The Rough Guides' Venice Directions 1 - Rough Guide Directions Author:Jonathan Buckley Travelling with a Venice Directions in your pocket is like having a local friend plan your trip. Providing accurate, up-to-date coverage, the guide ? with a third in full colour ? is fully illustrated with specially commissioned photographs. Browse the "Ideas" section with 28 themed spreads ? from "Death in Venice" and "On the water" to "Venetia... more »n oddities" and "Eighteenth-century Art" ? with each caption cross-referenced to the practical part of the guide. There are critical reviews of the best places to stay, the coolest bars and the shops, all located on our user-friendly maps. Additional chapters cover festivals and special events from the Film Festival and Carnevale to the spectacular Regata Storica. The language section has a useful menu reader and handy phrases to have you speaking a little Italian by the time you arrive.« less