Frommer's Florence and Tuscany Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket)
Donald Strachan
Language: English
Pages: 228
ISBN: 1118167171
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Map your own adventure. Florence & Tuscany Day by Day is the perfect answer for travelers who want to know the best places to visit and the best way to see the city.
Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Florence & Tuscany in a short time--with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Florence & Tuscany Day by Day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Inside this book you'll find:
- Full color throughout with hundreds of photos and dozens of maps
- Sample one- to three-day itineraries that include The Best of the Uffizi, Tuscany for Families, Tuscany for Food & Wine Lovers, Tuscany for Art & Architecture Lovers, and more
- Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions clue readers in on great finds and values
- Tear-resistant foldout map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet
- Foldout front cover, with at-a-glance maps and quick-reference info
Eating Italy: A Culinary Adventure through Italy's Best Meals
La lunga avventura dell'arte. Il tesoro d'Italia.
Not a Normal Country: Italy After Berlusconi
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
The Cognoscenti's Guide to Florence: Shop and Eat like a Florentine
DAY SS326 SS71 SS223 Larderello Asciano Bibbona 3 Volterra Sinalunga E78 Lago Buonconvento Ligurian DAY 4 Trasimeno Montepulciano 7 Sea e 4 San Gimignano DAYMassa Castiglione 8 Pienza del Lago Marittima 6 8 Cortona DAY 5 & 6 S. Quirico A1 Chianciano Chiusi d'Órcia Populonia 5 Siena Roccastrada DAY 9 Terme Sarteano Cetona 9 Arezzo DAY 7 Piombino Orcia Castel SS2 Città Radicofani d. Pieve 6 Pienza d. Piano DAY 10SS1 Golfo di Isola Arcidosso Abbadia UMBRIA 7 Montepulciano Follonica Vetulonia 10.
To: 6 ★★ San Gimignano. Although Italy’s best-preserved medieval town is today unique in appearance, in the Middle Ages towns throughout central Italy were much like it. Visit San Gimignano 1300 to see how it once looked. Thirteen of 70+ original towers are left standing from that heyday in the decades before the devastating Black Death. More than defensive strongholds, the towers stood as symbols of a family’s prestige and worth. Art outposts not to miss include Benozzo Gozzoli’s frescoes.
On the facade of San Frediano. elry stores in Tuscany, from 1655, Carli specializes in exquisite antique jewelry, silver, and watches. Via Fil- 7 ★ = Torre Guinigi. This tower, rising 44m (146 ft.) with trademark ilex growing from the roof, was built by the city’s ruling family in the 135 Lucca One of Lucca’s many handsome piazzas. 15th century. Climb its 230 steps to get a proper picture of Lucca enclosed by its ring of walls, with the Apennine mountain range beyond. @ 30 min. Via.
Precincts of the Baptistery only to take in the magnificent 13thcentury mosaics lining the inner dome. The major excitement is outside, on the world-famous bronze doors that face the Duomo. Sure, they’re replicas (the originals are in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo; see bullet 6, below); but even the copies are masterpieces. Ghiberti’s north doors—a commission he won in 1401 in a public competition against Brunelleschi, Donatello, and Jacopo Della Quercia—are said to mark the start of the.
Is Siena’s “Campo.” First laid out in the early 12th century on the site of the Roman forum, it is shaped like a sloping scallop shell or fan. By 1340, the city’s leaders had paved the square in brick and divided it into nine sections in honor of the Council of Nine (the Nove), who ruled Siena during its golden age. Today it’s the setting for the Palio (see below). At the upper end of the square stands the Fonte Gaia, created from 1408 to 1419 by Jacopo della Quercia. What you see today is an.