Blue Guides

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.

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ๐žFor readers who missed it before, here are Venice-resident Robin Saikiaโ€™s top bars in Venice, from hi...
17/10/2025

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž
For readers who missed it before, here are Venice-resident Robin Saikiaโ€™s top bars in Venice, from his elegiac handbook ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ & ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

For readers who missed it before, here are Venice-resident Robin Saikiaโ€™s top bars in Venice, from his elegiac handbook Drink & Think Venice: Each chapter of Drink & Think Venice begins with an introduction to one of my favourite bars and a recommendation as to what one might drink there: the "Dri...

Thanks to Alex Faludy for this review of our new title: ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ.
09/10/2025

Thanks to Alex Faludy for this review of our new title: ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ.

Alex Faludy reviews a collection of short stories.

๐’๐„๐— ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‹๐”๐„ ๐†๐”๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐’We are at Blue Guides were astonished when Amazon outed ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ & ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ for its explicit cont...
24/09/2025

๐’๐„๐— ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‹๐”๐„ ๐†๐”๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐’
We are at Blue Guides were astonished when Amazon outed ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ & ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ for its explicit content.

We are at Blue Guides were astonished when Amazon outed Drink & Think Venice for its explicit content. Amazon AI tells us: โ€œCustomers find the book readable and brilliantโ€ฆ They appreciate the s*x scenes with one noting itโ€™s an excellent guide to Veniceโ€™s best drinking spots.โ€ Needless to s...

Aquincum, the Roman town in north Budapest, featured in the latest issue of Antiqvvs magazine
16/09/2025

Aquincum, the Roman town in north Budapest, featured in the latest issue of Antiqvvs magazine

Terracotta tile with a graffito of a gladiator
05/08/2025

Terracotta tile with a graffito of a gladiator

From the days before you just bought a standard doorway from the out-of-town warehouse
04/08/2025

From the days before you just bought a standard doorway from the out-of-town warehouse

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!
24/07/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!

The 2007 classic Blue Guide Greece the Mainland went out of print, in its original form, many years ago. Since then to keep the titleโ€™s erudition and depth of coverage available to new readers we have been providing a black and white โ€œprint on demandโ€ edition through normal trade channels (goo...

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

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

๐•ฐ๐–‘๐–Š๐–Œ๐–†๐–“๐–™ ๐•ฟ๐–†๐–‘๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ด๐–“๐–™๐–—๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–š๐–Š ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–†๐–žTwenty Austrian and Hungarian stories from the Golden Age before the First world war....
11/06/2025

๐•ฐ๐–‘๐–Š๐–Œ๐–†๐–“๐–™ ๐•ฟ๐–†๐–‘๐–Š๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‹ ๐•ด๐–“๐–™๐–—๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–š๐–Š ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–†๐–ž
Twenty Austrian and Hungarian stories from the Golden Age before the First world war.
https://www.blueguides.com/elegant-tales-of-intrigue-and-decay/

๐•Žโ„๐”ผโ„๐”ผ ๐•‹๐•† ๐”ฝ๐•€โ„•๐”ป ๐”น๐•ƒ๐•Œ๐”ผ ๐”พ๐•Œ๐•€๐”ป๐”ผ ๐•๐”ผโ„•๐•€โ„‚๐”ผFor reasons best known to themselvesโ€”actually probably not even known to them but only to...
21/05/2025

๐•Žโ„๐”ผโ„๐”ผ ๐•‹๐•† ๐”ฝ๐•€โ„•๐”ป ๐”น๐•ƒ๐•Œ๐”ผ ๐”พ๐•Œ๐•€๐”ป๐”ผ ๐•๐”ผโ„•๐•€โ„‚๐”ผ
For reasons best known to themselvesโ€”actually probably not even known to them but only to a faceless and not very clever algorithmโ€”Amazon UK choose to bury ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ in their search results to make it unfindable...
https://www.blueguides.com/find-blue-guide-venice/

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐จWhite smoke above the Vatican recently announced the election of Chicago-born Robert Prevost as ...
09/05/2025

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐จ
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/

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