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Title: Michelin Red Guide 2003 Italia (Michelin Red Guide: Italia, 2003) by Michelin ISBN: 2-06-100695-7 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Indispensable for Independent Travel in Italy
Comment:
**Stay or dine where you want**
In high season, Florence swarms with frustrated, angry tourists and locals. Get away from all that. By car or bus you can voyage back in time through the Chianti to visit Volterra, a splendid old-walled town of Etruscan foundation. Sleep well at Villa Nencini and dine at a place where residents like to eat, the bustling Da Beppino -- simple, filling, well-made Tuscan food and wine. In Italy are scores of neglected gems like Bergamo, Sansepulcro, Orvieto, or Ravello where you'll rarely hear or see another American.
**No wasted words - just the facts your need**
By using easy to learn symbols (common to all Red guides), a detailed description of a hotel or restaurant gets reduced to an entry no wider than your little finger. For example, one page of hotels in the "historic center" of Rome contains 18 complete entries. The Red Guide has more than 900 pages! The maps alone make the Red Guide valuable -- where else can you get an excellent sreet map of Volterra with hotels and restaurants clearly marked as well as parking, train, and bus stations. Photocopy and enlarge maps for day trips.
Supplement the Guida Rossa Italia with The Green Guide - Italy in English -- and you'll be set. ISBN: 2061003605 available at amazon.com.
**Get respect from Italians, learn some of "their" language**
You'll stand out as 'molto gentile' -- polite, well brought up. Kindness with a pinch of formality goes a long way to impress Italians. Unlike French, German or Spanish, Italian is not widely spoken outside its homeland. Get started with a basic Pimsleur tape or CD (no books!). Absorb Italian while you commute -- speak out loud, be bold -- after all you'll only look like you're talking on a cell phone. ISBN: 0743525787 available at amazon.com.
For the first time, Michelin appends a brief description for every entry. These are in Italian. Without an elementary knowledge of the language, you'll miss out. Take this new wrinkle as a sign that learning some Italian would be a personal enrichment.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not in English, but good if you want to work for the info
Comment: While I can understand the first reviewer's criticism, I can also understand the others here who say this book is helpful. Thing is, everything is in Italian. Yes, there are symbols and a key in English. However, all the descriptions for places are in Italian, and that does me no good. For [the price], a guide should have descriptions in the language I read... But, if you want to work and sort through the symbols and such, then this guide is an excellent source of information.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beliefs about ignorance confirmed
Comment: As Michelin is the standrad guide and an excelelnt guide in whatever region, I was surprised to look at the ignorant review that the book was not in English.
Addresses and dish names are in the language of the country.
The guide lists everything in symbols, and unless you cannot recognise these (a babay can) then of course you can not read it. Disappointed to see that this one reviewer confirmed my stereotyed beliefs about regional ignorance.
The Michelin Red Guide is the standard for whatever region, and no purchaser will be disappointed.
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Title: Michelin the Green Guide Italy (Michelin Green Guide: Italy, 7th Ed) by Michelin Staff, Michelin ISBN: 2061003605 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Michelin LE Guide Rouge France 2003 (Michelin Red Guide: France, 2003) by Michelin Travel Publications, Michelin ISBN: 2061006892 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Michelin 2003 Italy by Michelin Travel Publications, Michelin ISBN: 2061006337 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Michelin THE GREEN GUIDE Tuscany, 3e (THE GREEN GUIDE) by Michelin Staff, Michelin Travel Publications, Michelin Travel Publications ISBN: 2060000106 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Michelin Italy Tourist and Motoring Atlas (Michelin Tourist and Motoring Atlas: Italy, 9th Ed) by Michelin ISBN: 2061002412 Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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