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Cadagon Guide to Tuscany & Umbria

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction The Best of Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches Guide to the Guide Travel Getting There from the UK and Ireland Getting There from the USA and Canada Getting There from Australia and New Zealand Passports & Custom Formalities Getting Around By Train By Coach and Bus By Taxi By Car By Motorbike or Bicycle Disabled Travellers Courses for Foreigners and Specialist Holidays Itineraries

Practical A-Z Children Climate and When to Go Food and Drink Embassies and Consulates Festivals Insurance and Health Lavatories Maps Money and Banks Official Holidays Opening Hours and Museums Packing Photography Police Business Post Offices Purchasing a House Telephones Shopping Sports and Activities Tourist Offices Where to Stay

History and Art Historical Outline The Etruscans Romans The Dark Ages Medieval Tuscany Background of the Renaissance The Modern Era Art and Architecture Etruscans Romans and Dark Ages Middle Ages The Renaissance Mannerism The Rest Compressed Artists' Directory

Topics Cittadini A Country Calendar The First Professional Philistine Flora and Fauna A Florentine Puzzle Guelphs and Ghibellines Hermes Trismegistus Landscapes Trends in Taste Tuscany on Wheels Umbria's Totem Tubers

Florence History Piazza del Duomo Via de' Calzaiuoli and Piazza della Repubblica Piazza della Signoria The Uffizi The Ponte Vecchio and Ponte Santa Trinita Dante's Florence Florence As It Was West of Piazza della Repubblica Santa Maria Novella San Lorenzo and the Medici Chapels San Marco The Galleria dell'Accademia Piazza Santissima Annunziata Santa Croce North Bank Peripheral Attractions The Oltrarno and the Pitti Palace Fiesole Settignano Medici Villas

Chianti and the Mugello Chianti Western Chianti: Florence to Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Central Chianti: Along the Chiantigiana The Mugello The Valdarno, Prato and Pistoia Down the Arno to Pisa San Miniato Certalkdo Prato Pistoia The Mountains of Pistoia Montecatini Terme Parco delle Terme Lucca, the Garfagna and Lunigiana Lucca The Garfagnana and Lunigiana The Garfagnana The Lunigiana

The Tuscan Coast The Riviera della Versilia: Carrara to Viareggio Pisa Around Pisa Livorno Tuscan Islands Livorno's Coast Elba The Maremma Grosseto Monte Argentario Giglio and Giannutri Capalbio and the Giardino dei Tarocchi Over the Border Siena The Campo Terzo di Citta and the Cathedral The Pinacoteca Terzo di San Martino Terzo di Camollia St Catherine, St Dominic and the Goose Peripheral Attractions Where to Stay, Eating Out

Hill Towns West of Siena Monteriggioni, Colle di Val d'Elsa and Poggibonsi San Gimignano Volterra Massa Marittima San Galgano and the Sword in the Stone Southern Tuscany Asciano and the Crete Monte Oliveto Maggiore and Around Montalcino The Val d'Orcia Pienza Montepulciano Chianciano Terme Chiusi Monte Amiata The Lost Corner of Tuscany Arezzo and its Province The Valdarno: Florence to Arezzo Pratomagno and Vallombrosa The Casentino: North to South Arezzo The Valtiberina South of Arezzo: The Valdichiana Cortona

Perugia and Northern Umbria Northern Umbria Lake Trasimeno Perugia Around Perugia North of Perugia Gubbio Assisi Spello Southern Umbria Foligno The Valle Umbra Brevagna and Montefalco Trevi and the Tempietto del Clitunno Spoleto South of Perugia: the Tiber Valley Todi Orvieto Amelia, and a Dip into Lazio The Valnerina Narni Terni Up the Valnerina Norcia, the Piano Grande and Viso

The Marches Rimini and the Malatesta Temple Pesaro and Urbino Northwest of Urbino: the Montefeltro The Lilliputian Republic of San marino South of Ubino Back on the Coast: South from Pesaro Valle dell'Esino Fabriano Ancoa The Conera Riviera 'Infinite Places': Loreto, Recanati, and Around The Pocket Province of Macerata The Chienti Valley Ferno and Around The Riviera delle Palme Ascoli Piceno Architectural, Artistic and Historical Terms Language Further Reading Index