Originally Posted by RJB
I can recommend the Time Out Europe By Air guide. It has 1-2 pages on EVERY city in Europe that you can fly to from the UK, with rundowns, listings and star ratings for culture / shopping / sightseeing etc. It's particularly handy for obscure Ryanair destinations, but has the same benefit with GB Airways routes!
The latest edition is on sale at £4.99 from this link:
http://www.timeout.com/products/eba.html
The only problem with it is that they refuse to included Lille. I know you can't fly there from the UK, but Eurostar deposits more UK visitors than many of the cities that are in the book.
RJB - thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, my Amex is burning a hole in my pocket, and I want to book
NOW !!
Done some checking on prices/availability, and the choices are:
Turin
Genoa
Bologna
Naples
(in order of gently increasing cost
)
Does anyone want to influence which is the first bit of Italy that I'm going to visit ????