Venice (Blue guide)

by Alta Macadam (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.40

  This guidebook to Venice provides descriptions of all the main monuments and museums, and illustrates the best ways of exploring the city. In this edition, important restorations, including Palazzo Ducale and the Hellenistic winged lion on the column of the Piazzetta, are described. The information on hotels and restaurants, opening times and transport have also been brought up to date. There are also details of planned walks around the city.

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $3.40

  Part of a series this updated guide contains information on all the city's major and lesser-known monuments, churches and museums. Coverage is given to the recent excavations and restorations in the Forum, on the Palatine and the Circus of Maxentius on the Appian Way. The restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is also described in full. Alta Macadam is also the author of Blue Guides Northern Italy, Florence and Sicily .