Walking in Tuscany: Etruscan Trails in Old Etruria

by Gillian Price

Book Overview

A guidebook to walks in the Italian region of Tuscany. 43 graded routes range from 2.5 to 18km, and take in the Renaissance splendour of Florence and Siena, the World Heritage scenery of Val d'Orcia... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566563445
• ISBN13: 9781566563444
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Truly Excellent ...

I appreciated the depth and detail of this book...but then I do admire the Etruscan civilisation...unlike TW of Hobart who obviously has a limited horizon,does not read anything but a title before buying and whose opinion is frankly dull. I am Australian, live in Italy 4 months of the year in the La Tuscia region north of Rome and this is one of the few books that covers this region ..the core of Etruria. A delightful area of lakes, sea and wonderful towns all off the bog standard tourist trail taken by the ilk of TW...and I hope it stays that way.

Walk through history with the Etruscans

I did both the no.29 "Sovana's Sunken Roadways and Necropolises" and no.30 "Sovana to Pitigliano the Old Way" walks and loved every minute of them. Italy is full of museums and archeological sites but this is ancient history out in the countryside! The sunken roads are fascinating gorges formed by the wheels of horse-driven vehicles that have worn ruts over the centuries in the soft rock called tufo. Sometimes these are up to 20 metres deep. We would never have discovered places so interesting and 'off the beaten track' without this book.

A different look at Tuscany

this is a traval book with a difference! It takes you for short walks through Tuscany or you can take on the challenge of walking from Florence to Siena. Its well researched and most of the walks can be done using public transport