Reviews

Praise for City Secrets Rome

"The best literary gift to Italian travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James." —Financial Times

"This idiosyncratic guide helps jaded visitors see the Eternal City anew." —The New York Times

"City Secrets Rome ... looks poised to follow in the footsteps of the classic hardbound Baedeker's guides. After using City Secrets Rome, you'll never want to go back to the standard guidebook."—GQ

"The information is always highly personal and never veers into typical guidebook fare."—Avenue

"City Secrets Rome is filled with the kind of information you would get from a friend who had spent years living in the Italian capital." —Europe

"A new, compact and sophisticated guidebook filled with eloquent musings by people with a passion for the Eternal City." —Town & Country

"Does the world need another guide book? The answer, strange as it may seem to those who have agonized over just which ones to buy and carry abroad, is maybe yes. City Secrets Rome ... is not only slim, small and light but is also packed with information not easily available elsewhere." —Barron's

"This is one of the most unique travel guides on the market." —TNT Magazine (London)

"This insider's guide to the Eternal City is petite and wrapped in a tasteful cloth cover that doesn't scream 'naive foreigner.' " —Los Angeles Times Magazine

"Today's proliferating travel journalists and guidebook writers seem to be portraying the world with an increasing uniformity of approach. It is thus with enormous relief that one comes across guidebooks written from an unusual and at times commercially foolhardy perspective. The crisply designed City Secrets Rome is one such guidebook with difference." —Quarterly (London)

Praise for City Secrets Florence, Venice & the Towns of Italy

"Don't look to City Secrets Florence, Venice & the Towns of Italy for the usual tourist information, instead, get passionate pearls of advice ... from those who know." —Sky Magazine

"Like last year's indispensible Rome guide, the pocket-size [book] offers insider tips from artists, writers, historians and architects." —New York magazine

"Niles and Frasier Crane would love this book ... crammed with tips ... Full marks for letting words do the work." — The Observer (London)

"Fulfills the seemingly impossible goal of providing a sophisticated guide to Florence, Venice including precious itineraries through seldom-visited treasures." —Il Mosaico

"If you require a guide more refined than rough, the City Secrets travel books may be up your alley." —Irish Times (Dublin)

"It should be everyone's pick to supplement any guide more devoted to the travel basics." — Barron's