100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go

by Van Allen, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781932361650
• ISBN10: 1932361650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Summary

With passion, humor, and helpful tips, 100 Places In Italy Every Woman Should Go inspires women to discover places that will appeal to their spirits, senses, and quests for adventure. Author Susan Van Allen, a former staffer for the sit com Everybody Loves Raymond, has explored Italy up and down the boot for over thirty years and has written about her experiences for such places as National Public Radio, Town & CountryTravelers Tales anthologies. In this book, she shares intriguing details and secrets of her favorite placeswhether it's exploring the palace where Audrey Hepburn lived in Roman Holiday, making a carnival mask in Venice, or admiring Botticelli's Birth of Venus in Florence. The book also includes recommendations for relaxing spas, splendid gardens, and places to shop for treasured handicrafts. Van Allen offers nuts and bolts information and her suggestions fit a range of budgets to make a woman's Italian vacation dreams come true.

Author Biography

Susan Van Allen has written about Italian travel for over twenty-five media outlets, including National Public Radio, Town & Country, Student Traveler, Chicago Daily Herald, San Diego Tribune, CNN.com, and Travelers’ Tales anthologies, and has a following for her monthly Letters from Italy column on the Divine Caroline web-site. A native of the New Jersey shore, when Van Allen’s not in Italy she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and writes for television. She was on staff of the Emmy award winning sit com Everybody Loves Raymond.