Comprehensive travel companion with something for all budgets, though favouring as ever the simpler things in life. Local history and culture is combined neatly with practical detail, ensuring a solid all-round guide. Includes colour sections devoted to Sicilian festivals and cuisine.
Substantial, in-depth and unrivalled coverage of the historical and cultural treasures of Sicily. The few food and drink recommendations favour traditional, well-established spots. Colour maps and photographs throughout.
After excellent introductory chapters there follows coverage of all major regions, arranged alphabetically rather than geographically. Sights, hotels, restuarants, and itineraries are all recommended and rated. Colourful and informative, perfect for a comfortable Sicilian tour.
Colourful pocket guide perfectly suited to a short break, covering the essentials ably and directing you to the best sights, hotels, restaurants and so on.
Typically great Sunflower effort, offering 6 tours and 22 fantastic walks with enough range in terms of difficulty and length to ensure no one need be left behind. Maps, colour photographs and thougtful annotation throughout.
Lavishly-produced sightseeing companion full of colour photographs and illustrations supporting well-written entries on local history, art, architecture and so on. Less useful however when it comes to the practicalities of independent travel, which are covered rudimentarily in the back pages.
A slim guide for the essentials, this series by Time Out selects the best restaurants, shopping, activities and hotels for the traveller on any budget.
Contains 33 routes ranging from heritage trails around historic cities to longer inland and coastal treks. Something for everyone, then. Each walk is accompanied by colour mapping and photography as well as comprehensive notes.
Perhaps better viewed as a reference than a guide, this enticing, weighty tome offers fantastic extended chapters on local history and culture, followed by a region by region journey through the finest sights. Sumptious photography gives a real flavour of the island.
A great general guide for comfortable exploration of the islands, with necessary practical angles covered in conjunction with thoughtful, well-composed entries on local history and culture.
Sunflower's suggested walks and car tours are a brilliant way to discover the Maltese islands, exploring everything from geology to ancient history. Walks vary in difficulty. A very useful guide.
A small, neat, beautifully-designed guide from Wallpaper magazine that is sure to direct the most discerning traveller to the chicest hotels, the coolest bars and the most glamorous restaurants.
A colourful guide with 25 scenic driving routes through Spain. Each tour is between 2 and 5 days long with selective information on the sights, restaurants and hotels for each.
A detailed guide for a traveller on a budget. Thorough descriptions of the city, its history and tourist sights accompany listings of accommodation, eating and transport.
This is a full colour guide with lots of photographs and clear, easy to read maps. Has basic information on sights and areas, with a particular emphasis on art and culture.
This guide has an excellent range of walking tour suggestions and itineraries with good histories of the different tourist areas. Fantastic selection of colour photographs throughout.
An indispensable volume filled with crucial information ranging from local tax rules to eating habits. Hampshire writes with a wry charm and makes any difficulty appear surmountable.