Tuscany and Umbria

Includes in-depth coverage of Florence, Siena and the other major centres, as well as the most secluded hilltowns and tiniest rural villages. The book includes background to all the cultural attractions, as well as evocative accounts of every corner of the countryside.

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This comprehensive book includes in-depth coverage of Florence, Siena and the other major centres as well as the most secluded hilltowns and tiniest rural villages. Detailed background to all the cultural attractions - the city museums, the churches and their fresco cycles, the monasteries and ruined abbeys - is included, as well as evocative accounts of every corner of the countryside, from the wolf-inhabited heights of the Valnerina to the volcanic island of Capraia.