Intrise di spiritualità e storia, Toscana e Umbria sono celebri per i loro borghi arroccati sul tufo e per le città d'arte. Accanto agli itinerari classici, percorrete cammini e trekking: scoprirete incantevoli paesini spesso trascurati dalle rotte tradizionali.

La nuova edizione aggiornata della Guida Traveler Sicilia in un formato pratico da portare con sé. La guida comprende una sezione introduttiva che racconta la storia e la cultura del territorio; seguono una serie di itinerari dettagliati, suddivisi per zona, che accompagneranno i lettori alle destinazioni più celebri e imperdibili ma anche verso mete più insolite e meno note. Completano la guida una sezione dedicata alle informazioni pratiche (numeri utili, trasporti, hotel e ristoranti, eventi, guida allo shopping) e una comoda mappa estraibile. Tutto ciò che serve per un viaggio indimenticabile! Guida completa e aggiornata con mappa estraibile. Splendide fotografie, box di approfondimento, disegni e mappe tematizzate per illustrare gli itinerari. Tutte le informazioni pratiche necessarie: numeri utili, trasporti, hotel e ristoranti, eventi, guida allo shopping.

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don’t want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all things ultra-practical and easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise!Don’t miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area.

· Top lodging and dining picks for every budget
· Nightlife, including bars and historic cafés filled with the sounds of fado songs and guitar
· Shopping for azulejos, ceramics, leather goods, and more
· Restaurants with great seafood, including bacalhau and sardinhas, plus cafés with delicious pastries
· Essential museums, castles, palaces, and churches
· Lisbon's maritime heritage along the seafront of Belém and the city's ancient past in the narrow streets of the Alfama

Mediterranean expert Tim Jepson takes you on a tour of the countries of the Northern Mediterranean & Adriatic, focusing on the major cruise ports from Gibraltar to Turkey, including Barcelona, Valencia, Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Bari, Venice, Dubrovnik, Split, Athens, and Istanbul, as well as nearby towns and sites. This all-new guide features an abundance of practical info on how to get to the main ports from the ship; maps to guide you around when you're there; and original, commissioned artwork to help you appreciate what you're seeing. The travelwise section provides a sampling of places to eat and practical information about the individual countries.

Aimed at active travelers who want authentic, enriching, cultural experiences and expert advice from a trustworthy source, National Geographic Travelers provide ways for people to experience a place rather than just visit, and give the true feel of each destination not easily found online.

Italy expert Tim Jepson takes you on an unforgettable tour around one of the world's most alluring regions. From the Renaissance gem of Florence, to such charming Tuscan villages as Siena, Montepulciano, and Montalcino, to the pastel-hued villages of Cinque Terre, and beyond, you'll fall in love with this area's art, culture, cuisine, history, and beauty. Features include self-guided walks in the heart of Florence and Siena, as well as drives through the wine-famous Chianti countryside and through the glorious Casentino. Experiential sidebars make sure you get to know the intimate side of the place, including learning to make the locally loved pappardelle pasta, helping to cultivate olives for the famed olive oil, and speaking a bit of Italian yourself. A Travelwise section details practicalities, including where to find the most gracious inns, delicious cooking, and tucked-away wineries.

Aimed at active travelers who want authentic, enriching, cultural experiences and expert advice from a trustworthy source, National Geographic Travelers provide ways for people to experience a place rather than just visit, and give the true feel of each destination not easily found online.

For London lovers of all stripes, National Geographic London Book of Lists chronicles this ever-changing city from its ancient Roman origins to the present day. Organized with a minimum of organization, the 140 lists in this eclectic and hugely entertaining illustrated compendium cover the city’s best, worst, highest, smallest, first, last, and everything in-between. Among the many intriguing facts, stats, and snippets, you’ll discover:

· Where you can find six old windmills within the confines of metropolitan London
· Why the women’s restroom at an East End pub is especially popular with avant-garde artists
· When a tornado razed nearly 600 houses and destroyed London Bridge
· The address of the only London flat where the four members of the Beatles lived together
· Why local children beat the stone boundaries outside the Tower of London with willow branches every three years
· Where you can find London’s eight best waterfront pubs, seven greatest Victorian gin palaces, and ten most historic pubs
· Which two famous London museums still show World War II bomb damage on their outer walls

Royal palaces. Street markets. Stellar views. Cockney slang. Favorite meals of kings. Roman ruins. Secrets lost to time. With surprises on every page, National Geographic London Book of Lists takes you deep inside the city that never fails to fascinate.

Compact and affordable, Fodor's Montréal 25 Best is a great travel companion for travelers who want a light, easy-to-pack guidebook to one of Canada's most exciting cities.
DISCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS: Fodor's Montréal 25 Best offers savvy advice and recommendations to help travelers make the most of their visit, providing great places to shop, eat, sleep, and drink for every budget.
GORGEOUS PHOTOS AND MAPS: Full-color pictures and full-size street maps cover the best Montréal has to offer, all in an easy-to-use package. A handy, weather-resistant city map provides added value, giving travelers essential information so they can travel with confidence.
INDISPENSABLE TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS: Save time and space by having Montréal's top 25 sights and experiences in one convenient guidebook. Neighborhood walks show off the best of the city with self-guided tour ideas. Plan excursions outside the city with the Farther Afield section.
PRACTICAL TIPS AND PHRASES: Travel like a local with our Need to Know section, filled with useful travel tips and essential French phrases.

Top 25 Must-See Sights
Best bets for dining, lodging, sightseeing. Plus a full-color pullout map. Everything you need to experience Venice.


• Top lodging and dining picks for every budget

• All the legendary sights, from the Piazza San Marco to the Grand Canal

• Traditional trattorias, seafood specialists, pizzerias, wine bars, and gelaterie

• Centuries of churches: Renaissance, Gothic, and the Byzantine domes of the Basilica di San Marco

• Side trips to the islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello

• Decadent shopping for Murano glass, Carnevale masks, and jewelry

Veteran writer and Italy expert Tim Jepson makes this vibrant and fascinating country--home of some of the world's most sublime art, architecture, and literature and one of its oldest civilizations--highly accessible to the modern traveler. After a thorough introduction, he begins his coverage in Rome with specific, detailed suggestions on how to tackle this most sight-intensive city:

'Your best approach is an oblique one,' he writes. 'Avoid the big-name sights at the outset, and ease yourself gently into the city with a coffee or a stroll around its most intimate squares.' He continues with this kind of advice as he travels around the country--north to Lombardy, the Lakes, the Veneto, Tuscany, and Umbria, and then south to Naples, ending up in Sicily--combining intimate guidance with strong and substantive information. Special features include numerous city walks, drives around Lake Maggiore, through Chianti country, and into the heart of Umbria, and discussions of many aspects of Italian culture and contemporary life. An extensive Travelwise section offers a wide selection of author's picks of hotels, inns, and restaurants, as well as details on shopping and all the practical information you need to get around.

The 2012 edition has been completely revised and updated, with new features including experiential sidebars, insider tips, and an overview of how best to plan a visit.

Washed by three different seas, its history more than 2,000 years old, the beautiful island of Sicily beckons with archaeological ruins, magnificent architecture, including two of the world's best preserved Greek temples and baroque palaces, marvelous sea and landscapes, artworks spanning multiple civilizations, and the dominating presence of Mount Etna. Guided by Sicily expert Tim Jepson, this guidebook presents the best of Sicily, taking you first to Palermo, Sicily's teeming capital, with its fabulous Regional Archaeological Museum. Then you explore Northwestern Sicily, influenced by a mix of colonizing civilizations, including the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Arabs, whose cultures still thrive. Highlights here include the ruins of Segesta, Selinunte, Solunto, and Mozia, as well as the medieval towns of Cefalu and Erice. In Southwestern Sicily, near North Africa, rugged cliffs and barren plateaus set the scene for Greek temples and Roman villas. Mount Etna dominates Southern Sicily, where towns built by ancient Greeks, including Syracuse, live on. In Northeastern Sicily lava flows have shaped the land, and you can visit the volcano's very edge. Here, too, Catania thrives as Sicily's second largest city, while beautifully sited Taormina is Sicily's most famous tourist resort, and little fishing villages such as Aci Trezza and beaches in the Aeolian Islands also provide a respite from sightseeing.

Special features include driving and walking tours; detailed features on history, culture, and contemporary life; and 3-D illustrations.

The guide also includes an in-depth chapter describing Sicily's history and culture, and a detailed section of practical information, including how to get around Sicily, an extensive listing of handpicked hotels and restaurants, and select activities and entertainment options.

The 2012 edition has been completely revised and updated, with new features including experiential sidebars, insider tips, and an overview of how best to plan a visit.

• Everything you need to see the best of Italy by car
• 25 distinctive itineraries with full color maps and photographs
• Highlights of scenic routes, special events, history and travelling with children
• Easy-to-use map at the beginning of each tour
• Divided into 5 regions with 3-6 tours in each which start and finish in major towns and cities considered to be the best for exploration
• Regions include: Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto; Liguria & Tuscany; Umbria & the Marches; Lazio, Campania, & Abruzzo; Calabria, Basilicata, & Puglia

Una guida ideale per le visite brevi e low cost che fornisce informazioni, consigli e foto relative alle 25 mete top da non perdere assolutamente. Completano il volume le mappe analitiche delle singole zone con tutti i luoghi da visitare e la pianta estraibile della città.

La guida fornisce descrizioni dettagliate dei principali luoghi d'interesse: Firenze, Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Arezzo, San Gimignano e gli altri borghi collinari, il Chianti, le cave di marmo di Carrara, le splendide isole. Segnalazioni aggiornate di alloggi e ristoranti di ogni categoria, con suggerimenti sui locali più interessanti e i mercati più diversi. Consigli pratici su escursioni e attività all'aperto: gli sport nautici dell'isola d'Elba, i trekking sulle Alpi Apuane e nella Garfagnana, le feste popolari, gli itinerari dei grandi vini. Informazioni su storia, cultura e natura della regione. Oltre 40 cartine con le indicazioni di vie, strade e principali siti e monumenti.