Cultural Travel Guides to Sicily, Italy
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The Italian Baroque
While the emotionally charged Baroque style first emerged in Rome, it reached its most highly decorative levels in Sicily. This guide puts the Baroque movement in perspective and helps you recognize what is specials about the Sicilian variety. Whether you plan to visit Rome, Venice, Naples, Sicily, Torino or Puglia, this guide will draw you into the action as you visit each site. Learn more about the Baroque sites in Italy
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Ancient Mosaics of the Mediterranean
We would argue that Sicily rivals Ravenna for the best mosaics in Italy (and the world). This guide walks you through the details about what make these Sicilian mosaic works special. Because mosaics are a part of a site’s architecture and cannot travel to museums, viewing them is unique to travelers. Mosaic art began as a long-lasting (not to mention an easy-to-clean) floor covering in Mediterranean cultures. Although the first use of mosaics was in the 10th century BCE in Mesopotamia (Turkey), the art form was perfected under the Greeks who created beautiful, highly realistic mosaics that imitated paintings. Some of the world’s greatest ancient mosaics can be viewed in Italy (Sicily, Venice, Ravenna, Rome and Naples) and other areas in the Mediterranean. Learn more about ancient mosaic sites in the Mediterranean…
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The Evolution of Christian Architecture
If you plan on entering a church during your next trip to Italy; this is the travel guide for you. This Approach Guide gives travelers a quick reference guide that complements their travel guidebooks. Now, when a writer identifies a church as the perfect example of, for example, Gothic architecture, the reader can quickly flip through this guide to find the defining characteristics of that style and how it relates to other architectural styles. Read more about the churches you will encounter on your trip to Italy…
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Buon Appetito! Italian Food Guide
Sicilian food — with indulgent seafood pastas, super-fresh tuna, and unrivaled granita — is certainly in the running for best in Italy! This guide points you in the right direction! One of the joys of traveling to Italy is experiencing the traditional local cuisine. Unlike America, the cuisine of Italy changes as you move from region to region (even sometimes, from city to nearby city), with each area having unique recipes, specialties and culinary traditions. Our Approach Guide to Italian Food takes you beyond the culinary experience of the typical tourist and gives you the information you need to order like a local. Buon appetito! Learn more about the typical foods of Italy…
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Salute! Italian Wine Guide
Sicilian wines offer a number of lesser known varieties — nero d’avola, nerello mascalese, and inzolia (to name a few) — and some great values. This guide points you in the right direction on grape varieties, denominations, and vintages. Our Approach Guide to Italian Wine invites you to explore Italian wines by helping you quickly and easily choose the best wines at the best prices. Rather than just tell you what specific bottle of wine to purchase, we give you an approach to finding the best wine based on your own preferences. Salute! Learn more about the wines of Italy…
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Approach Guides Wine: iPhone / iPad App. Approach Guides Wine is the first app that provides a strategy for choosing wines, focusing on what is most important when picking wines (regions, appellations, grape, and vintages). While it works great at home, this guide makes for a great travel companion, informing yo
u of the best local wines in each location (best of all: since it does not use an internet connection, you don’t have to worry about expensive data roaming charges).
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