Tuscany, with Florence its capital and a host of gorgeous medieval cities set in a rolling countryside of fields, vineyards and olive groves, is the cradle of the Renaissance and for many visitors the cultural heart of Italy. This in-depth cultural guide amply covers Florence (itself the subject of a whole Blue Guide) but also gives extensive coverage to the other major Tuscan cities - Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Cortona, Arezzo - not covered in such detail elsewhere in a Blue Guide. This is the first time this title has been produced in full-colour in the well-received new Blue Guides re-edited, re-presented look. Ideal for the Florence-based visitor making day-trips to the surroundings, or for a tour of the whole of Tuscany. Includes Blue Guides Recommended short lists of hotels and restaurants.
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The best guide in English for the thinking traveler
Oct 3 2011
By Goldman
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... and for the educated traveler. The history, the art, and the architecture are described in no comprehensive guidebook in English any better.
This is NOT the guide for people who want gaudy photos, who want sun and fun, who want to know where they can exercise, and wish to know where Whitney Houston ate. This is the guide for the serious and motivated traveler who wishes to following in the footsteps of Ruskin, Goethe, Bernard Berenson, and Henry James -- those who want to see not just Michelangelo and Botticelli, but also Giotto, Cimabue, Donatello, Simone Martini, Duccio, Gherlandio, Filippo Lippi and his son, and the great pulpits of Pisano. Not that the reader is offered literary essays, mind you; just thorough descriptions of sights and sites. The opening times of museums are clearly given; of churches also, when available. The pragmatic information -- how to get there, how to get around -- is good. The information on where to stay and where to eat -- is reasonably good, but not the emphasis of this guide. This is the guide for people who, when at the sublime baptistry in Florence, enraptured by the ceiling mosaic, could care less that it's lunch time. In short, not for The Last Man.
Those going just to Florence will want to purchase the Blue Guide for that city.
This is NOT the guide for people who want gaudy photos, who want sun and fun, who want to know where they can exercise, and wish to know where Whitney Houston ate. This is the guide for the serious and motivated traveler who wishes to following in the footsteps of Ruskin, Goethe, Bernard Berenson, and Henry James -- those who want to see not just Michelangelo and Botticelli, but also Giotto, Cimabue, Donatello, Simone Martini, Duccio, Gherlandio, Filippo Lippi and his son, and the great pulpits of Pisano. Not that the reader is offered literary essays, mind you; just thorough descriptions of sights and sites. The opening times of museums are clearly given; of churches also, when available. The pragmatic information -- how to get there, how to get around -- is good. The information on where to stay and where to eat -- is reasonably good, but not the emphasis of this guide. This is the guide for people who, when at the sublime baptistry in Florence, enraptured by the ceiling mosaic, could care less that it's lunch time. In short, not for The Last Man.
Those going just to Florence will want to purchase the Blue Guide for that city.
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getting ready for Italy
Mar 20 2013
By el
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I am going to Italy in April and will take this book this me to guide us along! Looking forward to it!
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Too much History
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By R. Bradley
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I don't like the format nor the emphasis on history. I prefer the Michelin guide more than this. Thank you
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