· "The Amber Trail" (as it is known) from southern Bavaria to Venice is one of six routes described in "Ancient Pathways In The Alps", written by Giovanni Caselli and Keith Sugden, and published in 1988 by George Philip & Son Ltd. The ISBN number is 0-540-01122-3. The original price was £7.95.

Simon Whitton

· If the central part of the trip coincides with Alta Via 1 or 2, get 'Alta Via' by Martin Collins, Cicerone Press, ISBN 0-902363-75-1. It's rather out-of-date, unfortunately.

Good up-to-date general advice on hiking in the Dolomites can be found in 'Trekking in the Dolomites' by Henry Stedman, Trailblazer Guides, ISBN 1 873756 34 8.
Mike Barnes