Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Published May 10, 2010 | By admin

Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guides) Review

I have purchased many other DK books, and I really find the entire series to be outstanding. Interesting facts, details, maps, pictures and illustrations on every single page. Helpful guidelines and phrases, history and more. No book has proved to be more conclusive as a guide to my travel destinations. I often refer to it as THE book.

That said, the DK line of books for any given country are almost TOO hefty. It doesn’t fit in any normal pocket, and is a significant weight in any bag, weighing about as much as a medium size bottle of water. It’s also not the most conspicuous book if you’re looking to ‘blend in’ as it clearly has ‘ITALY’ in huge letters on the cover and spine.

But information is invaluable. So I lug it around anyway. On my recent vacation to Italy, I was able to successfully navigate and tour myself through Rome, Venice, and Florence. However, the book covers the COUNTRY of Italy, so large sections of the book went unused.

Alternatively, DK also makes books for specific regions. For the lighter weight and less superflous information, one might consider just bringing DK Rome or DK Venice along, rather than the Bible that is DK Italy.

Happy Travels!