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1.Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: Southern, Brenta and Lake Garda v. 2: Southern Dolomites, Brenta and Lake Garda Area: Southern, Brenta and Lake Garda v. 2 (Cicerone Mountain Walking) by: Graham Fletcher, John Smith June 16, 2008
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First and foremost it needs to be acknowledged that this appears to be the only (current) English language guidebook covering this area. As such, if you are a mono-linguistic English speaker who wants to buy a guidebook to help you identify where to seek out your via ferrata thrills, then stop reading this review and buy the book! I bought this book prior to my first trip to the Dolomites after it was acknowledged in the UK magazine "Trail". The centre area covered is approx 90 mins car drive from Verona/ Brescia and perhaps 2 hours from Milan (opposite direction) so easily accessible from the UK by scheduled and "low cost" airlines. The book offers good route guidance and technical grading. The route topo's ... Read More:

2.Walking in the Dolomites (Cicerone Mountain Walking) by: Gillian Price July 15, 2008
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I've used this book on 2 trips I organised to the Dolomites, and found it to be excellent, lots of walks, many of which can be completed in a day. If you planning a trip, it's a must buy. You need to buy the Tabacco maps mentioned at the start of each walk, in order to get the most from the book.

3.Shorter Walks in the Dolomites: 40 Selected Walks (Cicerone Mountain Walking) by: Gillian Price March 01, 2007
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This book helped greatly in finding walks in areas outside of the part of the Dolomites that we know best. Its not step by step detail and assumes some competence on the part of the user; thats fine because I need suggestions and a gentle steer, not hand holding. On return from Italy there were a small number of quibbles concerning changes in signage and other details that we had noticed along the way that we notified to Cicerone. We were very surprised to be contacted by the author to discuss the points raised. That's customer service and its very clear that its a guide written by an enthusiast: you can't want more.

4.Via Ferrata: A Complete Guide to France by: Philippe Poulet April 01, 2004
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This was our second time on a via ferrata holiday. The first time was in the Dolomites in Italy with guides so this time we decided to go solo with this book and do some camping, The book is very good to get an idea of what to expect and plot a rough plan of where to go and what level of climbs you want to do, but you WILL need to source more information before you set off to a climb. On thing we did find very hard was finding the climbs. I would highly suggest getting yourself a sat nav and getting the gps co-ordinates off via-ferrata.fr. The directions in the book are incredibly vague and will leave you driving round in circles for hours. So all in all don't just rely on this book, do lots of planning, search the web ... Read More:

5.Treks in the Dolomites: Alta Via 1 and Alta Via 2 (Cicerone Mountain Walking) by: Martin Collins, Gillian Price June 07, 2005
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I walked the Alta Via 1 this summer in late August/early September. Martin Collins' book is an essential item if you intend to do this fantastic high-altitude trek. The profiles are fairly accurate, and the routes are very well described. The only criticism I had with the book is that some of the timings are ambitious to say the least (I am a very fit, a rower at university) and I have severe problems at keeping up with some of the timings, yet some of the timings I could easily beat. Apart from that, the advice is completely sound (except the bus to Lago di Braines does not leave from Villabassa train station). The suggestion about doing the walk in early September is a must, one of the mornings it was snowing a little, yet most days were about ... Read More:

6.Via Ferrata Switzerland: Rother Walking Guide by: Iris Kürschner July 01, 2005
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I walked the Alta Via 1 this summer in late August/early September. Martin Collins' book is an essential item if you intend to do this fantastic high-altitude trek. The profiles are fairly accurate, and the routes are very well described. The only criticism I had with the book is that some of the timings are ambitious to say the least (I am a very fit, a rower at university) and I have severe problems at keeping up with some of the timings, yet some of the timings I could easily beat. Apart from that, the advice is completely sound (except the bus to Lago di Braines does not leave from Villabassa train station). The suggestion about doing the walk in early September is a must, one of the mornings it was snowing a little, yet most days were about ... Read More:

7.Dolomites Trekking - Av1 & Av2: Italy Trekking Guides (Trailblazer Trekking Guides) by: Henry Stedman November 28, 2005
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We've been coming to the Dolomites (to visit relatives) for years and have always found this book by some distance the most useful, with contact information for all the refuges, as well as some precise trail descriptions and great maps. Although we've only used it for some of their short walks so far, we're hoping to start on the AV1 this summer and again, while planning, find this book just invaluable! Great stuff!!!

8.Classic Rock Climbs in the Dolomites by: Anette Kohler, Norbert Memmel June 01, 1999
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What a breath of fresh air - of the 10 or so major lines that I climbed with this guide they were all spot on - grading, gear, timings (once you get in the swing of things), topos - even rope lengths were pretty good ! The guide covers climbs from UK VD-E2 with a couple of routes in all of the major areas - there is plenty to do and its ideal for a 2-3 week holiday, giving you the opportunity to explore this excellent climbing location. This is a must buy if you are thinking of going to the Dolomites. The only down side is that its a bit large to go in your back pocket on the route, but hey, isn't that why we have photocopiers ?

9.Italy (Lonely Planet Country Guide) by: Damien Simonis, et al February 01, 2008
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This is a good guide book, as all the guide books in the series, but I did expect a bit more from it. I travelled around Italy together with my husband the summer of 2005, and we used this guide book a lot. But it is a guide book, nothing more. There are quite a bit of things that have changed since the book was last edited, but this is expected. We are planning to send the findings we did to the editor, so that it can be added or changed in the next edition, perhaps. We felt that the book focused too much on churches, castles etc, and a lot of really interesting things were missed - like the local food markets, which we love to visit. There wasn't much of "different" or "special" recommendations, it was just focusing on the "What to see if ... Read More:

10.Klettersteig: Scrambles in the Northern Limestone Alps by: Paul Werner January 01, 1987
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This is a good guide book, as all the guide books in the series, but I did expect a bit more from it. I travelled around Italy together with my husband the summer of 2005, and we used this guide book a lot. But it is a guide book, nothing more. There are quite a bit of things that have changed since the book was last edited, but this is expected. We are planning to send the findings we did to the editor, so that it can be added or changed in the next edition, perhaps. We felt that the book focused too much on churches, castles etc, and a lot of really interesting things were missed - like the local food markets, which we love to visit. There wasn't much of "different" or "special" recommendations, it was just focusing on the "What to see if ... Read More:

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