Strolling Through Venice: The Definitive Walking Guidebook to 'La Serenissima' - Softcover

John Freely

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845115783 ISBN 13: 9781845115784

Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

There is perhaps no other European city quite as romantic, as exquisitely beautiful or as enigmatic as Venice. In this definitive book, John Freely brings Venice - her past and her present - alive. Beginning at Piazza San Marco, Freely guides the reader on a series of carefully planned and unique walks radiating from the iconic Grand Canal into each of the city's sestieri. Through streets and squares, along canals, into churches, galleries, museums and palazzi; every major place of interest that the visitor could hope to see is illuminated. At each spot Freely peels back the layers of history to reveal the secrets of Venice. Practical and informative, richly coloured and bursting with history, myth and legend, Strolling Through Venice is the perfect guide for anyone who has fallen under the spell of this most enchanting city.

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Review:

PRAISE FOR JOHN FREELY'S OTHER BOOKS
Strolling Through Athens
*A magnificent walking guide to the city...His knowledge is encyclopaedic...he brings the millenniums of history alive. If you want a cultural guide to the ancient city, this is the one for you.* Anthony Sattin, *Books of the Week*, Sunday Times
Strolling Through Istanbul
*...a classic. The best travel guide to Istanbul* The Times
The Western Shores of Turkey
*...Enchanting guide...a work of genuine scholarship, lightly worn and charmingly conveyed. I fell in love with the book and stayed enamoured until the final page.* Paul Bailey, The Sunday Times
Inside the Seraglio
*Freely provides a fascinating, easy-to-follow overview, beautifully researched and riveting in its detail.* Christopher Fowler, Independent on Sunday

About the Author:

John Freely (1926-2017) was one of the most widely respected writers of travel books, histories and guides about Greece and Turkey. He is the author of The Grand Turk, Storm on Horseback, Children of Achilles, The Cyclades, The Ionian Islands, The Western Shores of Turkey, Strolling through Athens, Strolling through Venice and the bestselling Strolling through Istanbul (all I.B.Tauris). He lives in Istanbul.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845115783
• ISBN 13: 9781845115784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496