Walking in Tuscany
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-361-8 (ISBN)
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This full colour guide is a new edition, and offers suggestions for exploratory walks through the picture postcard landscapes of Tuscany, Umbria and Latium. Once known as Etruria, it was home to the ancient and enigmatic Etruscan people who preceded the Romans. The book has fifty itineraries ranging from brief strolls to the Chianti Trail, a five-day trek, taking in little-known Etruscan marvels such as ancient sunken roads and monumental tombs. Walkers are guided through medieval hamlets, exquisite Romanesque churches, unspoilt coast and countryside alive with wild life and carpeted with wild flowers and aromatic herbs. There's the wild Chianti ridge, city walks through Perugia, Orvieto and Voltera, day walks on the divine island of Elba and along the unspoilt coast around Orbetell. A mass of practical details cover accommodation in farms, country hotels, convents and hostels, with notes on local specialities in the food and drink field. Visitors are encouraged to use the public transport system so as to minimise impact. The aim of this walking guide is to encourage people to get out of their car and explore the area on foot.
A series of walks is presented to take visitors through the maze of age- old tracks and discover the delights of the Tuscan and surrounding countryside, often meaning fascinating little known Etruscan sites. There are mysterious tombs excavated out of volcanic tufa cliff sides, original sunken roadways, dominating acropolis sites and impressive sanctuaries, all set in inimitable picture postcard countryside.
Gillian Price was born in England and moved to Australia when young. She took a degree in anthropology and then worked in adult education before moving to Venice, which she had visited as a student and to which she had vowed to return permanently. Gillian now lives there with her husband, Nicola, a native Venetian, and works as a writer and translator, including stints for the Venice Film Festival. Venice is only two hours from the Dolomites. Starting there, Gillian has steadily explored the mountain ranges of Italy and brought them to life for visitors in a series of outstanding guides for Cicerone.
Contents Map: Walk Locations Map: Walk Locations Introduction Etruscan Italy Further Reading When to Go Getting There & Around Walking Maps Accommodation Food and Wine What to Take Wildlife Vegetation and Flora Walks 1:A Stroll in the Hills Around Fiesole 2:Il Sentiero del Chianti: the Florence-Siena Long-Distance Path 3:Castellina to Radda in Chianti 4:Volpaia 5:Environs of San Gimignano 6:Volterra City Route 7:Saline di Volterra, an Alternative Approach to the City 8:The Murlo Circuit 9:Through the Sienese 'Crete' via Monte Oliveto Maggiore 10:Montalcino to Sant'Antimo 11:Bagno Vignoni and a Scenic Loop 12:Fortresses in the Val d'Orcia 1 13:Monte Cetona 14:Chiusi and Poggio Gaiella, the Legendary Mausoleum of Lars Porsenna? 15:The Heights of Cortona and a Franciscan Retreat 16:In Hannibal's Footsteps Above Lago Trasimeno 17:Isola Maggiore 18:Perugia City Walk 19:Baratti and the Populonia Promontory Isola d'Elba 20:Isola d'Elba: Oratorio di San Cerbone 21:Isola d'Elba: Monte Capanne Circuit 22:Isola d'Elba: Chiessi-Marciana Traverse 23:Parco della Maremma: San Rabano Loop 24:Parco della Maremma: Punta del Corvo-Talamone 25:WWF Oasi Laguna di Orbetello 26:The Argentario Promontory 27:Ancient Cosa and the Tombolo di Feniglia 28:WWF Oasi Lago di Burano 29:Sovana's Sunken Roadways and Necropolises 30:Sovana to Pitigliano the Old Way 31:Poggio Buco 32:Sorano to Vitozza via the River Lente 33:A Stroll around Velzna, Etruscan Orvieto 34:Orvieto to Bolsena as per the Corpus Domini Procession 35:Civita di Bagnoregio and the 'Calanchi' 36:WWF Oasi di Alviano 37:Vulci and the River Fiora 38:Tuscania: Romanesque Churches and Etruscan Tombs 39:The Castel d'Asso Necropolis 40:The 'Island' of Norchia and its Multi-Storeyed Tombs 41:Lago di Vico 42:Blera: Ancient Roadways and Bridges 43:Blera: More Necropolises 44:Barbarano Romano: San Giuliano and the Marturanum Park 45:Barbarano Romano: the Via Clodia 46:San Giovenale and Civitella Cesi 47:Sutri's Sunken Amphitheatre and Mithraism 48:Falerii Novi and the Via Amerina 49:Tarquinia's Painted Tombs and Old City 50:Cerveteri alias Etruscan Caere 51:Ancient Veio and the Ponte Sodo Appendix Glossary
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2002 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cicerone International Walking S. |
| Zusatzinfo | laminated Cover |
| Verlagsort | Kendal |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 116 x 172 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85284-361-6 / 1852843616 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85284-361-8 / 9781852843618 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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