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Overview
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 wildlife 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 guide is to encourage people to get out of their car and walk.
Synopsis
This guide offers suggestions for exploratory walks through the picture postcard landscapes of Tuscany, Umbria and Latium. Over 50 itineraries ranging from brief strolls to a five-day trek take in little-known Etruscan marvels such as ancient sunken roads and monumental rock tombs.
Walkers are guided through medieval hamlets, Romanesque churches, unspoilt coast and countryside alive with wildlife and carpeted with expanses of wild flowers and aromatic herbs. There's the Chianti ridge, city walks through Perugia, Orvieto and Volterra, day walks on the island of Elba and along the coast around Orbetell.
Practical details cover accommodation in farms, country hotels, convents and hostels, with notes on local specialities in food and drink.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2010
Publisher
Cicerone Press
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781852844899