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La Galleria degli Uffizi è uno dei più famosi musei del mondo, grazie alla ricca quantità di opere d'arte e ai capolavori unici, la maggior parte di epoca rinascimentale, conservati all'interno delle sue mura. Ospita opere d'arte di grandi artisti italiani come Botticelli, Giotto, Cimabue, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci e Raffaello, solo per citarne alcuni dei più famosi.

In Polish: Jacek Hugo-Bader once again embarks on a trip around Poland. He returns to matters, events, and places from 20-30 years ago. He meets with the people from the front pages of Gazeta Wyborcza: bandits, bums, converted, rednecks, and chosen - this is the face of modern Poland which is so easy to turn one's back to. The reporter discovers that his previous writings about these people were dwarfed by the stories which life wrote for them.

Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent. Focussing on nine cities (only six of which are in the Germany of today), he takes us on a zigzag ride back through time via the fall of the Berlin Wall through the horrors of two world wars and the patchwork states of the Middle Ages to the splendour of Charlemagne and the fall of Rome.

Greater Than a Tourist: Bari, Puglia Region, Italy by Antonella Cariello offers the inside scoop on the Bari region. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. You will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other travel books.

Are you planning a trip to Italy, huh? Have you always been in love with Italy and everything Italian? Just browsing and dreaming about a holiday in Southern Europe? This audiobook will raise your doubts as to whether going to Italy is worth it. Italy's magical country has so much to offer to holiday visitors in terms of activities, food, wine, sightseeing, and more. Plan your holiday with this clever and extensive Italian travel guide. Travel to the center of Italy!

When Chernobyl's Reactor 4 blew up in April 1986, the roof blew away - a million pounds of concrete. Fire filled the sky. The reactor's graphite core, radioactive and deadly, burned like charcoal for 10 days. Visiting Chernobyl, framed by the author's visit, revisits the accident itself, relives the evacuation of the area, and discusses both the physical environs and the political circumstances of the Soviet Union at the time. Please note that the author/narrator is not the actor Bill Murray.

Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths - a 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela - "The Way" for short. The object of any pilgrimage is an inward journey manifested in a long, reflective walk. For Downie, the inward journey met the outer one: a combination of self-discovery and physical regeneration.

A wisdom-filled memoir that doubles as a sweeping travelogue reaching from Boston to Sardinia and back again. Gorgeously written and culturally astute. The Boston Globe. When a big-city journalist quits her dream job to move to a remote Italian island for love, she discovers a whole new life beyond the romantic fantasies of Italy spun by books and movies. Struggling to adapt to a different culture, she buys a quirky house in the Sardinian countryside, goes to art school and becomes obsessed with home improvement and renovation.

Author Yessica Klein offers the inside scoop on the cuisine in Lisbon and gives you advice on having a unique edible experience.

In the winter of 2018 I returned to Spain to finish the 500 mile, million step, pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. This is the story of my winter journey. Walking the Camino in winter has unique challenges as well as benefits. The lessons learned in this book may be useful to anyone considering a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, or any long-distance walk.

The kingdom of Great Britain is one of the most powerful countries in the world. Comprising of four nations, it is without a second thought, the most popular country to spend your holidays with your loved ones. Right from the great food of different cultures to various exotic and thrilling tourist spots this is the dream destination for the majority of the people all around the world. London is part of Great Britain. This city has a great diversity of culture and modernity which makes this place a must visit for each and everyone at least once in their lifetime.

Greater Than a Tourist: Galway Ireland by Rebecca Spelman offers the inside scoop on Galway, Ireland. Most travel books tell you how to sight-see. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this resource, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip.

Discover the best Barcelona has to offer in just a few days! If you are planning to go to Barcelona for vacation or business and you only have two or three days to make the best of your short stay, then you have come to the right place. The focus of this audiobook is to make your short stay one of the most memorable experiences of your life.

From autumn 2018 to spring 2019, British journalist Stephen Powell traveled the length of Portugal, following a zigzag path of nearly 1,500 kilometers on foot. Away from the mass tourism, he wanted to form his own unhurried impressions of this very distinctive country. He discovered a very mixed reality. The dark side was the blight of rural exodus that is emptying so many villages. But he also found a profoundly generous, warm-hearted people with time to converse—a gift that is not found everywhere.

Germany is home to some of the most iconic and exciting tourist attractions in the world, an exceptional country and an exhilarating place to discover. It is also the most underrated country in the world. Let this audiobook guide you to the many places you must see in Germany to not let your once-in-a-lifetime trip go to waste.

Greater Than a Tourist: Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Island, Spain by Izabella Miklos offers the inside scoop on Palma de Mallorca. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you’ll discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This audiobook will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other travel audiobooks.

Would you leave your job, sell your house, abandon your family and friends, and move to France to live on a boat? With no income, and no idea what the next day would bring? Probably not. But that's what Mike and Liz did, choosing to cast off from corporate life to live on and travel the waterways of France.

If you've yet to experience this historical masterpiece, what are you waiting for? Passport to European Travel Guides offers this comprehensive yet quick and concise five-day guide to Rome - one of the world's most iconic cities to visit. Have no idea where to start? Or maybe you have some idea but could use a treasure trove of great insider tips? Well, listen up! You see, we know your trip begins long before you even book the flight, so this guide is chock full of dynamite tips on everything you need to know before you go.

Mermaid Singing details the culture shock and sheer delight of their first year on the tiny sponge-fishing island of Kalymnos. Clift paints an evocative picture of the characters and sun-drenched rhythms of traditional life, long before mass tourism descended.

Santorini is one of the great natural wonders of the world, and its main attraction is the landscape and seascape of the island itself. A popular reason for coming to Santorini is the legendary view of the sunset, one of the most spectacular in the world. Oia is one of the few places on the island that is both close to the sea and offers a good view to the sunset over the sea. Be sure to explore the beautiful countryside where tradition still survives.