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Blue Guides celebrate their centenary year with this new edition of Blue Guide Budapest, an in-depth companion to the history, art, architecture, food, wine and thermal baths of this exceptional city. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.com here ยป Budapest is a…
Covers the full range of what this extraordinary city, cradle of the Renaissance, has to offer. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.comย here ยป
The most comprehensive guide to the eternal city, repository of many of the most famous works of art in the world. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.comย here ยป
Sicily offers an enormous range of history: Greeks, Romans, Arabs and the Normans have all left their mark on a visually stunning landscape of volcanoes and vineyards. Buy the book from blueguides.com here ยป
How to enjoy the best of Italian food: understand the menu and know how to order in a restaurant or street market. View details, look inside andย order securely on line direct from the publisher here ยป
A stunningly beautiful region of coast, hills and mountains. As well as the historic town of Urbino, birthplace of Raphael, the region encompasses the former maritime republic of Ancona, the sandy beaches of the Palm Riviera, the dramatic scenery of the Sibylline Mountains, and lesser-known places such as the marble-built…
Venice has been one of the worldโs leading destinations for the cultural traveller since the 18th-century Grand Tour. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.comย here ยป
A guide to Rome’s Christian monuments, explained and put into context by an examination of the history of pilgrimage, from its most ancient forms to more modern, even secular practice. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.com here ยป
All new first edition, all India in one volume. The result of four yearsโ work by Delhi-based Sam Miller, head of the BBC Trust in India. See theย contents, index and sample pages, andย buy online direct from the publisher. Available in print and as an e-book by chapter.
Fully updated new edition to this ever-more-popular destination. View details, look inside and order securely on line direct from the publisher here ยป
Short and literary guide to Veniceโs Lido, in the Blue Guidesโ new Travel Monographs series. View details, look inside and buy securely from blueguides.com here ยป
Entertaining anthologies of writingโextracts from novels, letter, diaries, poems, histories, guide booksโabout or set in the destination. Lively introductions to each excerpt make them a pleasure to browse, a mine of fascinating insights to enjoy at home or to supplement a guide book on site. Buy the books from blueguides.com…
The only full guidebook treatment of this charming Welsh border town, famous for its second-hand bookstores and annual Book Festival. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.com here ยป
The result of five years of fresh research by author Nigel McGilchrist, and detailed editing by Michael Metcalfe and Heinrich Hall, this is the first full Blue Guide treatment of all the Greek Aegean islands in a single volume. (And Nigel McGilchrist has published the full manuscript that he wrote for this…
50 Sites that Explain the Classical World Historian Charles Freemanโs beautifully-illustrated account of the evolution of the Classical World follows its development, mainly around the shores of the Mediterranean but with sites from as far afield as the sands of Syria and icy northern Britain. View the bookโs contents, index…
Tuscany, with Florence its capital and a host of gorgeous medieval cities set in a rolling countryside of fields, vineyards and olive groves, is the cradle of the Renaissance and for many visitors the cultural heart of Italy. This guide amply covers Florence (itself the subject of a whole Blue Guide)…
Blue Guides coverage of Italy is colossal in its scope: 9 guides to the regions and cities of Italy are currently in print, totalling 5,000 pages of material. This brand-new guide draws on the depth and range of previous Blue Guides to offer the ultimate concise guide to the entire…
The City of Light boasts a huge variety of art collections from small and intimate to one of the most celebrated museums in the world, the Louvre. One of the gastronomic capitals of the world, Paris can only be understood if approached through its history and culture. View the bookโs…
The first Blue Guide to cover both Rome and Florence in one book, as well as the attractive countryside and towns rich in art history in between the two. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.comย here ยป
Covering mainly Manhattan, focusing on history, art and architecture and includes Blue Guides Recommended dining and accommodation suggestions. View the bookโs contents, index and some sample pages, and buy securely from blueguides.comย here ยป