
Milan & the Lakes
Author(s): Monica Torri (Author)
- Publisher: DK Travel
- Publication Date: January 1, 2000
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0789451719
- ISBN-13: 9780789451712
Book Description
Get the most from your visit to this Italian hotspot with DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guide: Milan and the Lakes. Includes tips for hotels, shops, markets, restaurants and bars, outdoor activities and entertainment and a Survival Guide with advice on everything from posting a letter to getting around by public transportation. In Milan, visit the museums at Castello Sforzesco, the church Santa Maria delle Grazie, the San Lorenzo alle Colonne, the Sant’ Ambrogio, and the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica. More than 750 full-color photographs provide details about all the main sights with maps, photographs and detailed illustrations. Experience Lake Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda as well as some of smaller, less-visited lakes. Highlights include the Santa Caterina del Sasso Ballaro monastery on Lake Maggiore, the medieval town of Bellagio on Lake Como, and the town of Sirmione on Lake Garda.
Editorial Reviews
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Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. —
The New York TimesEncyclopedic in scope, it’s meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. —
Travel & LeisureEyewitness Travel Guides are marvels of writing, color photography and illustration. What makes these so special is their thoroughness. —
New York Times SyndicateFor comprehensive advice that is attractively presented, publisher Dorling Kindersley’s guides for serious travelers are tough to beat. —
US News & World ReportHats off to DK for the Eyewitness Travel Guides…[they] raise the bar for all others. —
Dallas Morning NewsThe best travel guides ever. —
Sky MagazineThe most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. —
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