneto has been fully updated post-COVID-19 and it comes with a free eBook.

The Rough Guide to VENICE & THE VENETO covers: San Marco, Dorsoduro, San Polo and Santa Croce, Cannaregio, Central Castello, Eastern Castello, The Canal Grande, The northern islands, The southern islands.

Inside this Venice & the Veneto travel guide you'll find:

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY TYPE OF TRAVELLER
Experiences selected for every kind of trip to Venice & the Veneto, from off-the-beaten-track adventures in Verona to family activities in child-friendly places, like Museo del Vetro or chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas, like Basilica di San Marco.

PRACTICAL TRAVEL TIPS
Essential pre-departure information including Venice & the Veneto entry requirements, getting around, health information, travelling with children, sports and outdoor activities, food and drink, festivals, culture and etiquette, shopping, tips for travellers with disabilities and more.

TIME-SAVING ITINERARIES
Carefully planned routes covering the best of Venice & the Veneto give a taste of the richness and diversity of the destination, and have been created for different time frames or types of trip.

DETAILED REGIONAL COVERAGE
Clear structure within each sightseeing chapter of this Venice & the Veneto travel guide includes regional highlights, brief history, detailed sights and places ordered geographically, recommended restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs and major shops or entertainment options.

INSIGHTS INTO GETTING AROUND LIKE A LOCAL
Tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots for walking, gondola rides, shopping or exploring art museums and markets.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS NOT TO MISS
Rough Guides' rundown of San Marco, the Ghetto, Burano and Murano's best sights and top experiences helps to make the most of each trip to Venice & the Veneto, even in a short time.

HONEST AND INDEPENDENT REVIEWS
Written by Rough Guides' expert authors with a trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, this Venice & the Veneto guide book will help you find the best places matching different needs.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter of this travel guide to Venice & the Veneto features fascinating insights into Venice & the Veneto, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary.

FABULOUS FULL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Torre dell'Orologio and the spectacular San Sebastiano.

COLOUR-CODED MAPPING
Practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys for quick orientation in the Canal Grande, San Polo and many more locations in Venice & the Veneto, reduce the need to go online.

USER-FRIENDLY LAYOUT
With helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time.

FREE EBOOK
Free eBook download with every purchase of this guide book to Venice & the Veneto allows you to access all of the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183905848X
• ISBN13: 9781839058486
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

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I really don't care for Lonely Planet's Italy Guide so I purchased this guide. The maps are good and the floor plans of important buildings are very helpful.

La Serenissima

Over the past few weeks I think I have read all the guide books on Venice there are on the market (a very crowded market), and this one leads the pack.It is not for the person looking for pretty pictures, that is true. But it is the most comprehensive, most insightful, and ultimately most helpful.The Time Out Guide is also very good, especially its listings section, some interesting background, terrific colour maps (complete with street index), and nice pics and Lonely Planet looks more than adequate, but it is Rough Guide I am most impressed with. That is because of the depth of information on many places. There are really clear black & white maps of the layouts of things like the Basilica and Doge's Palace, and sestiere maps. I decided this is the guide I want to read at night or in a quiet corner when actually visiting places.

Really 4.5

Rough Guide definitely gets 5 stars for thoroughness. From cover to cover there is more information about Venice than I would have thought possible, or maybe even desirable!Especially when it comes to information on neighborhoods, museums, scuole and the like, this is the best book of it's kind. I kept it in hand walking through the Accademia; I think they actually gave background information on every single painting in the place. The sections on the Doge's Palace and the Basilica are just staggering. Every tiny little campo, every plaque, every statue is covered with a thoroughness bordering on [tedium].Unfortunately, this is also the Rough Guide's biggest drawback. The guide covers everything from the sublime to the mundane, and sorting through it all (and with no pictures!!?!?!) sometimes takes some effort. With a prose style more reminiscent of Henry James than Rolling Stone, I thought it seemed tedious at times.Having said all that, the restaurant recommendations were dead-on, and they were forward-looking enough to attempt lira to Euro price estimations.Recommended, but you may want to pick up something more entertaining for the flight over.

Superb! ...Move over, Lonely Planet!

Wow! Just got back from Venice, where we used this guide to find our pensione, restaurants (NO tourist ones), gelato, churches, the best tartuffi (truffles) in the world, and of course museums, attractions, and scuolas. We never found anything to disagree with on their reviews, although they called our pensione "cheerless" despite the sunny south exposures that were a delight. Best of all, the maps are cross-referenced to the text, so when reader looks up a restaurant review, the map location is noted and easily found (other guide books are infuriatingly lax in this simple and useful method).Absolutely perfect!

A week is not enough....

Up to the usual Rough Guide standards, this is a great introduction to Venice. It's restaurant and hotel suggestions are good, but it really shines in describing the city, and offering suggestions for many days' walks -- much better in fact, than several 'walking' guides we also consulted. Good maps complement a sensible layout of this maze of a city. The 'Brief History' does an excellent job, and prepares you for delving deeper with an extensive reading list.