Great Escapes: Italy Hardcover – June 1, 2010

This is a beautiful and wide ranging Book covering most of Italy. The photographs are exceptional. After having lived in Italy for a year and a half and traveled extensively throughout this beautiful country, I can say that this is a great compendium.I have bought it as a gift for weddings and special birthdays and everyone has raved about it.

Fast delivery, excellent package (100% waterproof, in fact I forgot it outside during a rainfall).The book is really a nice choice, beautiful pictures and wonderful places.Just some little imperfections at the corners of the book, but since it's not an in-shelf library buying, I couldn't be more satisfied.

My mother in law received this book for Christmas and I loved it so much that I asked for a copy for my birthday. It's a wonderful collection of Italian photos. enjoy!

I wish the reviewers who said that this wasn't what they were looking for had gone into a little more detail. Here is what the book is about: it has information on hotels only, not the areas they are in. So unless you already know where you are going, this book is not helpful. Also, after a quick perusal, I saw price points starting at $200 a night up to $900 a night .... of course those are the kind of places that would look beautiful in this book, but it's not the type of trip we were going to do. I'm going to return this. I was looking for a coffee table book to inspire us where to go.

Beautiful photos and great details on all the wonderful and in interesting places to stay in Italy!

Really nice book. Small coffee table size with great pictures. Just right for perusing Italy.

Not that I could afford to stay at many of these places... but this is a very nice, (very)well-made, colorful Taschen volume in their series of "world escapes". Also, some inspiring design details abound.

This was a Christmas gift; beautifully photographed but not furnishing the information I had hoped the recipient would gather from it. A disappointment both for me and the receiver.