Among travelers to Italy, Florence is an indispensable stop, & more & more of them are extending their stays to include additional highlights of Tuscany: Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Grevi, San Gimignano, & more. This new Day by Day Guide, by two long-experienced experts in Italy, advises the reader about the smartest ways to accomplish a visit to Florence & Tuscany. It provides & discusses sample itineraries, & then lists recommended lodgings, restaurants, shops, & must-sees. A handy & inexpensive 184 pages in size, but in a quality presentation of four-color photos & maps. ...

Florence & Tuscany in the Eyewitness travel guide book series from Dorling Kindersley; lavishly illustrated & particularly concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the chosen destination & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Florence & Tuscany in the Eyewitness travel guide book series from Dorling Kindersley; lavishly illustrated & particularly concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the chosen destination & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view “inside” your destination, sites are shown with bird’s eye plans & small, more conventional maps contextualise regions & pinpoint places of interest. Guides to cities show transport network plans where applicable. Country guides have separate chapters on popular city & region destinations but the publisher also has a range of titles which deal solely with a city or popular area within any given country. Travellers’ needs sections detail places to stay, eat & shop, as well as looking at entertainment, nightlife & outdoor activities. Survival guide chapters feature practical tips for preparation, logistics & health & safety. Guides covering non-English speaking destinations include mini phrase sections which help the visitor with useful communication phrases. ...

The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Florence & Tuscany leads you straight to the best things to do in Florence from the Duomo to the Palazzo Vecchio. Marvel at the churches of San Lorenzo & San Marco & wander through the maze of tiny alleyways & hidden lanes. Discover Tuscany & its numerous towns & cities, including Pisa & Lucca, take a drive & admire the stunning scenery or head to the coast to enjoy the Tuscany beaches.DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Florence & Tuscany

Includes:: reviews of shops, restaurants & where to stay in Florence & Tuscany as well as the stunning photography, illustrations, floorplans & detailed description of all sights to help you plan the perfect trip.

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Florence & Tuscany in the Eyewitness travel guide book series from Dorling Kindersley; lavishly illustrated & particularly concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the chosen destination & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Florence & Tuscany in the Eyewitness Top 10 series from Dorling Kindersley is a condensed format guide book featuring dozens of illustrated, top ten lists for the traveller regardless of their disposable budget. To save you time & money a Top 10 Things to Avoid is also included. Top 10 lists are given for things to see & do both in Florence & across the region of Tuscany, as well as the top ten features of particular locations or events. Practicalities are not forgotten as Top 10s are also provided for topics such as planning your trip, getting around & shopping. Accommodation lists provide the ten most recommended places to stay for a range of budgets, whilst restaurant top tens feature as the guide works its way through the location in question. Simple, small street plans illustrate the location of the top ten recommends within their neighbourhoods & basic, fold out maps form the inside covers. An additional pull out feature of the guide suggests ideas on how to spend your day & a phrase section is included which will help the traveller to acclimatise. ...

Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything in Florence & Tuscany. Discover the best of everything the region has to offer with this essential, pocket-sized DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Florence & Tuscany with pull-out map. Top 10 lists showcase the best things to do in Florence, from the Uffizi, Duomo & Pitti Palace to Tuscan highlights including Lucca, Siena & the vineyards of Chianti. Ten easy-to-follow itineraries explore the region`s most interesting areas
- from Pisa to San Gimignano
- while reviews of Tuscany`s best restaurants, hotels & shops will help you plan your perfect trip.

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Florence & Tuscany in the Easy Guide Series by Frommer’s captures the unique spirit of the place offering expert advice in all price ranges for a variety of establishments & attractions. Arranged in a clear layout, put together in a light & compact format (256 pages), the guides is easy to read & light to carry. The guide introduces Florence & Tuscany with ‘ The Best of’, ‘ In Context’ & ‘ Suggested Itineraries’ chapters, offering information on the local history, culture, geography as well as selecting recommended road trips in & around this location & including Umbria. This section is followed by individual chapters dedicated to Florence, Around Florence, Siena & Western Tuscany, Central & Eastern Tuscany, The Best of Umbria; with advice on where to stay, where to eat, strolls, exploring, shopping, entertainment etc. The guide concludes with a final section on planning your trip. Frommer’s is an American publisher specialising in guidebooks emphasising the culture, lifestyle & history of the destination & stressing the insights travels offer. In their effort to contribute to making travel more accessible they are a cost-conscious company & offer, not only reasonable priced guides, but they also always include sensible priced lodgings & establishments in their guides. They are openly & highly critical when it comes to judging value for your money, & if something or somewhere is not worth your money & time, you will read it. ...

The magical landscapes & rich culture of Tuscany have fostered the inspiration & settings for literature since the works of the great Florentine poets Dante, Petrarch & Boccaccio in the 14th century & has been a magnet for expatriate writers since the arrival in Florence of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer in 1372. With its historic cities & villages; its verdant countryside & crepuscular coastline; its treasury of art covering five millennia &, above all, its long heritage of authorship, Tuscany one of the most celebrated & well-travelled regions in the world. As the source of the Italian language & birthplace of the Renaissance, Tuscany lies at the historic & cultural heart of Italy, & has remained an irresistible attraction to writers for six centuries. This book is a journey that follows in their footsteps; from John Milton & Thomas Gray to the Brownings, the Shelleys, Charles Dickens, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, E. M. Forster, Mark Twain, Muriel Spark & many others. Florence & Tuscany: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded traveller (either in person or in an armchair) on a vivid & illuminating journey, retracing the footsteps of writers who have lived & worked in, or been inspired by, the history & landscape of Tuscany from John Milton & Thomas Gray to the Brownings, the Shelleys, Charles Dickens, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, E.M. Forster, Mark Twain Muriel Spark & many others. For anyone who has fallen under a Tuscan spell, as so many have before, this book
- the first of its kind
- will prove enthralling reading.

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Florence: Art & Architecture combines interesting & clearly written texts with an abundance of pictures. Prominent Florentine scholars & museum directors accompany the reader on a journey to the unique artistic treasures of the city on the Arno. They introduce historical buildings & sculptures in their historical contexts, & lead you through world famous painting galleries such as the Accademia & the Palazzo Pitti. ...