Waterproof Venice Map by Rough Guide Maps (Rough Guide Country/Region Map) |  | Author: Rough Guides Maps
Brand: Rough Guide Maps
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Format: Folded Map
Media: Map
Edition: 2
Pages: 2
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.5 x 0.4
MPN: 9781843538622
ISBN: 1843538628
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781843538622
ASIN: 1843538628
Publication Date: July 16, 2007
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Product Description
Folded, waterproof, inexed, tourist map of Venice, showing pedestrian streets, market areas, and main sights in the city. Map is two sided, with one side showing the greater area, and the other showing insets of East Venice, Lido, Murano, Burano, and a regional map showing The Lagoon. Map indexes many recommended restaurants, shops, bars and cafes, hotels, and venues. Map also has a time guide to when the popular attractions are open. Legend is in English.
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Best Venice Map January 5, 2005
Stephen Swartz (Seattle, WA USA)
121 out of 122 found this review helpful
I'm just back from three weeks in Venice. Because I'm obsessive, I ended up taking along four maps: Street Smart, Lonely Planet, National Geographic, and the Rough Guide map. I thought I'd share my experiences.
Many people who go to Venice stick to the main walkways between the most important tourist spots: the Accademia, the Rialto Bridge, and San Marco square. I am not that sort of person. I walked all over the city: along the waterfronts of Dorsoduro and Cannaregio, through the parks of Castello and Sant'Elena, and to all the churches I could find. I also found that taking non-standard routes between well-known places avoided the street merchants and pedestrian crush. You can see what I was putting my maps through.
The Rough Guide map was the most useful map I took to Venice. It's printed on waterproof plastic, which is useful in the drizzle. I'm rough on things: it never tore. It was easy enough to fold the map in such a way that it was convenient to carry and still showed the area I was walking through. Most importantly, time and again when using one of the other maps I'd find myself in some twistly little spot where the map and reality were not in sync: a missing bridge, roads not shaped this way, etc. Each time, I'd turn to the Rough Guide and find that it was correct where the others weren't.
The Rough Guide map is larger than the other maps, which makes it harder to use if you want a "big-picture" view of the city while walking. On the other hand, the Rough Guide map is larger than the other maps, which means you can read it without a spotlight and a magnifying glass ;). Its size is part of its utility: because it's easy enough to fold, its size was no problem.
If you are going to be hunting down specific addresses or leaving the beaten path, I believe the Rough Guide is a must-have. If you can afford two maps, take the National Geographic map for strategy and the Rough Guide for tactics, and you'll be delighted.
I love Rough Guide maps and the Venice map is no exception May 12, 2006
Ian Kaplan (Livermore, CA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I spent six days in Venice in April of 2006. After using the
excellent Rough Guide map of Barcelona, I purchase Rough Guide
maps when ever they are published for my destination. What I love
about these maps is that they are complete, accurate and very
tough. You can carry them around in your pocket, bend them and
sweat on them and they still remain as usable as ever.
You cannot get lost in Venice in the sense that you don't know
how to get back to somewhere familiar because there is always
a waterbus stop nearby that you can take to some place you know.
But the twisty pedestrian streets can be very confusing, ending
in canals, so it can be difficult to get from place to place
or to find a place you want to go to. For this you want the
Rough Guide map. I walked all over Venice, including some off
the beaten track areas where I saw very few tourists.
In summary: for Venice my advice is get a wasterbus pass for the
days you are in Venice and get the Rough Guide map. Oh, and
unless you like crowds and higher costs, don't stay in San Marco.
Excellent Map August 14, 2007
David M. Bott (Sacramento, Ca United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I went to Venice for the first time in May 2007 and found this map indispensable. It was better than many other maps I had researched and better than maps that I saw for sale in Venice! Would definitely recommend to anyone going to Venice, particularly if it is your first visit to this beautiful yet very easy to get lost in city.
Accurate and durable January 15, 2008
Kitty (Northern California)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Used the Rough Guide maps for Venice, Florence, and Rome and found them to be top notch. They have far more detail and accuracy than the maps handed out by hotels and local TI offices. The paper is coated so that it withstands serious abuse, fold, refold, stuff it in your pocket in a wad, it always comes out with all the print intact. The coating adds negligible bulk, more than worth it for the durability.
This was my 1st Rough Guide Map and IT WAS AWESOME! January 6, 2007
galxy8 (Oklahoma City, OK)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I can't even count how many times we used it on our trip to Venice, because Venice is one of those cities that once you go off the main streets, you will get lost without a map.
I love that it's rip-proof and water-proof, because I've used other maps and hate when they get worn from folding and un-folding. And since we'll be going to Berlin soon, I ordered the Rough Guide Berlin Map.
It had every street in Venice on it, which when you're navigating your way back to a main street or canal it totally helpful.
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