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Michelin Green Guide Tuscany
Ref: MCH1597
This is an example of the format of the Michelin Green Guides.
Well established authoritative tourist guides these include practical information, detailed mapping combined with colour photographs and illustrations.
Below is the introduction to the guide from the publisher.
If, like British author EM Forster, you are looking for "a room with a view", you are sure to find one in Tuscany.
In Florence, leaning out a window of the Palazzo Vecchio, or from high atop Brunelleschi’s dome, feast your eyes on the unparalleled harmony of Florentine architecture.
In Pienza, the look of love is in the eyes of those who stroll along streets named "dell’Amore" or "del Bacio" (Street of The Kiss).
In Siena, during the "Palio delle Contrade" festivities, everywhere bright banners burst into sight, draping the streets or held aloft in colourful traditional processions.
Or perhaps you will stand in a room which is now a ruin, and through the window opening of the still-majestic San Galgano Abbey, spy the unique and mystical hermitage which was a saint’s retreat.
San Gimignano is a startling vision of tall towers, their height a symbol of the power of the noble families who lived in them, at the time when Guelfs and Ghibellines struggled for supremacy.
And if you are very lucky, perhaps you will see a small boy with a very long nose running lickety-split down the street, laughing, a cherry-nosed carpenter running after him. Pinocchio, a character created in 1880, is another of Tuscany’s timeless enchantments. In this extraordinary corner of the world, dreams may come true, and seeing is believing!
£14.99
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