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Blue Guides "designed for the traveller who desires to understand more fully what he or she sees" Stuart Rossiter, Blue Guides editor-in-chief 1963-1973

The BLUE GUIDES have been published continuously since 1918. Following the acquisition of the series in 2004, Somerset Books continues to invest heavily in publishing the best-researched, best-presented cultural guide books in the English language.

Deianeira and the Centaur. Aquincum. 15 mins from Margaret Bridge.
24/06/2025

Deianeira and the Centaur. Aquincum. 15 mins from Margaret Bridge.

𝕎ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔽𝕀ℕ𝔻 𝔹𝕃𝕌𝔼 𝔾𝕌𝕀𝔻𝔼 𝕍𝔼ℕ𝕀ℂ𝔼For reasons best known to themselves—actually probably not even known to them but only to...
21/05/2025

𝕎ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝔽𝕀ℕ𝔻 𝔹𝕃𝕌𝔼 𝔾𝕌𝕀𝔻𝔼 𝕍𝔼ℕ𝕀ℂ𝔼
For reasons best known to themselves—actually probably not even known to them but only to a faceless and not very clever algorithm—Amazon UK choose to bury 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 in their search results to make it unfindable...
https://www.blueguides.com/find-blue-guide-venice/

𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐨White smoke above the Vatican recently announced the election of Chicago-born Robert Prevost as ...
09/05/2025

𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐨
White smoke above the Vatican recently announced the election of Chicago-born Robert Prevost as pope, the 266th incumbent of the Chair of St Peter. He has taken the regnal name of Leo XIV. The world waits to see what kind of a pontiff he will be. Meanwhile, we look at some of the other popes who have chosen the name Leo.
https://www.blueguides.com/popes-by-the-name-of-leo/

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐏𝐏 - 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞/$𝟐.𝟗𝟗https://apps.apple.com/us/app/italian-fo...
09/05/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐏𝐏 - 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞/$𝟐.𝟗𝟗

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/italian-food-by-blue-guides/id662002418?platform=iphone

All the Italian food and drink words you are likely to find on a menu or in a market. Suitable for browsing or on-site use, it is a self-contained app which once downloaded does not need Internet access and thus incurs no expensive roaming charges or download delays. With full searchability and indexing you can find what you want instantly. A sound file for every single entry gives immediate pronunciation guidance.
- BROWSE over 2,000 Italian foods and drinks
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𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞Popes are elected by the cardinals, who comprise the so-called ‘Sacred College’ and who...
23/04/2025

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞
Popes are elected by the cardinals, who comprise the so-called ‘Sacred College’ and who meet in conclave to choose the supreme pontiff...
https://www.blueguides.com/electing-a-new-pope-the-conclave/

𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃, 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭In the first, 1924, edition of Blue Guide Northern Italy, one of the Blue Guides best-s...
02/04/2025

𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃, 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭
In the first, 1924, edition of Blue Guide Northern Italy, one of the Blue Guides best-selling titles over the 100 years that followed, the Hotel Elephant was the recommended hotel in Brixen Bressanone.
https://www.blueguides.com/still-recommended-hotel-elephant/

27/03/2025

𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Two fascinating intineraries, run by the Revd James Buxton, Chaplain in İzmir.

Sometimes you just see stuff. Doorknob at Múzeum körút 11. Once the Hungária florist, now a Vision Express. Dating from ...
19/03/2025

Sometimes you just see stuff. Doorknob at Múzeum körút 11. Once the Hungária florist, now a Vision Express. Dating from 1938, in the days before everything came from the same standard DIY store.

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