Travel to Italy

Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Best Loved Driving Tours)

Format: Paperback
Author: British Auto Association
ReleaseDate: 23 April, 2004
Publisher: Frommers
Rating:

Great little guide
I was more into the "deep" guidebooks I'd ordered, with depth of history and cultural context, food recommendations, architecture tips, etc. I didn't give this book enough respect when I first got it.

But when I got to Italy for a week-long stay in Tuscany with a rental car, this slim volume of car tours took pride of place by my bedside at night and on my dashboard by day. When I was on the ground on vacation, and plans changed day by day, it was great to have a simple reference that just showed where to go.

The itineraries are clear, well-illustrated, and with good capsule descriptions both of road directions and of the way points along the route. I didn't complete any of the "tours" shown in the book, but used portions of the tours in each area of Tuscany that we went to (from Sienna to hill towns to Pisa/Lucca) to guide us to points of interest near every major destination that we aimed for. That's the point of renting a car, isn't it? This book gave us -- simply and clearly -- the valuable ability to wander into wonderful smaller sights every day.

Highly recommended.
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