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Books : Travel : Europe : Italy : Florence
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Florence and Tuscany.
With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll discover the geographic heart of Italy. Take the Renaissance Walk and tour the Uffizi Gallery to learn how Florence taught civilized living to the rest of Europe. Wander through the medieval city of Siena and find out what Pisa has to offer beyond the Leaning Tower. Relax in sunny Tuscan hill towns where you’ll enjoy full-bodied wine, the world’s best gelato, and the company of friendly locals.
Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to get around by train, bus, or rental car and get up-to-date advice on what’s worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
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Streetwise Florence Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Florence, Italy - Folding pocket size travel map with train tracks & stationsThis map covers the following areas:
Main Florence, Italy Map 1:10,000
Florence Area Map 1:150,000
Central Florence Map 1:5,700Famous for its art, high culture, history, and sumptuous cuisine, Florence is a city that must be discovered on foot. Gradually, in dozens of churches, museums, and palaces, the extraordinary riches of the city reveal themselves. Here are the paintings, sculptures and frescoes that illuminated new ways of seeing the world revealing the power of the Renaissance.
STREETWISE® Florence Italy Map, complete with street, site and hotel index, enables you to explore each hidden corner of this city and to discover its historic importance and artistic richness on your own.
The Regional map of Florence will guide you on your discovery to the hillside towns surrounding Florence, giving you greater freedom to discover the glory of Tuscany, Italy.
Our pocket size map of Florence is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Florence map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Florence map today and you too can navigate Florence, Italy like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the search bar.
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Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.
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Home to some of the world 's most recognizable tourist icons, Tuscany has been enticing visitors with its cooking and culture ever since the Etruscans arrived over two millennia ago. Virginia Maxwell, Lonely Planet Writer
Our Promise
You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is.
Inside This Book
2 expert authors
29 driving tours and itineraries
42 Renaissance masterpieces
4000 years of art and architecture
Eat & Drink Like a Local feature
In-depth background
Pull-out city map
Feature coverage of top sights
Comprehensive planning tools
At-a-glance practical info
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2011 Edition. Here's what to see and do, and where to eat, sleep, drink, shop, and stay, from Florence, Firenze, 'City of Flowers,'' to Tuscany's rolling hills, medieval towns, and beyond! Author Vesna Neskow introduces the places and pleasures of the region, including its famous cuisine, rich in ingredients produced locally, and equally renowned wines. Ms. Neskow lived in Europe for 13 years. She speaks six languages. Her TV work has been produced by CBS and broadcast on NPR, and she has written for the New York Times Book Review.This bestselling travel guide features:
* Color-coded, numbered entries in the text keyed to full-color area maps in each chapter
* ''Top Picks'' directing you to not-to-be-missed attractions
* Full-color spot illustrations throughout to liven the text
* 8 easy-to-use maps
''Of all the popular travel destinations in Italy, none rank higher than the Renaissance cities and the rolling countryside of Florence and Tuscany. That's why The Little Black Book Of Florence & Tuscany . . . is a 'must' for any business traveler or vacationer to those two colorful and history-laden communities. Enhanced with the inclusion of 8 fold-out maps and a wealth of 'insider tips' makes this highly portable, enthusiastically recommended, 256-page compendium of practical and 'user friendly' information on where to go, what to see, things to do,
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DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.
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Designed specifically for Rick's travel audience (or users) these maps highlight choice destinations throughout Italy, from the Alpe di Suisi to Sicily, in a colorful, easy-to-use format on high-quality paper that lasts over many trips:
• Cuts the Clutter: While big cities are left for navigational purposes, this map is otherwise stripped clean and filled in only with places that matter to travelers.
• Guidebook-Friendly: At a glance, all the places you read about in Rick's Italy, Rome, Venice and Florence guidebooks pop right out in a crisp, easy-to-read format
• Rail or Road: Includes important train lines and highways (and ferry routes) for easy route-planning, no matter how you'll get around.
• The Back's Even Better: The reverse side includes detailed city-center maps of Rome, Venice and Florence, locating sights, hotels and restaurants from Rick's city guidebooks.
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Florence and Tuscany. With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll discover the geographic heart of Italy. Take the Renaissance Walk and tour the Uffizi Gallery to learn how Florence taught civilized living to the rest of Europe. Wander through the medieval city of Siena and find out what Pisa has to offer beyond the Leaning Tower. Relax in sunny Tuscan hill towns where you’ll enjoy full-bodied wine, the world’s best gelato, and the company of friendly locals. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to get around by train, bus, or rental car and get up-to-date advice on what’s worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
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Treasure Hunt Florence takes your children through the wonders of Florence, motivating them to experience the sites, people and culture. Wander through the Uffizi and Pitti Palace, stopping to scrutinize particular artistic treasures along the way. Explore Florence's streets, counting Medieval Towers, or stroll -- or run -- through the Boboli Gardens. This interactive travel book will keep your children interested and actively involved in your excursions.Why buy this book?...
- Written especially for kids
- Interactive
- Inspires curiosity...they'll want to sightsee!
- Wonderful keepsake and journal
- Compact size, fits into THEIR pocket (only 3.5" x 5")A must for children or kids traveling in Italy.
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Florence in 1 Day is more than a guide.
This is your advisor, tourist guide and all-in-one information when, where and what to do in Florence in 1 Day.
Florence in 1 Day gives the best possible route to visit Florence in as little as 6 hours. This book is loaded with tips on how to save money, where to walk, what to buy and where to take a break.
Using all possible resources with our logo “We Were There for You” this book is full of information that no other guides will give and no other buys are needed.
While other travel guides spend so many pages on basic alphabetical listings of all museums and galleries, this guide will take you to Florence from Livorno or La Spezia – if on a cruise, and from train stations or airports, and then we are going to walk together from site to site, with exact explanations on which street to take, for how long you are going to walk and what you are going to see in a meantime.
Book covers all below mention sights with exact information, maps, charts and opening times, telephone numbers, links and addresses for: The Baptistery, Il Duomo, Academy of Fine Arts, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, The Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio and The Pitti Palace.
With added link on the end of the book you can download and print your PDF brochure which will make your visit even more successful.
Our visit to Florence in 1 Day will start in front of Main Railway Station – Stazione Firenze Santa Maria Novella. This is the best point to start. Many tourists start their Florence experience exactly over here. Big parking garage is underneath the station, so if you are in Florence with car – here we go, park here and start your visit.
This guide covers the most visited sights and the most important ones. It is not possible to see all of them in one day, but here they are, choose 4 out of 8 and your visit will be very successful and knowledgeable.
1.) The Baptistery
2.) Il Duomo
3.) Academy of Fine Arts
4.) Piazza della Signoria
5.) Palazzo Vecchio
6.) The Uffizi Gallery
7.) Ponte Vecchio
8.) The Pitti Palace
Two most demanding are The Uffizi Gallery and The Pitti Palace. Have 2 spare hours for each of them. Baptistery and Duomo could be covered in 30 minutes, Academy of Fine Arts in 1 hour, Palazzo Vecchio in 45 minutes and Ponte Vecchio is just a bridge, well more than that, but still a bridge with numerous jewelry shops.
Depending on your budget, date of travel and so on, some of these sights are free of charge, and some of them have entrance fee. Their opening times and ticket prices are compared in Excel Sheet towards the end of the guide.
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28 Self-guided Tours. 34 Maps. One Great Trip.
At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything—in the smartest, most time-efficient way.
- The best of Florence & Tuscany in one, two, or three days
Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste
Walking tours of the city's best-loved neighborhoods
Hundreds of evocative color photos
Bulleted maps that show you how to get from place to place
Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets
A tear-resistant foldout map—enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs
Frommer's. The best trips start here.
Visit us online at Frommers.com
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We invite you to explore and experience the breadth and depth of Italy's wines with our Guide to Italian Wine. For curious wine drinkers, this must-have guide will be the book you return to again and again to learn about Italy's grapes, regions, appellations, and vintages.
Equally valuable as a travel guide and wine shop companion, Approach Guides gives you what you need to know to learn about Italian wine.
For each region in Italy, we lay out the indigenous red and white grape varieties, the flavor profiles each variety typically exhibits, the denominations in which these grapes reach their highest expression, and vintage ratings. Since value is a focus, we highlight the regions where you are most likely to find quality wine at good prices. Rather than seek to tell you what specific bottle of wine to order, we give guidance as to how to approach ordering the most appropriate wine for the region.
Using our Italian Wine Guide
1. Learn about and choose wine with confidence. Our Approach Guide to Italian Wine uses a bullet-point based format that enables you to quickly search and reference our guide while in a store or restaurant. We mark all recommended grapes and regions with an asterisk (*) to help you make a quick, educated choice.
2. Complete your gastronomic experience. Pair this guide with our Approach Guide to the Regional Foods
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What will your Florence Encounter Be?
Following the exciting Renaissance narrative in the canvases of the Uffizi
Purchasing hand-crafted designs from an Oltrarno artisan
Joining the beautiful people for an after-dinner constitutional in Piazza della Signoria
Regretting that Michelangelo 's "David" isn t a live and single man
Taking in Brunelleschi 's red-tile dazzler, the Duomo, from your room with a view
Finding your inner food snob as you savor a velvety Chianina bistecca
Discover Twice The City In Half The Time
Full-color pull-out map and detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigation
Our discerning author recommends the very best sights, restaurants, shops and entertainment
Unique itineraries and highlights help navigate the finer arts of food and fashion in Florence
Local artists and impresarios introduce you to the city 's la dolce vita (sweet life)
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Eight walks take shoppers to unique shops that uphold Italian standards of quality, craftsmanship, and creativity.
With this discriminating book as a guide, visitors will find a trove of eighty shops that only native Florentines know well. In its pages you’ll find exquisite handmade lingerie, jewelry inspired by Renaissance paintings, handcrafted leather boxes, beautifully tailored shirts for men and women, vintage French and Italian designer clothing, shoes, hats, gourmet items, and much, much more. The walks include forty dining recommendations from where to get a quick caffe-ciok (“the best thing to ever happen to espresso, hot chocolate, and steamed milk”) to a sumptuous Tuscan meal. The book also serves as an informative guide to often perplexing opening days and hours, the always perplexing street numbering system, and shopping etiquette.
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She may be dour and medieval from the outside, but she s also home to the greatest blaze of art the world has ever seen. Florence is so steeped in the fabulous Renaissance that it s easy to forget that she s actually also a stylish little kitten, but you really need the skinny on how to avoid the crowds and skip the blah. Step forward LUXE. Flo s right up there with the finest Tuscan cooking, from mom n pop trats to Michelin-starred salons. Want to lose the hoi polloi to discover backstreets and hideaway Renaissance marvels? How about private wine cellar tastings, or your own shopping guru or personal art expert for private palazzo visits and gallery viewings? And don t forget retail. Let LUXE lead you to the city s best mosaic artists, gilders, furniture and antique dealers, plus amazing hidden artisans, who ll craft bespoke fabrics, paper, jewels, leather & shoes to order, just for you. Baby, you got it. You got it all. LUXE Florence. Get art and about.
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Frommer's Complete Guides - IN FULL COLOR- America's #1 bestselling travel series
- More full-color guides than ever before
- Foldout maps in annual guides
- Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and insider tips
- International edition ISBN: 978-1-118-07681-1
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Sandra Gustafson's beloved travel guides (more than 350,000 copies sold in the series) are poised to find their widest popular audience with the exciting re-launch of these best-selling series titles. Joining Great Eats and Great Sleeps Paris, Sandra's guides to London and Italy have been completely revised and updated, retooled and retitled, with new maps, streamlined layout, expanded listings, and more detailed neighborhood coverage. While Sandra's eagle eye for finding the best value for the money remains the series hallmark, its renewed emphasis on the full range of travel pleasures--from the inexpensive romantic hideaway to the splurge dinner worth every penny--is sure to please longtime fans and attract a legion more. Packed with personal recommendations, each revisited or newly discovered by Sandra, the Great Eats/Sleeps series is the perfect companion for anyone in search of the out-of-the-way, unusual, fun, and true flavor of Europe.