Signpost Guides provide practical information to guide motorists through unfamiliar routes, signs, traffic laws, and parking. Hundreds of attractions are described in detail, together with recommendations for shopping, dining, and accommodations.Each Signpost Guide features:
-- Full-color, detailed area maps, supported by driving directions and route plans
-- Helpful and practical tips, including average driving times and distances
-- Individual chapters on major cities that supply information essential to getting around without a car
-- Unique ratings system to help travelers sample the very best of each regionThis guide includes driving routes around Northern Italy's magnificent lakes -- Maggiore, Como, and Carda -- and the stunning mountain scenery of the Dolomites, the Alpine Foothills, Val d'Aosta, and Mont Blanc. Also featured are the nearby cities of Venice, Verona, and Padua as well as Florence, which are irresistible to many visitors to Northern Italy.
Thomas Cook's Signpost Guides are designed to provide you with a comprehensive but flexible reference source to guide you as you tour a country or region by car. This guide features the Lakes, the Alps and the Dolomites. It also covers Venice and Verona, the Ligurian coastline and Florence. You will find ideas for exploring on your own, detailed guides to sightseeing, activities, accommodations, dining and shopping. Attractions and areas are all rated to guide your personal choice. There are road maps and city plans that pinpoint driving routes and other tours as well as walking routes around towns and cities. (6 x 8 1/4, 288 pages, maps, color photos, icons)