How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Berlitz Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Tuscany & Umbria, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Tuscany & Umbria, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Tuscany & Umbria are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Tuscany & Umbria. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Berlitz Pocket Guides

The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

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Table of Contents

How To Use This E-Book

Tuscany & Umbria’s Top 10 Attractions

A Perfect Tour of Northern Tuscany

Introduction

A Brief History

Where To Go

Florence

Piazza del Duomo

Piazza della Signoria

Galleria degli Uffizi

Around Piazza della Repubblica

The Bargello and Santa Croce

Santa Maria Novella to the Accademia

Across the Ponte Vecchio to the Oltrarno

Around Florence

Fiesole

The Mugello

Chianti

The Road to Lucca

Prato

Pistoia

Montecatini Terme

Lucca

The Garfagnana

Pisa and the Coast

Pisa

The Versilia

Livorno

Elba

The Maremma

Siena and Around

Siena

Val d’Elsa

San Gimignano

Volterra

Southern Tuscany

Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Montalcino

Pienza

Montepulciano

Tufa Towns

Arezzo and Eastern Tuscany

Arezzo

Monterchi and Sansepolcro

Cortona and Lago di Trasimeno

Into Umbria

Perugia

Gubbio

Assisi

Todi and Spoleto

Orvieto

What To Do

Shopping

Sports and Outdoor Activities

Entertainment

Children’s Tuscany and Umbria

Eating Out

Reading the Menu

Restaurants

A–Z Travel Tips

Recommended Hotels

Map