Guides and books to visit art cities

Summer, time for holidays and visits to art cities. Inorder not to miss anything it is better to have a guide with you!Did you plan your holidays in a nice art city likeVenice and would you like ...

Summer, time for holidays and visits to art cities. Inorder not to miss anything it is better to have a guide with you!

Did you plan your holidays in a nice art city likeVenice and would you like to see as many things as possible, without leavingout those curious details that make cities like these magic and unforgettable?In this case, an art book like the ones that you can find on the website ofArsenale Editore or a guide are necessary! It is true, indeed, that when youvisit a city it is also nice to get lost and discover some sights and cornersthat very often are not indicated on the guides and that can be as interestingas the most famous sites of the city, but it is also true that when you have alimited number of days at your disposal to visit a nice city, following in parta guide is necessary not to risk to waste too much time and miss some must see.The best thing is having a guide but not following it step by step, on thecontrary you should forget about it sometimes!

It is advisable, when you travel, to use those guidesthat also have a map of the city and of the public transport (there are many ofthem on the market) and that, in addition to museums, famous monuments,buildings and sites that are interesting from an artistic and historical pointof view, also contain information and details about living in the city, thusabout the restaurants and places where you can taste typical dishes, the eventsof the months, the local markets and so on. A complete guide not only to visitthe city, but also to have an experience of its everyday life.

Another thing you should keep in mind, when you wantto visit a city and see all of its beauties, is that very often guides containvery useful and detailed information as far as the story and evolution of thecity, monuments, buildings and main squares are concerned, but they areunlikely to be exhaustive in the explanation of the works that you can find inmuseums, as they usually provide only some general descriptions of them. If youhave a passion for art and you wish to focus on many of the works that aredisplayed in museums, and not only on the main ones, the best thing is to buy aspecific guide, which you can find also inside the museums.

Last tip: in order to understand the soul of the city,sometimes it is not enough to use traditional guides; it is also very usefuland interesting to read books that deal with the city or that are set in thoseplaces, but which are not real guides. Venezia un pesce (Venice is a fish)by Tiziano Scarpa, as well as Berlin by Eraldo Affinati are perfect examplesin this sense: books that are written by people that were born in that city(like Scarpa) or by people that have lived in that city for a period (likeAffinati) and that can uncover some secrets and details, thus giving us thechance to look at the city from a different point of view. It is only when yougo beyond the tourists point of view, indeed, that you can claim to reallyknow a city, after visiting it!