DK Top 10 Florence and Tuscany

DK Top 10 Florence and Tuscany
Author: DK Travel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2023-08-22
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0744089875

Sublime renaissance architecture, exquisite art collections, romantic medieval towns and picturesque rolling hills covered in vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees - Florence and Tuscany has all this and much more to delight every traveller. Your DK Eyewitness Top 10 travel guide ensures you'll find your way around Florence and Tuscany with absolute ease. Our newly updated Top 10 travel guide breaks down the best of Florence and Tuscany into helpful lists of ten - from our own selected highlights to the best museums, places to eat and shops. You'll discover: - Ten easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day-trip, a weekend, or a week - Detailed Top 10 lists of Florence and Tuscany's must-sees, including detailed breakdowns of the Uffizi, the Duomo, Pitti Palace, San Gimignano, Campo dei Miracoli, Siena's Duomo, Siena's Campo and Palazzo Pubblico, Chianti, Cortona and Lucca - Florence and Tuscany's most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, dining, and sightseeing - Inspiration for different things to enjoy during your trip - including children's activities and things to do for free - A free laminated pull-out map of Florence and Tuscany, plus eight color city and neighborhood maps - Streetsmart advice: get ready, get around, and stay safe - A lightweight format perfect for your pocket or bag when you're on the move DK Eyewitness Top 10s have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 2002. Staying for longer and looking for a more comprehensive guide? Try our DK Eyewitness Florence and Tuscany or DK Eyewitness Italy.

Tuscany

Tuscany
Author:
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0847831388

Preeminent Florentine photographer Massimo Listri uncovers the great public as well as private Tuscan treasures in this unprecedented, oversize, and deluxe volume. Celebrating Tuscany's renowned art and architecture, elegance, and charm, this unique volume unveils the finest Tuscan gems, both the famous as well as the hidden. Photographer Massimo Listri's unique access affords this resplendent publication of Tuscany's great treasures, including the architecture, art, and artistry of its frescoes, churches, palazzi, and gardens, as well as previously unseen private residence interiors, chapels, villas, and estates. This oversize and deluxe volume features stunning gatefolds and showcases four hundred sumptuous color and large-format photographs. From Florence to its surrounding areas, such as San Gimignano, Arezzo, Pisa, Siena, Montepulciano, Chianti, Lucca, and Pistoia, this book culls from Listri's rich vault of visually stunning and historically noteworthy material to create a privileged journey through which Tuscany is at once marvelously displayed. Tuscany is a superb piece of art to be enjoyed by both Italian art and culture connoisseurs as well as those discovering the region for the first time.

Gardens of Tuscany

Gardens of Tuscany
Author:
Publisher: Polistampa
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The most beautiful Tuscan gardens seen through the work of the photographer, Massimo Listri, with descriptive and historical texts from a team of experts. Forty-two gardens are examined: eighteen of which are in Florence: Boboli, Torrigiani Garden, Villa i Tatti, Villa Gamberaia, Fonte Lucente, Villa Demidoff Park, Villa La Pietra and others. The whole history of the gardens of Tuscany is retraced by Mariella Zoppi in the introduction. Texts by: Gilberto Bedini, Chiara Bichi, Andrea Boscu Bianchi Bandinelli, Enrica Buccioni, Marco Cei, Cesare Cunaccia, Giorgio Galletti, Massimo Gregorini, Biagio Guccione, Alberto Giuntoli, Isabella Lapi Ballerini, Paola Maresca, Litta Medri, Rosetta Ragghianti, Ines Romitti, Vieri Torrigiani, Luigi Zangheri, Mariella Zoppi.

The Gardens of Florence

The Gardens of Florence
Author: Mary Jane Pool
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1992
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Offers an insider's look at the colorful and romantic gardens of Florence.