Frommer's Florence, Tuscany and Umbria

by Strachan, Donald; Keeling, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781118074664
• ISBN10: 1118074661
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

Frommer's Complete Guides - IN FULL COLOR America's #1 bestselling travel series More full-color guides than ever before Foldout maps in annual guides Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and insider tips International edition ISBN: 978-1-118-07681-1

Author Biography

Donald Strachan (chapters 1 and 4–8) is a London-based writer and journalist. He has written about Italian travel for publications including the Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Sydney Morning Herald, and Guardian, and is the author of Frommer’s Florence & Tuscany Day by Day and coauthor of Tuscany & Umbria With Your Family.

Stephen Keeling (chapters 1-3 and 9-12) grew up in England, lived briefly in Latvia, and spent 12 years as a financial journalist in Asia. Despite attempts to kick his gelato addiction, he has been to Italy many times—an incomparable knowledge of Tuscan Chinese restaurants formed while chaperoning a group of Vietnamese officials in 1994. Stephen is the coauthor of the award-winning Tuscany & Umbria with Your Family and currently lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

List of Maps vii

1 THE BEST OF FLORENCE, TUSCANY & UMBRIA 1

2 FLORENCE, TUSCANY & UMBRIA IN DEPTH 16

3 SUGGESTED ITINERARIES 55

4 FLORENCE 70

5 THE CHIANTI, SIENA & THE WESTERN HILL TOWNS 172

6 LUCCA, PISTOIA & NORTHWESTERN TUSCANY 232

7 PISA, TUSCANY’S COAST & THE MAREMMA 267

8 MONTALCINO, MONTEPULCIANO & SOUTHEASTERN TUSCANY 303

9 AREZZO & NORTHEASTERN TUSCANY 335

10 PERUGIA, ASSISI & NORTHERN UMBRIA 362

11 ORVIETO, SPOLETO & SOUTHERN UMBRIA 406

12 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO TUSCANY & UMBRIA 436

Index 459