rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (01/15/85)
What are the best in English? The best for pratical info, for art & history, for specific regions & cities?
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (01/17/85)
Like Ron Rizzo, I'm planning a trip to Italy this year - a week in and around Florence (I'll be spending 2 other weeks elsewhere...). I've just started reading about the area and can already recommend "FlorenceWalks" (Holt, Rinehart & Winston - one of a series of "...Walks" books including London, Jerusalem, Rome & Paris). It has a concise review of the city's history, architecture, surrounding countryside, accommodations, food, wine, places to visit, art, transportation... and then suggests 4 walks through different parts of the city, going into much greater detail about the streets, buildings as you pass them. It's very easy to read - the writer obviously knows the city inside out and keeps dropping little asides about friendly waiters, great gelato hangouts, where to haggle (and where NOT to haggle :-)). I can recommend the LondonWalks book from personal experience, and the Florence one seems to be up to the same standard. Ciao, -- rod williams ------------------------------------------- [decvax!decwrl!amdcad!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw]