[.ca] Walking in Tuscany (ISBN 1852844892)

junk:
A group of us (seasoned travelers) used this book as a guide. We only used it for a short time as it had very poor directions and wasted a lot of our time. I would recommend avoiding this product. It made for a frustrating time, albeit in a beautiful place.

junk:
A group of us (seasoned travelers) used this book as a guide. We only used it for a short time as it had very poor directions and wasted a lot of our time. I would recommend avoiding this product. It made for a frustrating time, albeit in a beautiful place.

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.

Lost in Tuscany:
Don't hesitate to spend some time walking in Tuscany. However, I'd advise anyone to stay far away from this book when doing so. A group of 5 of us used this book on a walk from Florence to Siena. We were completely lost within hours of setting out. The directions were ambiguous at best. It's as though the book was written by someone who didn't even do the trekking themselves. It wasted a great amount of our time (and when on a European vacation a great deal of money). Descriptions of the beautiful countryside were abundant while the specifics on little things like which way to turn were absent. In short, don't buy or use 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