blue guides gb (173 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. This intelligently planned series divides each city up into 4-5 districts centred on a key sight - for example the Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the Vatican in the case of Rome - and gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too, the best places to eat or have a coffee, and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format that respects the reader's intelligence. A good 50% of the book is dedicated to the art and history of the place, distinguishing these useable little books from many guides which are little more than practical information listings.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This intelligently planned series divides each city up into 4-5 districts centred on a key sight - for example the Rambla, Gaudi's Sagrada Família, the old Gothic quarter, and the port district of Barceloneta in the case of Barcelona - and gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too, the best places to eat or have a coffee, and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format that respects the reader's intelligence. A good 50% of the book is dedicated to the art and history of the place, distinguishing these useable little books from many guides which are little more than practical information listings. ABOUT THIS GUIDE The city of Barcelona has been divided into five districts and the aim of this guide book is to enable you to have a great day out in any one of them. For each district first a short selection of the major art sights is given, then some other things to see in the area, followed by some ideas on the eat opportunities-from seafood to seeking out the best tapas-rounded off with our shortlist of shop recommendations. In the practicalities section that follows we set the scene with a brief introduction to Barcelona, how to get around, its food and drink, and where to stay. The history pages give an  overview of the key events in this city's life, while at the back of the book there is a glossary covering some of the art terms and key personalities that appear in this guide, as well as a comprehensive index to help you find what you are looking for. Maps are found throughout the guide. Inside the front cover is a map of all Barcelona, clearly indicating where the detailed maps to each district are to be found at the beginning of their sections. The numbers (2) on the maps locate the cafés and restaurants described later in that section, and the letters (a) locate the shops.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This easy-to-carry guide includes Genoa, San Remo, Savona, Portofino, the Cinque Terre, La Spezia and Lerici. Art historian, landscape architect and long-time Italy resident Paul Blanchard explores this beautiful region of fishing villages, coastal resorts and plunging mountain valleys, with a seafaring history and a fine culinary tradition, providing a fascinatingly detailed guide, with carefully chosen recommendations of hotels and restaurants.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Perfect for taking on vacation or as preparatory reading before a visit - or as entertainment for lovers of London and literature. Compiled by Robin Saikia, a London-based writer and journalist.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This easy-to-carry guide includes Genoa, San Remo, Savona, Portofino, the Cinque Terre, La Spezia and Lerici. Art historian, landscape architect and long-time Italy resident Paul Blanchard explores this beautiful region of fishing villages, coastal resorts and plunging mountain valleys, with a seafaring history and a fine culinary tradition, providing a fascinatingly detailed guide, with carefully chosen recommendations of hotels and restaurants.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This intelligently planned series divides each city up into 4-5 districts centred on a key sight - for example the Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the Vatican in the case of Rome - and gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too, the best places to eat or have a coffee, and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format that respects the reader's intelligence. A good 50% of the book is dedicated to the art and history of the place, distinguishing these useable little books from many guides which are little more than practical information listings.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This intelligently planned series divides each city up into 4-5 districts centred on a key sight - for example the Rambla, Gaudi's Sagrada Família, the old Gothic quarter, and the port district of Barceloneta in the case of Barcelona - and gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too, the best places to eat or have a coffee, and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format that respects the reader's intelligence. A good 50% of the book is dedicated to the art and history of the place, distinguishing these useable little books from many guides which are little more than practical information listings. ABOUT THIS GUIDE The city of Barcelona has been divided into five districts and the aim of this guide book is to enable you to have a great day out in any one of them. For each district first a short selection of the major art sights is given, then some other things to see in the area, followed by some ideas on the eat opportunities-from seafood to seeking out the best tapas-rounded off with our shortlist of shop recommendations. In the practicalities section that follows we set the scene with a brief introduction to Barcelona, how to get around, its food and drink, and where to stay. The history pages give an  overview of the key events in this city's life, while at the back of the book there is a glossary covering some of the art terms and key personalities that appear in this guide, as well as a comprehensive index to help you find what you are looking for. Maps are found throughout the guide. Inside the front cover is a map of all Barcelona, clearly indicating where the detailed maps to each district are to be found at the beginning of their sections. The numbers (2) on the maps locate the cafés and restaurants described later in that section, and the letters (a) locate the shops.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Italy Food Companion shows you how to enjoy the best of Italian food, understand a menu and know how to order in a restaurant or street market. It complements the Blue Guides' classic guide-book range as preparation for and accompaniment to any visit to Italy. Comprehensive coverage from pizza and pasta to rare regional delicacies, fine wines, plus separate entries on seasonal food, Mediterranean fish, wines and aperitifs, and more.It's also an extensive phrasebook--divided into 'what it means' (Italian into English; including a glossary) and 'how to ask for' (English into Italian).This good-looking guide, with stylish black and white line drawings and photographs, would also work well as a gift item.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Perfect for taking on vacation or as preparatory reading before a visit - or as entertainment for lovers of London and literature. Compiled by Robin Saikia, a London-based writer and journalist.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Following on from Blue Guide Literary Companion Venice, an anthology of excerpts from prose and poetry written in or about Rome, prefaced by brief biographical and contextual notes. Perfect for taking on holiday or as preparatory reading before a visit or as entertainment for lovers of Rome and literature.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A guide to Rome's Christian monuments, explained and put into context by an examination of the history of pilgrimage, from its most ancient forms to more modern, even secular practice. Supplements a good guide book to Rome, ideal for anyone with a deeper interest in the beliefs and myths that have built the living city, for the Christian visitor or for the specialist. Author Annabel Barber, editor-in-chief of the Blue Guides, wears her scholarship lightly, making this book as essential and accessible to the casual pilgrim as to the academic specialist. Also covers such practicalities as where to stay and eat, relevant websites, English-language services, opening times and so on, with appendices explaining indulgences, listing popes, quoting key prayers and given other useful background. Pilgrim's Rome is part of our new Blue Guides Travel Monograph series, useful companions to supplement a good guide book and reach the parts not usually reached by the major series.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Venice in their own words: an informative and entertaining pocket anthology from over 700 years of literature about, or set in, Venice. Contains extracts from the works of poets, novelists, playwrights, historians and travellers. Each entry is prefaced by a brief introduction to the author and his or her relationship with Venice. Clear maps and a thorough index make this ideal browsing while on holiday, preparatory reading before a visit, or simple enterainment for lovers of Venice and literature. From Petrarch to Peggy Guggenheim, the anthology includes writing by Byron, Casanova, Dickens, Goethe, Henry James, Thomas Mann, Effie Ruskin, Mark Twain and over 30 others.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- A 224-page, pocket-sized distillation, update and complete rewrite of the full 624-page Blue Guide Rome (2006), it features the erudition and detailed knowledge that have made Blue Guides the choice of discerning travellers everywhere. In full colour, with a focus on covering key sites in sufficient depth, its concentration on Rome's art, history and architecture is supplemented by Blue Guides' shortlist recommendations of hotels and restaurants. Illustrations to inform rather than to decorate: maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details and photographs. -- "Often plagiarised by other guide writers, Blue Guides have always been a gold standard for accuracy and depth" Daily Telegraph. "Guide books in the grand tradition of thoroughness and objectivity" Georgia Review.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Venice's historic bars and cafés offer a window on the city's past and present. And there is a dazzling array of drinks to choose from-cocktails, aperitivos, wines from the Venice hinterland and around the Adriatic, spirits from the foothills of the Alps, not to mention impeccable coffee. Long time Venice resident Robin Saikia (The Venice Lido, Blue Guide Italy Food Companion) takesthe reader on a fascinating tour, weaving history and anecdote into a fascinating web as he visits 26 Venetian bars and cafés and contemplates the city over 26 different drinks.This latest addition to the Blue Guides series of travel monographs provides an entertaining read and a fun to-do list, a great introduction to Venice for the first time visitor, adding wonderful depth and colour for those who already know and love the city.

Paperback. Condizione: New. It is the summer of 1933. Set against a backdrop of the sparkling Venetian lagoon, young and naïve Irma Lietzen, the pretty and indulged daughter of a Budapest businessman, is being taken to see the world by her parents. They stop for several weeks in Venice, where Aurelian, a young man once employed as Mr Lietzen's secretary, is given the job of showing Irma the sights. Irma has plans for what this might involve but Aurelian, it seems, has other ideas.Author and playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) was one of the pre-eminent literary fi gures of early 20th-century Hungary. In 1940 he emigrated to the United States, where his play 'Liliom' was adapted as the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel'.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Born in Transylvania in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Miklos Banffy lived to witness both the zenith of that Empire and its fall. The short stories in this collection, from the tale of the idle young man dawdling pleasantly in Venice to the Romanian villager meditating revenge on his tormentor, draw on the author's experiences of life, love, sacrifice, betrayal and courage, and reveal, as a recurring leitmotif, an indomitable will to survive. The translator, Thomas Sneddon, lives in Budapest where he teaches translation at the Peter Pazmany University.

Paperback. Condizione: New. When a priceless Leonardo is stolen from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian government tries to hush things up and the police show themselves to be completely clueless. Thank goodness for Milla Anderson!A gifted reporter for one of Budapest's daily newspapers, she picks up the trail in Palermo-and of course an international gang is soon hot on her heels. When a Hungarian detective is apparently liquidated and the oily Schoenberg-Belmonte begins insinuating his way into Mrs. Anderson's hotel, things start to look very dangerous indeed. This fast-paced crime story and lighthearted romantic comedy, set against a backdrop of Mediterranean scenery and fascist menace in Italy and Hungary between the wars, is Miklos Banffy at his best. Now published in English for the first time, translated by Thomas Sneddon.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Italy Food Companion shows you how to enjoy the best of Italian food, understand a menu and know how to order in a restaurant or street market. It complements the Blue Guides' classic guide-book range as preparation for and accompaniment to any visit to Italy. Comprehensive coverage from pizza and pasta to rare regional delicacies, fine wines, plus separate entries on seasonal food, Mediterranean fish, wines and aperitifs, and more.It's also an extensive phrasebook--divided into 'what it means' (Italian into English; including a glossary) and 'how to ask for' (English into Italian).This good-looking guide, with stylish black and white line drawings and photographs, would also work well as a gift item.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Venice in their own words: an informative and entertaining pocket anthology from over 700 years of literature about, or set in, Venice. Contains extracts from the works of poets, novelists, playwrights, historians and travellers. Each entry is prefaced by a brief introduction to the author and his or her relationship with Venice. Clear maps and a thorough index make this ideal browsing while on holiday, preparatory reading before a visit, or simple enterainment for lovers of Venice and literature. From Petrarch to Peggy Guggenheim, the anthology includes writing by Byron, Casanova, Dickens, Goethe, Henry James, Thomas Mann, Effie Ruskin, Mark Twain and over 30 others.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 2nd Expanded, Updated ed. This easy-to-carry guide includes Bologna, Parma, Modena, Piacenza, Ravenna, Rimini and the Po delta. Art historian, Italy resident and long-time Blue Guides author Alta Macadam explores this beautiful region of fine cities, splendid cuisine and long history, providing a fascinatingly detailed guide, with carefully chosen recommendations of hotels and restaurants.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Black Sea, hostile and hospitable by turns, a land of towering mountain peaks, green tea plantations and thick forests, has always attracted civilisation to its shores: Hittites, Greeks and Romans, Seljuks and Ottomans, Georgians and Armenians, Genoese and Venetians, have all left their traces here. This scholarly and intrepid guide visits all the provinces of the Turkish Black Sea region, delving into their history and discovering all the present-day reasons for a traveller to go there. There are many.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A guide to Rome's Christian monuments, explained and put into context by an examination of the history of pilgrimage, from its most ancient forms to more modern, even secular practice. Supplements a good guide book to Rome, ideal for anyone with a deeper interest in the beliefs and myths that have built the living city, for the Christian visitor or for the specialist. Author Annabel Barber, editor-in-chief of the Blue Guides, wears her scholarship lightly, making this book as essential and accessible to the casual pilgrim as to the academic specialist. Also covers such practicalities as where to stay and eat, relevant websites, English-language services, opening times and so on, with appendices explaining indulgences, listing popes, quoting key prayers and given other useful background. Pilgrim's Rome is part of our new Blue Guides Travel Monograph series, useful companions to supplement a good guide book and reach the parts not usually reached by the major series.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- A 224-page, pocket-sized distillation, update and complete rewrite of the full 624-page Blue Guide Rome (2006), it features the erudition and detailed knowledge that have made Blue Guides the choice of discerning travellers everywhere. In full colour, with a focus on covering key sites in sufficient depth, its concentration on Rome's art, history and architecture is supplemented by Blue Guides' shortlist recommendations of hotels and restaurants. Illustrations to inform rather than to decorate: maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details and photographs. -- "Often plagiarised by other guide writers, Blue Guides have always been a gold standard for accuracy and depth" Daily Telegraph. "Guide books in the grand tradition of thoroughness and objectivity" Georgia Review.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This easy-to-carry guide includes the city of Udine, with its masterpieces by Tiepolo, and the great Adriatic port of Trieste, on the border of two worlds, the Italian and the Central European. Here too is the charming town of Cividale, with its vestiges of Lombard culture, and Aquileia, a fl ourishing outpost of the Roman Empire and seat of an early Christian patriarchate. Reminders of Venetian rule, of Napoleonic occupation and of bitter fi ghting in the First World War are also to be found in this region of fertile plains, snowy alpine peaks and lively seaside resorts. This is also the home of some of Italy's finest food and wine.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 2nd Expanded, Updated ed. This easy-to-carry guide includes Bologna, Parma, Modena, Piacenza, Ravenna, Rimini and the Po delta. Art historian, Italy resident and long-time Blue Guides author Alta Macadam explores this beautiful region of fine cities, splendid cuisine and long history, providing a fascinatingly detailed guide, with carefully chosen recommendations of hotels and restaurants.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Venice Lido was once one of the most fashionable and glamorous bathing resorts in Europe. Such diverse types as Diaghilev, Coco Chanel and Churchill holidayed there, Thomas Mann used it as his setting for Death in Venice, while Hitler flew in for lunch with Mussolini at the golf club. Faded elegance, comfort and style remain, all a 10 minute vaporetto ride across the lagoon to Venice itself. Set for a revival with major relaunches of some of its main hotels and events venues.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Born in Transylvania in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Miklos Banffy lived to witness both the zenith of that Empire and its fall. The short stories in this collection, from the tale of the idle young man dawdling pleasantly in Venice to the Romanian villager meditating revenge on his tormentor, draw on the author's experiences of life, love, sacrifice, betrayal and courage, and reveal, as a recurring leitmotif, an indomitable will to survive. The translator, Thomas Sneddon, lives in Budapest where he teaches translation at the Peter Pazmany University.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Venice's historic bars and cafés offer a window on the city's past and present. And there is a dazzling array of drinks to choose from-cocktails, aperitivos, wines from the Venice hinterland and around the Adriatic, spirits from the foothills of the Alps, not to mention impeccable coffee. Long time Venice resident Robin Saikia (The Venice Lido, Blue Guide Italy Food Companion) takesthe reader on a fascinating tour, weaving history and anecdote into a fascinating web as he visits 26 Venetian bars and cafés and contemplates the city over 26 different drinks.This latest addition to the Blue Guides series of travel monographs provides an entertaining read and a fun to-do list, a great introduction to Venice for the first time visitor, adding wonderful depth and colour for those who already know and love the city.