Frommer's Italy's Best-Loved Driving Tours [Paperback]

Paul Duncan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 1999 | Series: Best Loved Driving Tours

Everything You Need to See the Best of Italy by Car! Let Frommer's Take You To:

• The leaning tower of Pisa and the ruins of Pompeii
• Olive groves, ancient hill towns, and Roman country retreats
• The legendary beauty of pastoral Tuscany and the vineyards of the gentle Veneto
• Florence, cradle of the Renaissance
• The hidden charms of Ancona and the Marches region
• The heel of the boot: Grecian ruins, Byzantine cathedrals, and port towns
• And much, much more!

Inside You'll Find:

• 25 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
• Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
• All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
• Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
• Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

You are tootling along Italy's bucolic SS502, olive groves to the left of you, vineyards to the right of you, the rosemary-scented breeze in your hair, a picnic basket of focaccia, provolone, prosciutto, and a bottle of sangiovese in the back seat. All you need is a spare week, a charming companion, a rental car, and Frommer's guide to the pleasures of touring Italy by car. Italy's Best-Loved Driving Tours provides 25 motoring itineraries--all with easy-to-follow directions; quick approximations of how many days and miles/kilometers from start to finish; plus maps, photos, and descriptions of the highlights along the way, including coastal fishing villages, medieval towns, fortified hamlets, grand cathedrals, recommended walks, scenic passes, local shops, formal gardens, festivals, and historic sites. Some books serve as an inspiration and others as practical guides; this one does both. --Stephanie Gold

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 4 edition (February 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028629361
• ISBN-13: 978-0028629360
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,341,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one guide book for Italy, buy this one., November 7, 1999

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Betsy Nicoletti - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Italy's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

This was the most helpful guide book I used on what to do and see in Italy. The pictures were helpful, and the routes they suggested included wonderful places that I would have overlooked. It doesn't include where to eat/stay, but it's terrific on what to see while you're there.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT! for a driving holiday "off the beaten track", September 15, 2000

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sucheng (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Italy's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

This book is perfect if you are planning a driving vacation around Italy (or parts of it) and would like to get away from the touristy centers like Venice, Rome, Florence, etc. It doesn't even cover those major cities, but does provide a wealth of other suggested places to visit, which were relatively quiet and tourist-free, even at the end of August. We just returned from a 6-day visit, and rather than complete any single tour from the book (they're typically 3-4 days each), simply selected sections of the itineraries that fit into our timeframe and location.

2 things to note: this book does NOT provide any listings for places to stay, so you will need another resource (I found several excellent country inns on the Web.) Also, while detailed maps of each tour are included, you will also need a good roadmap or atlas of Italy, esp. if you will be visiting more than one part of the country.