Leading English-language expert on walking and life-style in Italy, Gillian Price is a long-term resident of the glorious waterlogged city of Venice, which she knows like the back of her hand. She spends much of the year exploring breathtaking regions of Italy for her guidebooks and magazine features, easily distracted by wildflowers, volcanoes, oral history, legendary goings-on not to mention unusual vintages and gastronomical treats. Memorable trips include long-distance treks across the Dolomites, western Italian Alps, eastern Alps (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), and the rugged Apennines.

Quoted in the Sunday Times Travel Magazine (Oct 2009) as 'the travel guru' and the Washington Post (July 2010).

In addition to authoring best-selling Top 10 Venice, widely translated, she has a host of books published by Cicerone Press.  Her work has appeared throughout Europe, the US and Asia. She has contributed words and pictures to award-wnning guidebooks on Italy, Umbria, Sardinia, Sicily, Venice and the Veneto with


She is a regular contributor to travel magazines
  •  SilverKris, Singapore Airlines inflight magazine
  • italy
  • Morning Calm, inflight magazine of Korean Air
  • (A)WAY  the expat mag in Belgium
  • Leo (Venice Tourist Board)
  • A Small World (ASW)
  •  UK newspaper supplements for the Guardian and Sunday Telegraph
  • Trek & Mountain from the UK  
  •  Endless Travel in Singapore   
  • Wanderlust,  the UK travel mag
  • Italian-language La Rivista, Alpi Venete and 1890 of the Italian Alpine Club

    Gillian is also proud to be city editor for the Venice volume (in its 2nd edition) by Luxe City Guides.    Other commissions appear in New Holland's Walking the World's Natural Wonders and DK's exciting brand new Ultimate Food Journeysand Road Less Travelled.

    An active member of the Venice branch of the Italian Alpine Club CAI, Gillian also belongs to the UK Journalists' Union NUJ and  the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild OWPG as well as Mountain Wilderness.
    Gillian doesn't have a car and is an adamant promotor of public transport to minimise environmental impact in alpine areas - and everywhere else. 

    She thoroughly enjoys guiding walking tours in her beloved mountains,  hills - and flat places - and welcomes requests.

    Gillian is also an experienced Italian-English translator specialised in the fields of cinema and environmental issues.