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Covers some of the most stunning scenery and the most famous towns in the world–including Venice, Verona, Milan and Bologna–focusing on the artists who lived in them and the patrons who gave them commissions.

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The author, supported by the classicists and art historians on the Blue Guides editorial board, has updated this new edition with a wealth of detail. Now with useful Blue Guide Recommended advice on hotels and restaurants. The whole region is covered from the Bay of Naples, with some of the most famous remains of antiquity in the world, to fashionable Puglia in the heel of Italy.

Sicily offers an enormous range of history: Greeks, Romans, Arabs and the Normans have all left their mark on a visually stunning landscape of volcanoes and vineyards.

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Organised into five districts each centred on a key sight–the South Bank, the City, Bloomsbury and the West End, Westminster, and Kensington– art/shop/eat London gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too; the best places to eat or have a coffee; and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format.

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Budapest is a place of splendour and mystery. The meeting point between East and West, it is home to steamy Turkish baths and stately coffee houses. Visible Cities Budapest tells you the stories behind the city’s grand facades.

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Organised into five districts, each centred on a key sight – the Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, and the Vatican – art/shop/eat Rome gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too; the best places to eat or have a coffee; and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format with excellent maps throughout.

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Organised into four districts, each centred on a key sight – the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, Notre-Dame, and the Eiffel Tower – art/shop/eat Paris gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two quirkier ones too; the best places to eat or have a coffee; and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format with excellent maps throughout.

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