Although this took 6 weeks to arrive (which I guess shows how popular it is) it was worth the wait. Its a great place to start for anyone considering buying property in Italy. I have now lent it to a friend who is probably going to buy something in Ambruzzo, and although I ended up not buying property in Italy if I ever did - I would ask for this book back again.
It's got good advice about the regions and important checklists - things to consider costings for things like replacing roofs, renovations etc.
Although if you are thinking of buying in Italy and if you want to renotate though the golden rule is:
You must be on site for anything to happen or hire a great project co-ordinator which can be a bit ... Read More:
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This book covers everything you NEED to know. Includes several case studies of different individuals & families on their move to Canada which is a great insight to see how they got on and are living - good to read about real life people and not just the authors opinion !!
Covers very useful info like how much Gas, Electricity, phone & water costs - and even useful facts like there is no TV licence fee. Getting a credit card, opening a bank account, registering & buying a car, the health sysytem, school system & social scene
I had previously bought Tariq Nadeem's book on immigrating but alot of it seems to be transcribed from a statistics book and alot of it is not relevant to Irish or UK citizens - for example ... Read More:
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The information in this book is very clearly presented. It's very easy to get the feel for a town before visiting, then use the maps & other information when you get there.
It contains a colour map of the whole area, spread across several pages, and the descriptions of individual towns usually include smaller maps of the town centres or main tourist areas.
There is a section dedicated to the Bayeux Tapestry, which is probably the main "place of interest" in this region.
It doesn't contain comprehensive lists of hotels & restaurants, but it recommends a few for each town. The recommendations we used turned out to be good, and I find this more useful than a list of every restaurant or hotel in the area, ... Read More:
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The information in this book is very clearly presented. It's very easy to get the feel for a town before visiting, then use the maps & other information when you get there.
It contains a colour map of the whole area, spread across several pages, and the descriptions of individual towns usually include smaller maps of the town centres or main tourist areas.
There is a section dedicated to the Bayeux Tapestry, which is probably the main "place of interest" in this region.
It doesn't contain comprehensive lists of hotels & restaurants, but it recommends a few for each town. The recommendations we used turned out to be good, and I find this more useful than a list of every restaurant or hotel in the area, ... Read More:
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The information in this book is very clearly presented. It's very easy to get the feel for a town before visiting, then use the maps & other information when you get there.
It contains a colour map of the whole area, spread across several pages, and the descriptions of individual towns usually include smaller maps of the town centres or main tourist areas.
There is a section dedicated to the Bayeux Tapestry, which is probably the main "place of interest" in this region.
It doesn't contain comprehensive lists of hotels & restaurants, but it recommends a few for each town. The recommendations we used turned out to be good, and I find this more useful than a list of every restaurant or hotel in the area, ... Read More:
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This is the book I feel I should have written. Mathew's obsession with Tolkein was shared by myself - a school friend of his, but it was I that went on to study in Oxford, drink at Tolkien's watering holes, and lived close to where he retired to. I knew all about Tolkien from the reviews at the Oxford Times where I worked for 5 years. So Mathew has caught the essence of the man and places which inspired him to a T! Take the book with you when you visit these places and you'll see middle earth beginning to form infront of you.
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I was originally going to purchase one of the better known (to me) tour guides but found that they contained little on where we are staying - Cortona, this guide is great and the script is large enough to make reading it a pleasure rather than a test! I can't comment on the restaurants or hotels as I don't really read those sections and I haven't actually been on my trip yet but for readability and detail I think this book is great.
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I was originally going to purchase one of the better known (to me) tour guides but found that they contained little on where we are staying - Cortona, this guide is great and the script is large enough to make reading it a pleasure rather than a test! I can't comment on the restaurants or hotels as I don't really read those sections and I haven't actually been on my trip yet but for readability and detail I think this book is great.
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I was originally going to purchase one of the better known (to me) tour guides but found that they contained little on where we are staying - Cortona, this guide is great and the script is large enough to make reading it a pleasure rather than a test! I can't comment on the restaurants or hotels as I don't really read those sections and I haven't actually been on my trip yet but for readability and detail I think this book is great.
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My three kids and I had a wonderful trip to Provence thanks to Rosie Whitehouse. Her book helped us to find a wonderful hotel in the Massif des Maures. There was more information crammed into this book about France than anyother guide I've seen.
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