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

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 4, 2005 | Series: Best Loved Driving Tours (Book 2)

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
• Tips on the best hotels and restaurants along each route
• 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

Frommer’s. The best trips start here.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

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
• Tips on the best hotels and restaurants along each route
• 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

Frommer’s. The best trips start here.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Frommer's; 7th edition (March 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764577972
• ISBN-13: 978-0764577970
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,216,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bella Italia from behind the wheel or by zooming with a Vespa, February 3, 2006

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Gabriel E. Borlean (Odense, Denmark - birthtown of fairytale-writer H.C. Andersen) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Italy's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

Excellent guide to seeing Italy with a car or a Vespa moped. You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through Italia.

Frommers has recently come out with a "Best-Loved Driving Tours" series ... guides that are not very inexpensive, but are very well researched and quite comprehensive. One will have plenty of driving tours and routes to chose from, whether you like arts and museums, scenic roads and breathtaking views, urban towns and shopping, or just want to experience a regione's culture and life.

Unlike the other Frommer guides that are fatter and heavier, this little book gives you not too many specifics on lodging or eating. It is geared strictly for the person behind the wheel and her or his passengers.

I have had a great experience using this guide and will recommend it to anyone who can afford it. Also, you might want to check to see if your library carries it and check it out for the duration of your visit abroad.

When I backpacked 4 months through Europe I had a copy of the Lonely Planet for Europe (a thick and heavy book) because it covered more cities and esoteric towns, a ripped chapters of all the international youth hostals Europe of the countries I visited, and as primary guide for nominal cities and capitals I used Frommers (ripped the book and kept only chapters of countries planning to visit - so I can keep the weight down).