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Books : Walking and Eating in Tuscany and UmbriaIn association with Amazon.comby: James Lasdun  Dewey Decimal Number: 914.5504929 EAN: 9780140244762 ISBN: 014024476X Label: Penguin Books Manufacturer: Penguin Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 367 Publication Date: 1997-01 Publisher: Penguin Books Studio: Penguin Books Sales Rank: 2461860 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Taking readers on a series of walks that not only go deep into the classic landscape of vineyards, olive groves, forests and mountains, but also through hill towns, villages and other cultural centers, this book offers 40 itineraries--from half-day to full-day walks to routes stretching over several days. Photos throughout. Amazon.com Review: Tuscany and Umbria are famous for both their glorious scenery and their superlative cuisines--could there be a more perfect vacation than walking through the countryside, stopping to dine along the way? In Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria authors James Lasdun and Pia Davis offer readers 40 itineraries ranging from half-day walks to routes stretching over several days. There are written directions for each walk as well as a map. There is also a chart for each itinerary outlining travel alternatives such as buses, trains, or private automobiles and a list of restaurants along the way. Each itinerary describes the sights and terrain in charming detail, and though you might want to supplement this book with other guides specific to each area, this one does a nice job of balancing the demands of cuisine and countryside in a single volume. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Makes the dream vacation possibleWhenever I tell my friends that my wife and I just spent a week hiking through Tuscany, they exclaim, "That's my dream vacation." This is the book that makes it possible, even if, like us, you don't speak a word of Italian and were never in Italy before. The authors describe 40 different walks, from 1/2 day walks near Florence to walks, that strung together, can occupy a week or more of your time. The trail descriptions are precise and easy to follow, but the book is much more than that. It's ... Read More Rating: - Great walks!The walks in this book are great! With this guide, you can truly get off the main tourist routes and into the Tuscan back country for a very different experience of Tuscany. In mid May 2007, we did the walk from Greve in Chianti to Radda, and a walk from Pienza to Montepulciano. On the Greve to Radda walk, we hiked in the woods, saw wild boars, and spent a most enjoyable two days in Volpaia, a little town of 50 people, some hundreds of years old, surrounded by vineyards in the Tuscan ... Read More Rating: - New Updated Edition Available NowThe original edition of this book, written nearly ten years ago, needed updating, so we went back to Italy, this time with two young children. We've updated the original walks and restaurant reviews and added some new walks and locations. If you are thinking of buying the book, make sure you have the newer edition (both editions are available on Amazon, and the newer one is also cheaper). To order the new edition type "walking and eating 2005" (without the quotation ... Read More Rating: - Don't forget Umbria!We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 this September and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had ... Read More Rating: - Finally a new edition of this classic!I first discovered this book on a trip to Italy in 1999, and after my first walk I was hooked. The walk (Lamole Ring walk) took me to a place I never would have found on my own, and the experience of visiting this lovely off-the-beaten-track hamlet and its beautiful surrounding countryside on foot turned out to be the highlight of my vacation. The restaurant recommended (the only one in Lamole) was also one of the best I've ever eaten in, and was at the same time friendly and not terribly expensive. I ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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