Frommer's Walking Tours: Venice: 13 Memorable Routes with Maps

by George McDonald and Frommer's

Book Overview

An all-new guide to exploring the "cradle of American history". Everything you need to know about historic homes, Revolutionary War sites, Harvard University, literary landmarks, gardens, neighborhood shopping, and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028604679
• ISBN13: 9780028604671
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Frommer's
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Don't visit Venice without this book!

Venice is the perfect city for walking tours, with a myriad of twisting streets and alleys. This guide provides a series of great walking tours, allowing you to wander at your own pace accompanied by a "paper tour guide". Skip tour packages or local guides, and head out on your own with this guide in hand. My wife and I spent two days in Venice on our own, and basically followed almost every tour in the book. We spoke no Italian, had never been to Venice before, and yet we found our way around the city and discovered quaint squares and tiny cathedrals that most visitors never find. If you like to learn about a city as you explore, but hate following some tour guide leading a herd of fellow travelers, get this book and head out on your own.

An invaluable guide

I found Frommer's walking tours of Paris invaluable, and the same proved to be true for this Venice book. I was there for eight days, and followed one of these walking tours every day. There was a superb sense of ambling around, seeing Venice in its everyday aspect, usually away from crowds of tourists. The book provided a focus for my walks, eliminating the feeling of wandering around and not knowing exactly where to go, and for me there were many wonderful moments -- lingering by canals, coming upon cats sunning themselves on unbusy walkways, seeing the whole of Venice from the top of the bell tower of San Giorgio. The point became not seeing the sights but soaking up the atmosphere. Using Frommer's (and other) walk books have made a huge difference in the pleasure I take in travel, and I urge all travelers to use them.