Museums category: 1997 books

“New York, Ieri e Oggi”, attraverso un’immaginaria macchina del tempo, vi permette di visitare Manhattan dalla Statua della Libertà a Riverside Park, passando per Wall Street, il Flatiron Building, Central Park, Times Square, Brooklyn e tanto altro ancora, scoprendo com’era un tempo e com’è...

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. The city’s famous canals encircle its  impressive buildings and are crossed by one thousand bridges. Welcome to Holland's vibrant centre of culture, and creativity.  Rotterdam (known as World Port World City) has cutting-edge...

User-friendly guide with full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips. Includes the sights and monuments of Kolkata (Calcutta) and the richly varied state of West Bengal: Darjeeling, Hooghly and Plassey, the Islamic architecture of Gaur and...

Discerning on-site guide to the sights and monuments of Gujarat, with referenced map, full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips. This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the independent traveller to India's...

The book is intended for both the segments of travelers; the domestic wanderers and for whom India is an unfamiliar territory. Tourism in India is notching up yearon-year. Fulfilling the need as a guide book this volume also seeks to offer some insight of academic vlue on the subject.

This is an e-guide to a 10 days trip in the land of the Etruscan, from Florence to Rome through Fiesole, Arezzo, Orvieto, Viterbo, Veii and Citta di Castello. It is ideal for use on your smart phone, it contains active links to the web sites of many reviews for the best recommended restaurants...

The Spanish city of Valencia has a curious charm all its own. There are remnants of ancient history dating back to 138 B.C. sitting next to ultra-modern buildings that have sprung up since the America’s Cup was held here twice in the last few years.    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Welcome...

THE ULTIMATE PORTO TRAVEL GUIDE – THE CULTURE, THE SIGHTS, THE FUN ACTIVITIES, THE HOTELS, THE RESTAURANTS, THE SHOPPING - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HAVE THE PERFECT TRIP!    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Porto is Portugal’s second city and is situated on the Atlantic coast in the northwest...

Hit the Road with Moon Travel Guides! From sandy beaches and amusement parks to wild and natural beauty, see what keeps visitors coming back to the Sunshine State with Moon South Florida & the Keys Road Trip. Inside you'll find: Maps and Driving Tools: More than 50 easy-to-use maps...

Go hiking in Runyon Canyon, take a selfie with the Hollywood sign, and find the best taco truck in town: Experience the City of Angels with a local with Moon Los Angeles. Explore the City: Navigate by neighborhood or by activity with color-coded maps, or follow a self-guided neighborhood walk See...

It is unknown when the earliest commercial lodging establishment came to Santa Fe. However, the first clear identification of a hotel at a specific site in Santa Fe dates to 1833, when Mary and James Donoho operated an inn on the site of what is now La Fonda on the Plaza, the Inn at the End of the Trail....

After the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva España. The Franciscans followed in their wake but carved a different path through a harsh and often violent landscape. That heritage can still be found across...

The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the ubiquitous black and white uniform immortalized...

The lighthouse is a pervasive icon in our culture, often used to symbolize positive qualities like faith, guidance, strength, and steadfastness. No structures embody these qualities more than wave-swept lighthouses, which were built to withstand the most extreme forces of wind and ocean waves, often...