Puglia & Basilicata boast six UNESCO World Heritage sights, the best beaches in Italy (six of them Blue Flag) and over 250 lidos.Written by a team of three regional experts, this is the only guide that give you the insider track on all-night festivals, lazydays beachcombing and nine course lunches. It contains: family-friendly content for the most family-friendly of Italy's regions; and, information on the best Gargano and Salento campsites, alongside great value-for-money accommodation.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just been on holiday to Basilicata over Easter and this book was a big help. We were initally looking to go to the Amalfi coast but found this book and changed our holiday plans.
Basilicata is quite rural and relatively poor region. There isn't much of a tourist scene going on although it is a gem of a place and there is SO MUCH to see. Without the book we would have missed so much of this amazing part of Italy. We managed to cover 2000 km during our week there and harldy saw any tourists at all ( I think we saw some in Matera ( a must see) and two on the last day!). If you want undiscovered Italy this is the book and the place for you.
Basilicata is quite rural and relatively poor region. There isn't much of a tourist scene going on although it is a gem of a place and there is SO MUCH to see. Without the book we would have missed so much of this amazing part of Italy. We managed to cover 2000 km during our week there and harldy saw any tourists at all ( I think we saw some in Matera ( a must see) and two on the last day!). If you want undiscovered Italy this is the book and the place for you.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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We have just returned from a wonderful holiday based at Fasano in Puglia. We bought all of the available guides but this was the only one which was sufficiently detailed to enable us to make the most of our trip. Apart from a recommendation for a restaurant in Martina Franca which was closed, the restaurant suggestions were inspired. The portraits of the towns were well-written and accurately conveyed their atmosphere. None of the rival guides came near in terms of detail; for example only Lonely Planet described the lovely town of Polignano a Mare and mentioned the sensational restaurant in a sea cave there; only Lonely Planet mentioned the shack restaurants on the coast near Torre Canne, one of which provided a real treat for us. The Cadogan guide on Southern Italy is lightweight on much of Puglia. The Thomas Cook guide is better, but restaurant recommendations are thin. The Rough Guide on Italy is bulky and also lacks detail. In my opinion, only this guide is really worth taking. For five stars, please include more street plans so that sites and restaurants can be more easily found.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Parthian
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It's got lots of information, but it's all a bit... joyless. No pics, nothing to whet the appetite, just pages and pages of drab black and white info. I imagine this is what travel books in the fifties were like.
Don't get me wrong, the content is fine, it's just that I want a little bit of excitement from my travel book.
The best reason to buy this book is that that there isn't another one better, or at least none that I can find.
Don't get me wrong, the content is fine, it's just that I want a little bit of excitement from my travel book.
The best reason to buy this book is that that there isn't another one better, or at least none that I can find.
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Great value
This book is now dog eared we used it that much. We spent a week driving all around Puglia and this book gave us our main overnight stopping places and pointed out some places we... Read more
Published 13 months ago by charkris
3.0 out of 5 stars
Photos to whet the appetite
A brilliant book, very informative but would have liked a few colour photos scattered throughout - I realise it would have put the price up but I think for travel guides it is a... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sara
2.0 out of 5 stars
doesn't paint an attractive picture
I lived in Italy for 4 years , my wife's family are from Puglia .
This guide doesn't entice the reader - no examples of meals in family run masserie , deserted beaches ,... Read more
This guide doesn't entice the reader - no examples of meals in family run masserie , deserted beaches ,... Read more
Published 22 months ago by ben
3.0 out of 5 stars
Handy book but some mistakes
As an independent traveller to southern Italy for the first time, going it alone on public transport, I thought a guide book might come in handy. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2010 by Ruth Voon
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lonely Planet Guide to Puglia & Basilicata
Putting both areas together was too much. A guide about Puglia by itself would have been better with more detail about the areas between the larger towns. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2010 by Kirklands
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lonely Planet Puglia
A comprehensive guidebook:
# Basic information easily accessible
# Useful colour picture section of regional highlights
# Very thorough coverage of each place... Read more
# Basic information easily accessible
# Useful colour picture section of regional highlights
# Very thorough coverage of each place... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2010 by J. C. Ansell
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very limited
I chose this having found LP's pretty good in the past (previous edition for Georgia and Azerbaijan excepted) but this was disappointing. Read more
Published on 28 July 2010 by RozB
3.0 out of 5 stars
Puglia and Basilicata Lonely Planet
Information on trains and stations in the 2008 edition was out of date, while the correct information was contained in the Puglia section of the 2003 edition of the Rough Guide to... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2009 by G. Dodd
3.0 out of 5 stars
Puglia & Baslicata Lonely Planet
Would prefer one on Puglia only. Good info on Lecce and surroundings but not much on south of Puglia really.
Published on 4 Sep 2009 by C. A. Palmer
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dull!
Loads of detailed, and not always useful, information. No pictures or colour and sometimes difficult to extract key points. Just too wordy for me......
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by Katie
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