Download or read book A Traveller s Companion to Venice written by John Julius Norwich and published by Constable. This book was released on 2002 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Views of the city of lagoons and gondolas; Henry James was passionate: 'You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it...', whereas Mark Twain found St Mark's 'so ugly... Propped on its long row of thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seems like a vast, warty bug taking a mediaeval walk.' Reactions to Venice have been, throughout the ages, astonishingly different. John Julius Norwich has produced a dazzling anthology from the writings of Byron, Goethe, Wagner, Casanova, Jan Morris, Robert Browning, and Horace Walpole, among many others. From the days of the sixth century, when lagoon-dwellers lived 'like sea-birds' in huts built on heaps of osiers, to the Venice of eighteenth-century revellers and nineteenth-century art lovers - the city's many different guises are all portrayed as its inhabitants and visitors saw them.
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Download or read book Venice written by John Julius Norwich and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venice of the sixth century, when lagoon-dwellers lived like sea-birds in huts built on heaps of osiers, was the city of the Doges, where people were inspired by the glories of Byzantium as they built it. Thirteenth century Venice was a world power holding the gorgeous East in fee and 15th and 16th century Venice was the city where Titian and Tintoretto and Veronese were at work. Venice of the 18th century was a city for revellers and in the 19th century it was a city for art lovers - each of these periods in its history is portrayed as its inhabitants and visitors saw it, through their eyes and in their voices.
Download or read book The Companion Guide to Venice written by Hugh Honour and published by Companion Guides. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `It offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require.' Financial Times`If ever a guidebook were designed to be read as literature it is Mr Honour's. Even those who know Venice welland love it well will add to their appreciation from this seemingly endless store of information.' Economist Offers all that the visitor with a concern for beauty and for leisurely sight-seeing will require. FINANCIAL TIMES The best guide book I have ever encountered... and a book I found it impossible not to read from beginning to end. OBSERVER There are few pleasanter ways of passing a summer's evening than sitting over a cup of coffee, and perhaps a glass of Aurum, in the Piazza San Marco. It is especially agreeable on those nights when the Venetian city band thunders away at some throbbingly romantic piece... And all the while the younger inhabitants parade around the square, chattering, flirting, quarrelling and staring at their visitors with that same unwinking gaze that Venetians have turned on their guests for the past five centuries. The facade of San Marco closes the scene in a glitter of golden mosaic and a bubbling of cupolas, while the great thick red campanile stretches up into the warm mothy darkness of the summer sky. Hugh Honour, it is clear, knows Venice exceptionally well and catches the rhythms of the city's life with unerring skill. His guide, with its winning blend of evocativedetail and precise information, spurs the reader to investigate Venice's wonders: Piazza San Marco is only the beginning of a journey into the heart of Venice and its history.
Download or read book Travellers Companion to Venice Uk written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Traveller s History of Venice Peter Mentzel written by Peter Mentzel and published by Haus Pub.. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a concise overview of the history of Venice from the fifth century AD to the present day. The main theme is the unique place that Venice has occupied in the history of Europe in general and in Italy in particular.
Download or read book Traveller s History of Venice written by Peter Mentzel and published by . This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will present a concise and readable overview of the history of Venice from the fifth century AD to the present day. The main theme is the unique place that Venice has occupied in the history of Europe in general and in Italy in particular. While Venice has been politically part of united Italy since 1866, its development tied it as much to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant as to the Italian peninsula. It is this rich cultural mix which has made Venice such a fascinating, magical place. There is a Chronology of Major Events, and special reference features on the islands in the lagoon, the history of the gondola, Venice’s churches, museums and art galleries. A Traveller’s History of Venice will help every visitor to enjoy the riches and quirks of this unique city.
Download or read book Insight Guides City Guide Moscow Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moscow is a fascinating mix of old and new, East meets West, elegance and kitsch and spirituality and dowdiness. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of City Guide Moscow, a comprehensive full-colour guide to the fascinating capital of Russia. City Guide Moscow: A fully-overhauled edition by our expert Russia author. Stunning, specially-commissioned new photography that brings this intriguing city and its people to life. Highlights of the city's top attractions, including the Red Square, The Kremlin and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. in our Best of Moscow. Descriptive accounts of each neighbourhood cover the whole city from the Red Square and Tverskaya and Lubyanka. The Day Trips from Moscow chapter includes the ancient cities of the Golden Ring. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
Download or read book The Venice Lido written by Robin Saikia and published by Travel Monograph. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short and literary guide to Venice's Lido, in the Blue Guides' new Travel Monographs series.
Download or read book Traveler s Diary VENICE written by Mode Books and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-26 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WELCOME TO VENICE The best little guide to decide how to visit or even just to observe which famous historical and cultural monuments are present in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Book suitable for all ages Full of high quality pictures You can use it as a guide or as a reference booklet for the city of Venice A great gift for those who love to travel At the end of the book there are some empty pages where the traveler can notice the most beautiful sensations to make them an indelible memory. TRAVELER'S DIARY VENICE was created to give all the willing visitors a little guide absolutely not boring and pleasant to read. We are sure that after reading it you will look at the city of Venice with different eyes. Have a nice trip!
Download or read book Secret Venice written by Thomas Jonglez and published by Editions Jonglez. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years of research were needed to conceive this exceptional guide, which will allow all lovers of Venice and the Venetians themselves to start exploring the most extraordinary city in the world, away from the beaten path.
Download or read book Venice written by Marie-José Gransard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Marco Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little." -- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Venice, 'La Serenissima', is one of the most breathtaking cities in the world. A floating labyrinth; the world's greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel, slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose; tourist-trap, irresistible muse. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants. Later, its fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky.In this riveting guide to literary Venice, the author uncovers the city's myriad secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with their voices.
Download or read book Insight Guides Pocket Venice Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venice is one of the world's most magical and unique destinations, a city where life is lived on the water and getting lost is all part of the fun. Insight Pocket Guide Venice is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that this evocative city has to offer. Inside Venice Pocket Guide: Where To Go details all the key sights in the city, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text. Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip. Perfect Day provides an itinerary of the best things to do in one day in Venice. What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from cocktail hour in tucked-away bars to shopping for Venetian masks and activities on the Lido's beaches. Essential information on Venice's culture, including a brief history of the country. Eating Out covers the city's best cuisine. Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants. A-Z of all the practical information you'll need. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
Download or read book Venice A Traveller s Reader written by John Julius Norwich and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry James wrote of Venice: 'You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it . . .' whereas Mark Twain found St Mark's 'so ugly . . . propped on its long row of thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seems like a vast, warty bug taking a meditative walk'. Reactions to Venice have been, throughout the ages, astonishingly different. John Julius Norwich has put together a dazzling anthology, drawing on the writings of Byron, Goethe, Wagner, Casanova, Jan Morris, Robert Browning and Horace Walpole, among many others. The pieces range from the sixth century, when the early lagoon-dwellers lived 'like sea-birds in huts, built on heaps of osiers' to the exquisite city of eighteenth-century revellers and nineteenth-century art lovers. The city's many diferent guises are shown as both its citizens and visitors saw them. This wonderful volume from the Traveller's Reader series also contains maps, engravings and notes on history, art, architecture and everyday city life.
Download or read book The 500 Hidden Secrets of Venice written by Anna Sardi and published by Uitgeverij Luster. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venice is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. Nevertheless, every day brings new discoveries in this city, says local architect Anna Sardi. She knows Venice like the back of her hand and is always on the lookout to find out about cultural events, from expositions connected to the biennale to concerts and films in pop-up venues. In The 500 Hidden Secrets of Venice she shares her favourite places and tips, and also provides a fresh perspective on the must-visit (cultural) spots. AUTHOR: Anna Sardi is a local architect who knows Venice like the back of her hand. SELLING POINTS: * The perfect book for those who wish to discover the locals' favourite spots in Venice, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe * Avoiding the usual tourist haunts, this affectionate guide provides a fresh perspective on the must-visit spots and introduces you to Venice's best-kept secrets * Includes 5 restaurants that most tourists will never find, 5 cosy markets in the open air, the 5 most beautiful buildings by architect Carlo Scarpa, 5 convents where you can spend the night, the 5 nicest bookshops for kids and much more 90 colour images
Download or read book Marco Polo Was Here a Kid s Guide to Venice Italy written by John D. Weigand and published by Bellissima Pub Llc. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to experience that perfect day, whether you are young or old, Venice, Italy is the place to be. The people of Venice, Italy are warm, cosmopolitan, honest, artistic, and full of music and fun. This is why Penelope Dyan and John D. Weigand traveled to Venice, Italy to write and photograph Marco Polo Was Here! This is another book to add to your collection of Weigand s and Dyan s travel guides for kids; and it is clear they know what they are doing, and they know what kids like. Your child does not need to grumble about going with you on yet another trip (even if it is to one of the most beautiful places in the entire world) if your child is able to participate in the planning process. Make sure your child a part of things. Your child can go on this trip vicariously (by reading this book) or go to Venice, Italy for real and enjoy and see these wonderful people and wonderful places of interest and fun! Penelope Dyan is an attorney, writer and former teacher of grades K-12 and an award winning teen and children s book author and illustrator. John D. Weigand is a television engineer and photographer with a special talent for capturing that perfect photo; and while this book is meant for kids, it will be a welcome addition to your coffee table book collection. If you want to see even MORE of Venice, Italy, watch for Bellissima s release of John D. Weigand s Just Venice! This will be another perfect compliment to your coffee table book collection, and it will be a beautiful supplement to Marco Polo Was Here! A Kid s Guide To Venice, because it WILL BE Just Venice! through and through. Until then. . . Ciao!
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Venice the Veneto written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice and the Veneto takes you by the hand, leading you straight to the best attractions the region has to offer. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of Venice's major architectural sights. DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover the best of Venice and the Veneto, from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets, while transportation maps and a chart showing the walking distances between sights will help you get around the city. What's new in DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: -New itineraries based on length of stay, regional destinations, and themes. -Brand-new hotel and restaurants listings including DK's Choice recommendations. -Restaurant locations plotted on redrawn area maps and listed with sights. -Redesigned and refreshed interiors make the guides even easier to read. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that brighten every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice and the Veneto truly shows you this destination as no one else can. Now available in PDF format.
