Escape to Tuscany, 1st Edition: A Definitive Collection of One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences - Hardcover

Candice Gianetti; Antonio Sferlazzo

9780679002963: Escape to Tuscany, 1st Edition: A Definitive Collection of One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679002960 ISBN 13: 9780679002963

Publisher: Fodor's, 1999

A vacation you will never forget

A spectacular new color guide that highlights the exceptional experiences of one of Italy's most evocative regions.
Stay at the monastery seen in The English Patient

Let this book inspire and guide you as you plan your Tuscan getaway.  Each of the two dozen sites and experiences it highlights is a perfect gem -- as you'll see for yourself in more than 150 luscious photographs.
Harvest grapes for wine and press your own olive oil

Mix and match featured travel ideas like these to create a one-of-a-kind itinerary that showcases all the many facets of this storied corner of Italy.
Hike in the marble mountains that inspired Michelangelo

Or study cooking with Lorenza de' Medici, get the best possible view of Siena's legendary Palio, cheer the drivers in a spectacular classic-car race.  From celebrated San Gimignano to Tuscany's unsung cowboy country, the essence of Tuscany flourishes inside this book.
Plan your escape today

Use the planning section at the end of the book to find out about costs, lodging options, and more; detailed maps show you what's where.  Keep this book by your bedside to sweeten your dreams, or pop it into your tote bag when you hit the road.  And get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

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Review:

Open Escape to Tuscany and you are there, heart and soul, abducted by a photo of the Castello Ripa D'�rcia. The 15th-century crenellated castle sits high above a valley of olive groves, wheat fields, and vineyards. Skim some more and you're exploring the rocky isle of Giglio among the mint, myrtle, and lavender. Or you land in Torre le Cannelle, an isolated stone tower by the sea from which lookouts used to scan the waters for Barbary pirates. Covering everything from olive and grape harvests to Carrara marble, the Apuan Alps, monasteries, sulfurous spas, medieval cities, the cowboys of Maremma, and the artistic glories of Florence, the tiny dream book also has a chapter of practicalities (with maps, directions to these lovely places, and lodging options that range from villas and castles to hermitages), providing the necessary details to allow your body to catch up to your soaring Tuscan fantasies. --Stephanie Gold

About the Author:

Photographer Antonio Sferlazzo, a native and spiritual son of the Maremma, who is largely responsible for the choice of locations in this book, lives in the countryside outside Florence, tending his garden. Innovative and painterly in its portrayals of landscapes, his work has appeared both in Italy and the United States in exhibitions and in major magazines, including l'Espresso, Gourmet, European Travel and Life, and GQ. In 1993 Aperture included his images in its prestigious monograph on Italian photographers, which accompanied a traveling show that debuted at the Guggenheim Foundation in Venice and was exhibited in New York at the Murray and Isabella Rayburn Foundation.
Author Candice Gianetti, a longtime freelance writer and editor, fell in love with Italy unexpectedly during a brief visit cobbled onto the end of a long Greek idyll. Back then, when she hit Florence, she was immediately afflicted by a malady of romantic 19th century travelers known as Stendhal Syndrome, after the French novelist who was so affected by the glories of the city that he walked "in constant fear of falling to the ground." Even after months of work on this book, she still feels the same way.

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