Blue Guide Sicily (Blue Guides) |
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Ellen Grady
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Pages: 544 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1905131127
Pub: Blue Guides
Pub date: 2006-06-23
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 153488
Reader Reviews:
Very trustworthy (15/15 people found this helpful)
This is the first time I have used Blue Guide Sicily. Being a local myself, I have always been quite pedantic and fussy about how detailed and accurate information on Sicily has been researched and presented. I can only say that this is a fantastic guide, very detailed in the historical and artistic descriptions and also very "poetic" in the "quasi-visual" descriptions of the places and of the Sicilian people. The guide gives accurate listings of hotels and places to eat and drink which are reasonably up-to-date and - thank God - not very "faddy". This is maybe a bit of a turnoff for the younger crowd looking for the "hottest spots". But if you are looking for well-established restaurants, bars and hotels with charm and history, this is the guide for you. Maybe, if I can give some advice, a little effort should be put on well presented and colourful maps, as they tend to be very schematic and focus on just the town centres. But, I have stopped using the Rough Guides and the American guides (Fodors and the like). This is an outstanding guide. Highly recommended.
most comprehensive (11/11 people found this helpful)
As a regular visitor to Sicily, i found this book the most comprehensive. All books will have a particular strong point in their favor but this one covers most topics best. One finds ( after visiting a place) whether the descriptions given reconcile , and i can say that this book gives the best picture of the actual Places.
I have also used it to find accomodation and it served me well.
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