Esta guía ilustra la ciudad del arte de Venecia, para una visita de dos, tres o más días. Contiene descripciones y fotos de las atracciones, incluidas las islas de la laguna de Murano, Burano y Torcello, dispuestas a lo largo de un itinerario lógico para visitar la ciudad. Los mapas detallados ilustran el itinerario de la visita. También describe todos los medios de transporte disponibles para llegar a Venecia.

An authentic culinary journey-part memoir, part cookbook-introducing readers to the people, places, and food of Umbria Veteran food critic Suzanne Carriero spent a year and a half in Umbria, and this is her intimate look at its ancient recipes, traditions, and the people who pass them on. Each of the book's eight chapters features local cooks, as their personal stories are as much a part of the cuisine's essence as are the crops they grow and the...

Bologna in August: unbearable heat, an empty city. Claudia is a young student in a hurry to return home from her work as a waitress and get out of the skimpy uniform she hates. Tomas is a young man on his way to elope to Amsterdam with his girlfriend, Francesca. Aldo is a husband and father with an uncanny resemblance to Elvis Presley, anxious to get to an apartment filled with guilty secrets. All three have an urgent need to be somewhere else. Instead,...

The unification of Italy in 1861 launched a new European nation promising to fulfill the dreams of Italians, yet millions of poor peasants still found themselves in economic desperation. By 1872, an army of speculators had invaded the countryside, hawking steamship tickets and promising fabulous riches in America. Thousands of immigrants fled to the New World, only to be abandoned upon arrival and forced to find work in hard labor. New York placed...

Lonely Planet: The world's #1 phrasebook publisher* Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Italian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order an espresso like a local, ask shop keepers about the latest fashions and bargain for fresh produce at the market; all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you...

This is one of the most popular destinations in the western Mediterranean, and you'll soon find out why.You'll find enchanting coves, gorgeous sunsets, and lush natural landscapes. You can enjoy the islands any way you want, relaxing in an atmosphere of well-deserved peace or partying until all hours as you enjoy the wild nightlife.These are places where you wander through the streets of fishing villages, discover outstanding natural landscapes, or...

Dare to venture into the heart of darkness on Poveglia Island, Italy's most haunted and forbidden destination. In this chilling exploration, delve into the eerie past of this enigmatic island, infamous for its role as a plague quarantine site and its haunting mental asylum. Unearth the haunting legends, ghostly encounters, and chilling paranormal investigations that shroud Poveglia in an air of mystery. Traversing the thin veil between history and...

“The Traces” is a ranging inquiry into the seductions of memory and travel, the fragile paradox of desire, and the art of making meaning from a life. Mairead Small Stead's debut, “The Traces” is a work of memoir and criticism that explores the nature of happiness in art, literature, and philosophy, structured around a season spent in Italy and a reading of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. Poised between plummeting depressions, the author...

Cinque Terre is not a Disney Theme Park; its unique environment results from thousands of human civilizations surviving and adapting to challenging conditions. You can take a boat tour, visit the five towns in three hours, and rightfully claim that you have been to the Cinque Terre; millions of tourists do just that. Suppose you want a more profound, more complete experience. In that case, this guide gives you all the information you need to plan...

This season, How the Earth was Made goes back in history-- from 4.5 billion years ago to today-- peeling back layers of rock, filling up river canyons, parting the oceans, and leveling mountains and volcanoes to investigate the origins of some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation...