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Lonely Planet Italy (Travel Guide) Paperback – May 16, 2023

by Duncan Garwood (Author), Julia Buckley (Author), Stefania D'Ignoti (Author),
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 146 ratings
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Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Italy.

Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from meandering through Tuscany's Chianti wine country to discovering amazingly preserved mosaics at Ostia Antica, and hiking to the summit of Gran Sasso, the Apennines' highest mountain.

Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's Italy Travel Guide:

  • Our classic guidebook format provides you with the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week trips
  • Updated with an all new structure and design so you can navigate Italy and connect experiences together with ease
  • Create your perfect trip with exciting itineraries for extended journeys combined with suggested day trips, walking tours, and activities to match your passions
  • Get fresh takes on must-visit sights including the Sistine Chapel; Renaissance architecture in the Palazzo Ducale; and summit the Gran Sasso
  • Special features on the Italian food and drink scene, and outdoor adventure activities
  • Expert local recommendations on when to go, eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, accommodation, adventure activities, festivals, and more
  • Essential information toolkit containing tips on arriving; transport; making the most of your time and money; LGBTIQ+ travel advice; useful words and phrases; accessibility; and responsible travel 
  • Connect with Italian culture through stories that delve deep into local life, history, and traditions 
  • Inspiring full-colour travel photography and maps including a pull out map of Rome
  • Covers Rome, Lazio & Abruzzo, Turin & Piedmont, Italian Riviera, Milan & the Lakes, Venice, Dolomites & the Northeast, Bologna & Emilia-Romagna, Florence, Tuscany, Umbria & Le Marche, Naples & Campania, Puglia, Calabria & Basilicata, Sicily, Sardinia

 

Create a trip that's uniquely yours and get to the heart of this extraordinary country with Lonely Planet's Italy.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lonely Planet; 16th edition (May 16, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 800 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838698108
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838698102
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.41 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 1.25 x 7.85 inches
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Ricardo Avila
2.0 out of 5 stars Very few recs. for food, hotels, shopping, make this half a guide
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2023
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Much as I've loved using Lonely Planet for every single trip abroad since 1997, I'm returning this guide.

I don't mind the look or lighter weight;

I don't mind the greyed-out maps;

I don't even mind too much the sparse info, e.g., the Uffizi Gallery in Florence gets a half page and one photo of art, not the two-page spread it used to get, because previous guides could be overwhelming -- well, actually, I do mind, but it's not the deal-breaker;

what I mind is the lack of any substantive hotel, restaurant, or shopping recommendations. Every neighborhood in a large city seems to get only three hotel and three restaurant recs. Smaller cities only get three in total of each. That's hardly a guide unless you're passing through for a day. You need another guide to supplement this one, at which point, why not just buy a different one altogether?

Very, very disappointing.
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Kathleen A. Gilbert
1.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Lonely Planet Standards
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
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I've used Lonely Planet guidebooks for more than 20 years. I especially appreciate that they have always covered towns and areas that the Rick Steves guidebooks do not. When it came time to prepare for our fall trip to Italy, Amazon told me that there was a new version, so I preordered it. When it came, I was very disappointed. Unlike previous guides, the book was picture-heavy, as through a new designer had taken over the franchise, and extremely light on the details that all the previous versions had. Sections on accommodations, eating and nightlife have been replaced with brief sidebars or footers that simply have the names of restaurants or hotels and a short description. I could find no transportation information at all (the getting there and getting around sections).
In short, I found the update to be a "downgrade". I returned the book to Amazon and purchased the 15th edition, which I'm pleased with.
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Uncle C
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok overview
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024
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Not great for detail or individual sites and guidance in cities you might be staying in a while. I left mine in the free library at one of my Italian hotels because I didn’t feel like lugging it around. Buy the city/region guides instead.
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Federico Herrera
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but still room for improvements
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
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First time I’ve bought this type of travel books, I like the idea of main and key interest places to visit with a combo of history of the places. What I think they could do better is to bring more info about food, accommodations and tips to not fall on the classics tourist traps.
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Mark L.
4.0 out of 5 stars Great layout and concise overview of the whole country
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
Despite the many negative reviews here, I'm very impressed with this new edition - it is very well laid out, visually appealing, full of all kinds of information, and which encourages interesting side trips that are logically connected to a primary location. Given that we all have smartphones now with internet access, it's much less important that a printed guidebook has addresses, phone numbers, etc. which are very easily gotten (and probably more accurately/currently) online, once you know the name of the place recommended. This gets rid of a lot of clutter, which for an 800-page guidebook is important. Overall, a really appealing, insightful and informative guidebook that I'm happy to have.
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Rafer Guzman
2.0 out of 5 stars New Format for Lonely Planet Falls Short
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
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This new Lonely Planet guide is somehow thicker, heavier and less informative than before. Where the old guides included at least five or six restaurants per neighborhood, the new guide includes maybe three short blurbs (without addresses). Major anttractions are described in one long-ish paragraph without any of the deep historical background that the old guides used to contain. Would you like to know the best way to get tickets to a particularly popular cathedral, or how to plan your visit once inside? This book will not tell you. The brief sidebar on the Uffizi, for example — one of the world’s best-known museums — does not cite any major artworks by name. “It’s hard to pick just one highlight,” the book says. Maybe so, but that’s the whole reason I bought a guidebook! I had to find out on my own that the Ufizzi has Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus.” Seems like a painting worth mentioning in a guidebook on Italy, no? I am sure the Lonely Planet is feeling pressure from the internet, where recommendations and information are often free. It is probably increasingly difficult for paper-bound guidebooks to compete. But giving readers incomplete information and letting them find the rest on their smartphones seems like the wrong way to go. Lonely Planet used to feel far more knowledgeable, savvy and hip than any blog or website. I hope they figure out a better way to move forward.
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Arthur Hartley
3.0 out of 5 stars Italy detailed
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
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Nice travel book
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BB in Seattle
1.0 out of 5 stars Useless. Should not even be called "Lonely Planet". Sad.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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I have probably purchased 60 Lonely Planet guidebooks over the past 30 years, and this will be the last unless they undo the format change. The new format has stripped out everything useful -- opinions, practical tips, logistical details, etc. -- and looks like a generic marketing brochure for each city. I took this book to Italy for 13 days and literally did not use a single piece of information in it. Not sure what the folks at LP are thinking but I can't imagine anyone finding this book worthwhile.
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Stéphanie
2.0 out of 5 stars So many topics yet so little information
Reviewed in Canada on April 16, 2024
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J'ai acheté ce guide en prévision d'un voyage durant lequel je comptais visiter plusieurs régions de l'Italie et je voulais donc un guide qui allait couvrir plusieurs villes et non seulement Rome, par exemple. Ce guide couvre toutes les régions mais leur classification dans le livre n'est pas forcément logique. Je suis déçue de la quantité et la qualité de l'information. Je m'attendais à avoir des conseils plus pratiques (ex: pour visiter cette attraction, acheter vos billets d'avance vs sur place. Lorsque vous visitez cette ville attention à ceci/cela, à l'aéroport ne prenez pas les services des chauffeurs de taxis qui viendront vous solliciter mais prenez plutôt les services des chauffeurs qui attendent à l'extérieur et qui sont accrédités, etc.) Je n'ai pas envie qu'on me décrive le Pantheon, je veux qu'on me dise comment me préparer pour ma visite, ou me procurer mes billets ou encore le meilleur moment de la journée pour le visiter. J'esperais que le livre m'aiderait à planifier à l'aide de cette seule source fiable mais celuic-i s'est avéré assez inutile.
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Ricardo F. Sousa
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente para sua viagem
Reviewed in Brazil on October 26, 2023
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Excelente dicas
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Carlos Gelista
1.0 out of 5 stars DEMASIADO GENERAL
Reviewed in Mexico on September 11, 2023
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El contenido es muy general, casi igual o a veces inclusive menor al que encuentras en la web o redes sociales. No trae buenas explicaciones de uso de transportes ni son buenas las opciones de recorridos. Además, la guía electrónica no es de uso amigable y se requiere estar en línea para poder consultarla. No vale la pena comprarla
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Sorin
1.0 out of 5 stars New Lonely Planet format is absolutely terrible
Reviewed in Germany on March 19, 2024
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So it looks like what was by far my favorite travel book series, has had a horrible redesign. They got rid of all the useful information in the book, including the highlights in each area, any kind of useful information such as transportation, hotels, restaurants and do not miss items and replaced them with incredibly boring text that appears to be written by an AI robot and terrible maps and pictures. I read an entire section on Italy and came back with almost no useful information from it. I am returning this book and will never purchase any new books from them. Find an older used edition if you want to plan any trips. The new editions are garbage.
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Wout Vergauwen
1.0 out of 5 stars No longer a Lonely Planet
Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 14, 2024
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This was the first of the "new" Lonely Planets I purchased and it will be the last. The entire format that every Lonely Planet traveler knows has completely changed. Information on accomodation, transit & food is minimized. Maps have been replaced with pictures. City breakdowns by quarters and their respective sights and tips have vanished. This seems absolutely useless.
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