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With their usual authority and wit, Facaros and Pauls reveal the complexities of Sicilian culture and history as well as describing its many sights. They give the latest details on hotels, restaurants, festivals, travel, sports, and entertainment. Detailed maps will help you find your way around.
A tongue-in-cheek travel guide offers mythical, literary, and tourist information
This new title continues Bradt's coverage of lesser-known but increasingly popular Italian regions and is the only guide available to Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region which forms the major part of the hinterland of Venice (but does not - despite the name - include Venice itself), and which is a convenient and fascinating place to spend time on the beach, in the Alps or relaxing In the country. It is notable also for its wines and distinctive cuisine which, with touches of neighbouring Austria and Slovenia stirred in, are starting to attract attention around the world. Written by long-time travel authors and Italy specialists Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, background and practical information...
This is a landmark travel guide--Greece joins the ranks of outstanding Cadogan country guides, including Italy and France. The acclaimed author, Dana Facaros, is half-Greek and visits annually. Her co-author, Linda Theodorou, lives in the Peloponnese. Together, they share 60 years of Greek travel experience! Greece is an increasingly popular choice for American visitors; 2.5 million made the journey in 1999 and it is now one of the top 15 destinations in the world for international tourist arrivals. Visitors from the States come for many different sorts of vacations, and the guide offers listings and practical advice to cater to all of them. Whitewater rafting in the Nestos gorge of Eastern ...
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Americans are discovering a place Europeans have known for centuries -- lovely Emilia Romagna, home of spaghetti bolognese, Pavarotti, parma ham, Lambrusco, lasagne, Marconi, balsamic vinegar . . . in a guide that might well have been entitled Food, Opera & Art, Cadogan's best-selling authors unearth treasures to compare with those of Tuscany and Lombardy, including Rimini, Italy's vast, madcap, international resort; and, nestling in the region's corner, San Marino, the world's smallest and oldest republic. This guide covers a region people know better than they think.
Greek Islands was the very first Cadogan guide, and it remains the most popular title in the series on both sides of the Atlantic. For this new guide, Dana Facaros has returned to her home country and whittled down the myriad choice of Greek islands to those that are easily accessible by air. The book will have more information on those islands that qualify, with Cadogan-style in-depth and often witty treatment of historical and cultural issues. It will be a great complement to the existing 'bible, ' appealing to travelers who have a limited amount of time or who plan to book a package through the travel trade.
Dordogne, Lot, Bordeaux and Toulouse travel guide - tips and expert advice on where to go, stay and eat, and what to do. Includes Gironde, northern Périgord, the Vézère Valley, the Dordogne Quercynoise, Lot-et-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne. Wine, truffles, walking, kayaking, villages, Romanesque churches and Cap Ferrrat beaches are all covered.
A scrutiny of the area's coastal resorts, artistic heritage, from Velazquez to Picasso and the Roman, Renaissance and Moorish towns of Seville, Cordoba and Granada as well as day trips to Gibraltar and across the Mediterranean Sea to Morocco. Previous ed: 1860119123, 1999.)
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