Frommer's Florence, Tuscany and Umbria (Frommer's Complete Guides)
John Moretti
Language: English
Pages: 488
ISBN: 0470528044
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Experience Siena's Palio, the centuries-old bareback horse race that runs through the city's Piazza del Campo. See chapter 7.
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Foldout map, plus detailed maps throughout
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Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information
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Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
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Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas
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Insider tips from local expert authors
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Concentrate on the 18th to 20th centuries but also display outfits from back to the 16th century. The dress in which Eleonora of Toledo was buried, made famous by Bronzino’s intricate depiction of its velvety embroidered silk and in-sewn pearls on his portrait of her in the Uffizi, is usually on display. GIARDINO BOBOLI BOBOLI GARDENS The statue-filled park behind the Pitti Palace is one of the earliest and finest Renaissance gardens, laid out mostly between 1549 and 1656 with box hedges in.
Kitchen. Surrounded by vines that produce some of the silkiest Brunello wines in the region, you can dine on the most refined food in this part of Tuscany, where everything from the breadsticks to the dessert is homemade. See p. 324. • Fattoria Pulcino (outside Montepulciano; & 0578-758-711): If you’ve been to a tourist-trap rib joint in the American South and walked away with a smile, you’ll love this rib-sticking food once dished out to the farm hands. Plates of homemade pici pasta, platters.
Is a quiet, curvy road through quintessential Tuscany. Arezzo is a great place to spend any afternoon, seeing the famous fresco cycles of Piero della Francesca, and the backdrop for Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning film, Life Is Beautiful. Try to time your visit to coincide with the Giostra del Saracino, a medieval joust (and a real kid-pleaser) or with one of the spectacular antiques fairs, which take place the first Sunday of every month. See p. 359 and 346. SUGGESTED ITINERARIES 86 T U S C.
Breakfast. AE, DC, MC, V. Valet parking 26€. Bus: 6, 31, or 32. Amenities: Justifiably famous Relais le Jardin restaurant; cozy bar; babysitting; bike rental; concierge; room service; smoke-free rooms. In room: A/C, TV, hair dryer, minibar, Wi-Fi. Expensive The Loggiato is installed in the building designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Elder in 1527 to mirror the Ospedale degli Innocenti across the piazza, forming part of one of Italy’s most beautiful squares. As recently as the 1990s, this was a.
Out the few that aren’t. The highest concentrations of excellent ristoranti and trattorie are around Santa Croce and across the river in the Oltrarno. For a more complete Florentine dining primer, see “Eating & Drinking in Florence, Tuscany & Umbria,” in chapter 2, and “Italian Menu Terms,” in chapter 15. Bear in mind that menus at restaurants in Tuscany can change frequently: weekly, or even daily. Note, too, that reservations at the following restaurants are not required unless otherwise.