Tuscany Road Trips 1 - Contents - Lonely Planet

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TUSCANY

ROAD TRIPS

This edition written and researched by

Duncan Garwood, Paula Hardy, Robert Landon and Nicola Williams

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Reviews

In the Destinations section: All reviews are ordered in our authors' preference, starting with their most preferred option. Additionally:

Sights are arranged in the geographic order that we suggest you visit them and, within this order, by author preference.

Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price range (budget, midrange, top end) and, within these ranges, by author preference.

Symbols In This Book

KTop Tips

Link Your Trips

Tips from Locals

Trip Detour

History & Culture

Family

Food & Drink

Outdoors

Essential Photo

Walking Tour

5 Eating 4 Sleeping

Map Legend

Routes Trip Route Trip Detour Linked Trip Walk Route Tollway Freeway Primary Secondary Tertiary Lane Unsealed Road Plaza/Mall Steps Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass Walk Track/Path

Boundaries International State/Province Cliff

Hydrography River/Creek Intermittent River Swamp/Mangrove Canal Water Dry/Salt/ Intermittent Lake Glacier

Highway Markers Autostrada State Highway Regional Highway Provincial Highway Other Road

Trips Trip Numbers

Trip Stop

Walking tour

Trip Detour

Population Capital (National) Capital (State/Province) City/Large Town Town/Village

Areas Beach Cemetery (Christian) Cemetery (Other) Park Forest Reservation Urban Area Sportsground

Transport Airport Cable Car/ Funicular Metro station Parking Train/Railway Tram

Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on

the maps in this book

1 Sights r Beaches 2 Activities C Courses T Tours

z Festivals

& Events

4 Sleeping 5 Eating 6 Drinking 3 Entertainment 7 Shopping

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Information & Transport

These symbols and abbreviations give vital information for each listing:

% Telephone number

h Opening hours p Parking n Nonsmoking a Air-conditioning i Internet access W Wi-fi access s Swimming pool v Vegetarian selec-

tion E English-language

menu c Family-friendly

# Pet-friendly g Bus f Ferry j Tram d Train apt apartments

d double rooms dm dorm beds

q quad rooms r rooms s single rooms ste suites tr triple rooms tw twin rooms

CONTENTS

PLAN YOUR TRIP

Welcome to Tuscany......................... 5 Tuscany Map....................................... 6 Tuscany Highlights............................ 8 Florence City Guide ........................ 10 Rome City Guide.............................. 12 Need to Know .................................. 14

ROAD TRIPS

1 World Heritage Wonders 14 Days 19

2 Tuscan Landscapes 3?4 Days 29

3 Etruscan Tuscany

& Lazio

3?4 Days 37

4 Tuscan Wine Tour 4 Days

45

Siena & Southern Tuscany ............. 74 Siena................................................... 74 Chianti................................................ 79 Greve in Chianti .............................. 79 San Gimignano ................................ 81 Montalcino & Around ..................... 83 Pienza ................................................84 Monticchiello ................................... 85 Montepulciano ................................ 85 Sovana .............................................. 87 Pitigliano ........................................... 87 Pisa & Northern Tuscany ................88 Pisa ..................................................... 88 Lucca .................................................. 94 Pietrasanta ........................................ 96 Rome & Lazio....................................98 Rome .................................................98 Lazio .................................................109 Cerveteri.......................................... 110 Tarquinia.......................................... 111 Viterbo............................................. 112

DESTINATIONS

Florence & Eastern Tuscany........... 56 Florence............................................. 56 Arezzo................................................ 70 Cortona.............................................. 72

ROAD TRIP ESSENTIALS

Italy Driving Guide ........................ 115 Italy Travel Guide........................... 121 Language ........................................129

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Road Trips

1 World Heritage Wonders, 14 days The Colosseum, the Leaning Tower, the Galleria degli Uffizi ? this trip takes in all of Italy's greatest hits. (p19)

2 Tuscan Landscapes, 3?4 days Cruise through green-gold hills dotted with cypress trees and lovely Renaissance towns. (p29)

3 Etruscan Tuscany & Lazio, 3?4 days The ruins of a great civilisaton set in a dramatic natural landscape. (p37)

4 Tuscan Wine Tour, 4 days Slow down to a provincial pace and enjoy stunning vineyard scenery and rustic cuisine, accompanied by a fine drop or two. (p45)

Farmhouse in the Val d'Orcia (p31)

DOUGLAS PEARSON/GETTY ?

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