Florence and Tuscany / Caroline Koubé.
Series: Globetrotter travel guidePublisher: London : New Holland, 2001Description: 128p. : col. ill., col. maps, col. plans ; 18 cm001: 42971ISBN: 9781859746462 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Travel Guides | Florence (Italy) -- Guidebooks | Tuscany (Italy) -- GuidebooksDDC classification: 941.5 KOU LOC classification: DG732Summary: This comprehensive, pocket-sized guide offers information and advice for visitors to Florence and Tuscany. The informative text is complemented by quality photos, charts and tables, and easy-to-read maps.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 941.5 KOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 113967 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This guide introduces readers to the history, culture, wildlife, government and economy of Florence and Tuscany. Concise and user-friendly, this book features useful information panels, photographs, a calendar of events and maps and climate charts, enabling visitors to make the most of their time.
Maps on inside covers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.
This comprehensive, pocket-sized guide offers information and advice for visitors to Florence and Tuscany. The informative text is complemented by quality photos, charts and tables, and easy-to-read maps.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1. Introducing Florence and Tuscany (p. 5)
- The Land (p. 6)
- History in Brief (p. 10)
- Government and Economy (p. 18)
- The People (p. 19)
- 2. Florence (p. 31)
- Piazza del Duomo (p. 32)
- Piazza della Signoria (p. 35)
- Galleria degli Uffizi (p. 38)
- Piazza dei Pitti (p. 41)
- Centro Storico to North of Duomo (p. 44)
- Piazza San Marco (p. 44)
- Piazza della Santissima Annunziata (p. 46)
- Piazza di Santa Croce and Around (p. 47)
- San Lorenzo (p. 53)
- 3. Around Florence (p. 59)
- North of Florence (p. 60)
- Il Mugello (p. 60)
- Towards the Northwest (p. 62)
- West of Florence (p. 64)
- South of Florence (p. 65)
- The Chianti Region (p. 67)
- 4. Siena and Central Tuscany (p. 71)
- Siena (p. 72)
- Excursions Northwest of Siena (p. 78)
- San Gimignano (p. 80)
- Colli Senesi (p. 83)
- Excursions South of Siena (p. 84)
- 5. Southeastern Tuscany (p. 89)
- Arezzo (p. 90)
- Cortona (p. 94)
- Excursions from Cortona (p. 95)
- Montepulciano (p. 98)
- Further Afield (p. 101)
- 6. Coastal Tuscany (p. 105)
- Lucca (p. 106)
- Beach Resorts (p. 110)
- Pisa (p. 111)
- Isola d'Elba (p. 116)
- The South (p. 118)
- Travel Tips (p. 122)
- Index (p. 127)
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