Walk With Me : A Self Guided Audio Walking Tour of Pisa and Lucca, Italy [Audio Cassette]

The Cicerone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2001

Two walking tours are included on this audio-cassette tape of Pisa and Lucca. Each tour contains a 45 minute narration that can be a full day's tour or several shorter walks. The Pisa tour covers the heart of the city from the Arno River to the Field of Miracles where the Leaning Tower is found. The Lucca tour carries the traveler from the ancient Roman beginnings of this beautifully preserved Medieval town to the site of Napolean's rule. Both tours give insight into the ancient beginnings and information about the history and art that make these two cities so interesting.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

The Cicerone, Shelton Bellew, is a gifted teacher and world traveler. The Cicerone is a part mythical, part real figure who has information from many sources. The Cicerone is a guide who explains the antiquities. Shelton lives in Italy and speakes many languages. He has drawn from his knowledge of history and has incorporated information from old Tuscan families, a variety of experts, and researchers both in Italy and the USA. The Cicerone is an international assembly of people who have combined their knowledge to design this tour.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Bellew's Tours, Inc. (February 5, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0970069111
• ISBN-13: 978-0970069115
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,180,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Books on Cassette > Travel

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Travelers Need, July 3, 2001

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Nancy Blackmon (Littleton, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk With Me : A Self Guided Audio Walking Tour of Pisa and Lucca, Italy (Audio Cassette)

These tapes are wonderful because the information is based on the antiquities, and the tour taken is much more meaningful. The traveler can go at his or her own pace. Reading a travel guide and then applying that knowledge later looses something, these tapes are as the title states "Walk with Me". The traveler feels just like he or she is walking with the author, a very knowledgable, real person who knows what travelers need!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walk with me in Pisa/Lucca, April 13, 2001

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Francesco Bertini (Florence Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk With Me : A Self Guided Audio Walking Tour of Pisa and Lucca, Italy (Audio Cassette)

I would like to buy this guide cassette in Italian language, but I can see that you do not sell it. I like Cicerone man because his ENglish is very clear, and the map is good. But, please produce this cassette in Italian for other cities like Rome and Venice, Naples and Palermo.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good guide, October 19, 2002

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George Tidwell (Durhan, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk With Me : A Self Guided Audio Walking Tour of Pisa and Lucca, Italy (Audio Cassette)

My wife and I recently went on our first trip to Italy. We stayed in Florence about 10 days and planned to take some day trips out of Florence. I bought the walking tape on Florence a couple of weeks before leaving home and was so impressed with the clarity of English and the historical content that I ordered the Siena and Pisa tapes too. They were all more than I expected. Although I listened to most of the tours on the flight over, I was very satisfied with using them on the actual tours and so was June. We took along a tour-guide book as well and found that the two really complimened each other. It was a great way to sightsee the streets of those beautiful cities. They were obviously well researched and written so that European history was linked here and there with U.S. history as well as the root of a lot of our English language. I recommend these tours to anyone traveling to Italy.