Venice for Pleasure, recently republished, takes you on gentle walks from bar to bar, with everything you need to know and more. Bernard Levin called it "not only the best guide-book to that city ever written, but the best guide-book to any city ever written", and for once, he was right.

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Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers is a beautifully written story based in Venice through the eyes of someone seeing it for the first time. There are many bits I identified with. It inspires you to search out her piazza and, in particular, the church the story is based around. I have tried twice now but each time it has been closed! It just creates a good excuse to go back again.

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An amazing and unique guidebook. If only every city was written about with such passion and knowledge. This book is not your average Lonely Planet/Rough Guide/Time Out book and doesn't do restaurant or hotel listings. However, it unlocks the magic of Venice, takes you to some hidden places you probably wouldn't otherwise find and even makes you laugh. Links talks about having a Campari in Piazza San Marco on Christmas Day - if that's not dedication to a city then I don't know what is. A review describes it as not only the best guidebook to Venice, but the best guidebook to any city ever written. High praise indeed.

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