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Rother Walking Guide Tuscany (North)
Ref: ROT027
Non solo vino! Italy's countryside of classic art and culture offers many highlights for the hiker and mountaineer. The country's "greenest" region is marked not just high and low mountains, but also by countless nature reserves.
Marvellous garden scenery around Florence and hills covered in cypresses can be explored on foot - from the Giardino di Boboli in the south of the Medici metropolis, to the Roman ruins in the high Fiesole, from the birthplace of the ingenious Leonardo to the floral paradise of the Monti della Calvana. Large forests and hidden valleys lure hikers to the Casentino and Mugello. Between the La Verna monastery and the nature reserve by the source of the river Arno you can trace the footsteps of Dante and Saint Frances. Versilia is one of the most spectacular landscapes Italy has to offer with an altitude difference of nearly 2000 metres between the wide sandy beaches surrounding Viareggio, the world-famous marble quarries around Carrara and the summit of the Apuanian Alps. This new hiking guide will unveil spectacular but quiet walking destinations. The Garfagnana and the Lunigiana seem almost like the Alps: the rough lime terraces of the Apuanians are in great contrast with the long-drawn, forest-green and flower-covered sandstone crests of the Apennines. Ancient villages, caves and hundreds of lakes render the Lucca and La Spézia hinterland a paradise for a special kind of walking.
Approx. 144 pages, 60 photos, 50 maps in 1:50.000
Format 11.5 x 16.5 cm, bound in paper boards with a polytex laminate
Rother Walking Guides are convenient, pocket sized guides printed throughout in full colour and presenting a wide variety of walks from easy to the more demanding .
Family-friendly routes are included as are mountain ascents, challenging day-long hikes, and tours covering several days from hut to hut.
Concise and informative descriptions, together with topographical route maps and lots of inspirational colour photographs make it a pleasure to plan and complete each of the chosen walks.
The selected walks (approximately 50 in each guide) give a full flavour of the area, well graded so that you know what terrain you are likely to encounter, and estimated walking times.
Thoroughly researched and up-to-date introductory chapters with lots of advice and informed knowledge from experienced compilers.
Invaluable tips on accommodation, interesting sights, countryside matters, transport, town walking tours etc are all included.
£8.99
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