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"'The most literary and fluently written of the available guidebooks' - Observer"
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This title explores the home of pizza, seeking out the pleasures of chic Positano and the Amalfi Coast, where Mount Vesuvius towers over the fantasy garden frescoes of Pompeii. It visits the ravishing landscape of Capri and takes a trip round vibrant Naples, with its world-famous restaurants and nightlife. 'For most of us today, the biggest attraction of all in the Mezzogiorno, (Italy's 'Noonday') is obvious enough. Even in Roman times, the land around the Bay of Naples was Campania Felix - fortunate Campania, the richest and most beautiful province of Italy, its seaside villas the chosen abodes of the Roman elite. History (not to mention the earthquakes and volcanoes) has given it plenty of hard knocks in all the centuries since, but the hints and fragments of paradise are still present.'
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Have just had a lovely week based in Sorrento - this book gave us all of the information that we needed to explore the area. Bus and train communications are very good (though sometimes very crowded) in the area so, armed with the book +bus & train timetables, we were able to see a lot in just a week. As well as seeing Sorrento, we visited Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii, the Amalfi coast and Capri; in each case the book provided us with highlights and other information on which to base our itinerary.
Why 4 stars rather than 5? Any travel book is likely to be out-of-date the day after it is published. So, for example, some of the recommended highlights in Pompeii weren't actually accessible. And the small-scale map of Pompeii wasn't easy to follow - though, frankly, nor were the maps that you could buy on-site! Still highly recommended, even though we only used less than a quarter of the book.
Why 4 stars rather than 5? Any travel book is likely to be out-of-date the day after it is published. So, for example, some of the recommended highlights in Pompeii weren't actually accessible. And the small-scale map of Pompeii wasn't easy to follow - though, frankly, nor were the maps that you could buy on-site! Still highly recommended, even though we only used less than a quarter of the book.
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Fine if you want to focus on Naples and Amalfi, but for our holiday in Puglia this guide was sadly lacking. We stayed in the central area of the province around Fasano, and found information on important tourist towns such as Polignano a Mare entirely absent. I always enjoy the lively, readable style of these authors, who are normally my first port of call, but was very disappointed with the uneven coverage of this particular book. If you are going to Puglia, the Lonely Planet guide is the only English-langauge guide worth having.
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This has got to be the best travel writing team alive. They are highly cultured without the slightest pretention, able to find that wonderful quirky detail or perspective, and include such basics as where the good cheap eats are. We have used this book on several trips to the South of Italia and are always delighted to read what they have to say on this or that art work or hidden piazza. The intelligence in these books is subtle and unusually wide-ranging - you can tell that this couple loves to learn as well as travel. They are truly superlative writers.
Warmly recommended.
Warmly recommended.
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