Ros Belford Boeken

Ook dit dikke exemplaar voldoet aan het Capitool-concept: een luxe gids met enorm veel kleurenfoto's in alle formaten, driedimensionale overzichtstekeningen, opengewerkte tekeningen van musea en paleizen, plattegronden van steden etc. De informatie, in klein lettertype, is compact en niet al te diepgravend. Per regio worden de hoogtepunten goed aangegeven door 'bezienswaardigheden in het kort' met kaartje en 'sterattracties'. Na een inleiding van 73 pagina's volgt een bespreking per regio in 33 hoofdstukken. Vanaf pagina 554 is praktische informatie opgenomen: accommodatie, restaurants, winkelen, amusement, reisinformatie etc. De toon van de praktische informatie is soms wat betuttelend. Voor de toerist die nog geen keuze heeft gemaakt welk gedeelte van Italië te bezoeken, is het een handige bron om thuis eens in te bladeren. Is er eenmaal een keuze gemaakt voor een regio, dan is een uitgebreide regio-gids beter om mee te nemen.

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An uplifting, humorous memoir of a single mother building a new life on a beautiful Sicilian island.

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Průvodce po Římu je podrobným průvodcem z řady Rough Guide vydaným nakladatelstvím Jota, ve kterém najdete mnoho užitečných informací včetně: - podrobných popisů památek, - přehledu nejlepších možností ubytování, barů, restaurací a obchodů a dalších informací, - tipů na jednodenní výlety do okolí Říma, barevné ftotografické přílohy, - map a plánu města.