The Rough Guide to Tuscany & Umbria (Rough Guides) - Softcover

Buckley, Jonathan; Jepson, Tim; Ellingham, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405389702 ISBN 13: 9781405389709

Publisher: Rough Guides, 2012

Synopsis

The new, full-colour "Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria" is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural villages, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use colour maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time, with "The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria".

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Buckley was editorial director at Rough Guides, where he wrote several guidebooks, including for Tuscany and Umbria, Florence, and Venice. He has also contributed to The Rough Guide to Classical Music and The Rough Guide to Opera. Buckley published his first novel, The Biography of Thomas Lang, in 1997, and has written several more, including the critically acclaimed Xerxes and The River Is the River. 

Tim Jepson is a travel writer for The Telegraph and is the coauthor of Rough Guides to Canada, the Pacific Northwest, and Tuscany and Umbria. A graduate of Oxford University, he frequently travels around the world.

Mark Ellingham founded Rough Guides in 1982 and has created many of the series new ventures over the years, including The Rough Guide to the Internet, The Rough Guide to World Music, and, only a little ashamedly, The Rough Guide to the Da Vinci Code.

Review:

Reliable, readable Rough Guides Conde Nast Traveller

About this edition

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1405389702
• ISBN 13: 9781405389709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 584