Guidebooks for Italy

Covering over 28 destinations including Paris, London, Beijing and Las Vegas, Pocket Map & Guides are perfect for a short city break or stopover. They slip easily into your pocket or bag for quick, on-the-go navigation. Each full-colour guide is packed with the best restaurant and hotel recommendations and includes a detailed pull-out map to help you plan your itinerary. Pocket Map & Guides cover everything from shops, sights, restaurants and bars and are the perfect companion to the Eyewitness Travel Guide.

Encounter guides help you discover twice the city (or region) in half the time. With a full-colour pull-out map and unique itineraries, these guides are less about accommodation and more about neighbourhoods; less about advance planning and more about diving in - past the tourist bureaus and straight to the locals' latest favourites.

Our new-style Berlitz Pocket Guides are packed with all the information you need to get the most from your visit. Small in size, but big on content, they cover all the sights and attractions, as well as giving helpful tips on hotels, eating out, shopping, outdoor activities, nightlife and much more. They also feature a wealth of beautiful photographs that capture the essence of the destination. Berlitz Pocket Guides are available for well over 150 destinations worldwide.

Covering over 66 destinations, including Paris, New York, Bangkok and St. Petersburg, Top 10 Travel Guides are the UK’s number one city guide series. Perfect for travellers taking a short trip or weekend break, these pocket-sized guides highlight the very best of every destination with the help of dozens of Top 10 lists. Every new title and edition now comes with a handy pull-out map and guide to help you get straight to the best things to see, do, buy, taste, avoid and much more.

Take a fresh approach to your holiday with Step by Step guides. Written by local experts, these guides take you step-by-step through the City; highlighting the best walks and tours each destination has to offer. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. Tailor-made itineraries include options for all tastes, from art enthusiasts and architecture buffs, to night owls and shopaholics!

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

Smart Guide’s unique and innovative A-Z format allows you to plan your trip according to your personal taste. Area overviews conveniently highlight the best each district has to offer helping you set priorities for your holiday. Packed with authoritative, easy-to-access information, the themed headings cover over 400 amazing things to see and do. Including architecture, bars, cafes, churches, fashion, hotels, museums, nightlife, restaurants, shopping, theatre and much more for a truly tailor-made, individual travel experience. 

With their user-friendly rounded spine and portable size, Insight City Guides are a pleasure to handle. They're a joy to use, too, because they present a city's main attractions and cultural context in a strikingly visual style while retaining Insight Guides' traditional strength of in-depth and elegantly written text. These are cities seen through the eyes of local writers who know what it's like to live there, not just visit. As well as providing a wealth of travel tips for visitors, Insight City Guides also offer real insight into the destinations' history, culture, politics, arts and, above all, the people.

Frommer's 24 Great Walks is a full-color series of walking guides to the world's most exciting cities. Carefully designed tours explore the city's most culturally rich areas, from best-known landmarks to lesser-known gems. 24 themed tours covering history, mystery, culture, legends, and lore - More than 90 color photos in each book - Easy-to-follow maps, clear route directions - Engaging anecdotes and a friendly first-person narrative.

Covering the highlights of a destination, these affordable pocket-sized guides include all the attention to detail found in a full-size Frommer's Guide in a compact package. Outspoken opinions on which attractions are worthwhile-and which aren't - Exact prices to help travelers plan the perfect trip, no matter what their budget - The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

Take a fresh approach to your holiday with Step by Step guides. Written by local experts, these guides take you step-by-step through the City; highlighting the best walks and tours each destination has to offer. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. Tailor-made itineraries include options for all tastes, from art enthusiasts and architecture buffs, to night owls and shopaholics!