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 I love this book! This book has helped me so much in my vacation planning process. I thought I'd have to pay lots of money for big company tours of everything but this book has shown me so many ways to save my cash. It tells you how to book locally run, English speaking tours and reservations rather than paying extra for English services online. It also has easily readable maps of every area of interest in the country, with every sight labelled clearly so you can plan where to start and finish your days. It suggests the level of tourist priority of each sight to help you decide where to spend your time. I cannot convey how much money I will save, using this book enough to you all! I don't know what I would do without this book! My favorite Italy guide. This is my favorite Italy travel guide, and I buy each yearly update when it comes out. The Maps are the best for actually getting around! Lots of helpful information Rick Steves' Italy is a wonderful guide book. I bought it while searching for just the right place for our honeymoon, and through this book I found the perfect place - one that I had not seen mentioned on any website or book or travel brochure in my extensive previous searches. It has a friendly, personal tone to it, and lots of useful tidbits that are missing in some of the other similar books. I am very satisfied with it! Great Guide Book We are still in the planning process of our trip, but so far Rick Steve's book has been great. It is easy to read and organized in a user friendly manner. The size is small enough I can carry it around on our trip and use it as a quick reference. I used his 2006 England book with great success and believe the Italy book is going to be just as useful! I also bought Frommer's 2008 Italy and am not as pleased with it. In comparison Rick Steve's reads easier. Frommer's reads like a dense textbook. There is almost too much information. Also, Rick Steve's offers complete museum tours so you don't have to buy the audioguides. All the information is in his book and tells you the best path to take. He also does walking tours so you can enjoy a free activity that really highlights a town. Frommer's just lists all the sights and leaves you to sort it out. Frommer's is definitely more inclusive than Rick Steve's; it has more towns, more hotels, more dining, and more sights, but I think it would be way to overwhelming to carry with me. My plan is to carry Rick Steve's with me on my sightseeing, but to make some additional notes in it on stuff I found in Frommer's. All in all though, I think Rick Steve's is the better book, and if you only want to buy one, I'd buy Rick Steve's. | |||||||||||||
