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Lonely Planet Sicily | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sally O'brien, Fionn Davenport
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 945927
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1740590317
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781740590310
ASIN: 1740590317
Publication Date: September 2002
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Condition: Great Travel Guide - fantastic write ups, maps and lists of things to do, restaurants, and museums.
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Book Description
This comprehensive guide reveals Sicily's unique blend of bustling towns, golden beaches, stunning landscapes, rich cultural heritage and delicious food and wine. It's an essential companion for navigating your way around this fascinating destination. - 48 maps including a full-colour map of the island
- detailed guides to Sicily's art & architecture and dining alla Siciliana
- thorough coverage of the island's attractions and range of activities
- accommodation options from camping near Mt Etna to luxurious beachside hotels
- concise language section with an indispensable food and wine glossary
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 Maps are helpful, but overall coverage of Sicily is sparse November 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We spent 2 weeks in Sicily in Oct 2007. We used the Lonely Planet Sicily (3rd Edition) and the Blue Guide Sicily (7th Edition). Lonely Planet covers the all the major sites, cities, and towns. Its city maps, with the locations of restaurant, hotels, etc. are extremely helpful. However, it is missing some of the smaller towns and sites, and offers sparse coverage of the east coast of Sicily. Fortunately, the Blue Guide is far, far superior in terms of its comprehensive detail, and quality of information. Indeed the Blue Guide is one of the best guide books I have ever seen on any region: its intelligence and depth are extraordinary. On the other hand, the Blue Guide city maps, while graphically excellent, are lacking the markers for restaurant and hotels that Lonely Planet has. And there were days when we did not feel like lugging the Blue Guide's 512 pages around. So ultimately, we were glad to have both.
 Rick Steves, go to Sicily June 2, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
She is way to worried about what might happen in the city of Polarimo. What a city full of wonderful and helpful people. If I had taken her advice to heart I would have stayed in my hotel room with the door locked at night lying on the floor. Go to Sicily Rick Steves and write the perfect travel book. This one is not it!
Don't waste your money June 22, 2006
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I recently bought this guide for a 2 week trip to Sicily this May. I bought 3 guides - Lonely Planet, Rough Guides and Blue Guide. This was by far the worst guide I have ever purchased to go anywhere. For example, two of the premier sites to see in Sicily are the cathedral at Monreale - it gets 3 short paragraphs - and the Capella Palatina gets only 2. The getting around advice was generally good, but at 300 pages (including the index at the back), the descrptions of tourist sites and towns left a lot to be desired. I actually wondered if the author had ever been there. The Rough Guide was much better detailed and I like their honest assessment of whether something is worth seeing. The Blue Guide is of course the best touring guide, this one was even pretty good at giving advice on getting around. We did not rent a car and relied on public transportation. I think I could probably have done the entire trip with this one guide. I do not use a guide for hotels or restaurants. I use the internet to find apartments and we just walk around to find restaurants so I can't give any advice for any of the guides for those items.
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