Italy revealed
By: Charles FitzRoy ; with photography by Joe Cornish.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Architecture -- Italy -- Guidebooks; Art -- Italy -- Guidebooks; Italy -- Guidebooks
Description: Ignoring the main cities of Florence, Venice, Rome, and Naples - all of them inundated with hordes of tourists - travel consultant Charles FitzRoy leads the reader on a breathtaking journey across rural Italy, through its remote villages and towns, to the heart of its cultural history: the inimitable grandeur of its art, seen here in the setting in which it was originally created.

Divided geographically into four areas of outstanding interest - Tuscany and northern Lazio, the Veneto and Friuli, Umbria and the Marche, Sicily - Italy Revealed provides twenty-one remarkable itineraries, each designed to take no more than a day or two. From the Palladian villas of the north to the Norman churches of the south, through low-lying plains, rolling hills, and the jagged volcanic mountains of Sicily, each tour leads the traveller out into the exquisite reaches of the Italian countryside.

And FitzRoy offers a host of invaluable tips on how to get around and where to sample the best local fare, as well as a treasure trove of historical facts about the artists, their patrons, and the villages that have been transformed by their genius.
Notes: Includes index.