A guidebook without maps?A guidebook you can curl up and read cover-to-cover?Yes, this is it.As one who has vacationed in Tuscany for a total of 36 weeks in the past 11 years, I found this book not only evocative of fond memories but instructive by pointing me to places, eateries, and certain facts of Italian life of which I was unaware.The early sections covering tipping, car rental, trains, etc. are of particular help to the first time traveler.There's even a little Frances Mayes in there for the 1% of the people interested in Italy who have not read her books on Tuscany.But after reading this book, you'll have to get a map or two anyway...because you'll have booked a flight to bella Italia.
Product DescriptionEach edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book is a valuable resource -- a compass of sorts -- pointing vacationers, business travelers, and readers in many directions. Going abroad with a
Collected Traveler edition is like being accompanied by a group of savvy and observant friends who are intimately familiar with your destination.
This edition on central Italy -- tuscany & umbria features:
Distinguished writers, such as Muriel Spark, Gerald Asher, Erica Jong, Jason Epstein, Pope Brock, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, and David Downie, who share seductive pieces about the side roads of Tuscany, wines of Montepulciano, renting houses in Tuscany and Umbria, cooking schools, outdoor markets, and the
Festa dei Ceri in Gubbio.
Annotated bibliographies for each section with recommendations for related readings.
An A-Z "
informazioni pratiche" (practical information) section covering everything from accommodations, hiking, and pazienza (patience) to the Italian yellow pages.
Whether it's your first trip or your tenth, the
Collected Traveler books are indispensable, and meant to be the first volumes you turn to when planning your journeys.
From the Inside FlapEach edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book is a valuable resource -- a compass of sorts -- pointing vacationers, business travelers, and readers in many directions. Going abroad with a
Collected Traveler edition is like being accompanied by a group of savvy and observant friends who are intimately familiar with your destination.
This edition on central Italy -- tuscany & umbria features:
Distinguished writers, such as Muriel Spark, Gerald Asher, Erica Jong, Jason Epstein, Pope Brock, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, and David Downie, who share seductive pieces about the side roads of Tuscany, wines of Montepulciano, renting houses in Tuscany and Umbria, cooking schools, outdoor markets, and the
Festa dei Ceri in Gubbio.
Annotated bibliographies for each section with recommendations for related readings.
An A-Z "
informazioni pratiche" (practical information) section covering everything from accommodations, hiking, and pazienza (patience) to the Italian yellow pages.
Whether it's your first trip or your tenth, the
Collected Traveler books are indispensable, and meant to be the first volumes you turn to when planning your journeys.
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Central Italy: The Collected Traveler: Tuscany and Umbria (Paperback)
This book was essential to our wonderful trip. I was able to focus on the things that really interested me, and I actually suprised my relatives who live in the area with some little-known places thanks to the book. It is full of useful info and great travel tidbits.
