With 10 itineraries highlighting largely undiscovered regions of Tuscany, restaurants, trattorie, shops, wineries, olive oil producers, markets and food festivals. It's an enjoyable and interesting look at some of the small towns on the western coast and a short distance inland. The diary of an Englishwoman, married to an Italian, recording the German invasion of the Tuscan countryside, turning the peaceful valley they farm into a battleground. The book is set on the coast near the French border – and the shimmering Ligurian Sea is almost a character in its own right. At The Slow Road we answer to many names (wanderers, bon vivants, students of life) but first and foremost, we’re a group of dedicated travellers. A record of humanity, compassion and heroism amongst devastation. We're glad you have chosen to leave a comment. Tuscany, one of the top travel destinations in Italy, is a beautiful and fascinating region. Trieste had barely appeared on Britons’ city-break radar before this millennium, but I lived there for a time as a student, and was delighted to find this novel mostly set in the limestone hills north of the city. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, and is home to some of the best museums and art galleries in the world. War in Val d’Orcia is Iris Origo’s elegantly simple chronicle of daily life at La Foce, a manor in a Tuscan no-man’s land bracketed by foreign invasion and civil war. Marlena is a writer of regional Italian cookbooks and this book also includes some Tuscan recipes. Creator of the David, painter of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, architect of the dome of St. Peter’s, Michelangelo lives once more in the tempestuous, powerful pages of Irving Stone’s towering triumph. Also available for Kindle. Books Best Sellers & more Top New Releases Deals in Books School Books Textbooks Books Outlet Children's Books Calendars & Diaries Audible Audiobooks Unlimited One-Day Delivery and more Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. The stories are known to many in the UK from the TV adaptations, with their soaring aerial shots of Ragusa and other delectable spots in the island’s south-east, so why not spend longer in that southern sunshine with one of Andrea Camilleri’s books? Beyond its literal meaning (‘beautiful figure’), it’s a deeper appreciation of beauty in every aspect of life, from art and architecture to manners and food. This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in the Tuscan way of life. Twenty years later, the writer of … Please get in touch with us if you would like to join us cycling in Tuscany. A journey through the wilds of Tuscany is an opportunity to share in a fundamental Italian concept: bella figura. Many writers have set books in Italy – I was sorry to leave out Martin Amis’s The Pregnant Widow (Calabria), and Ali Smith’s How to be Both (Ferrara) – but here are my top 10 romanze italiane. Newly retired and looking for more than a vacation, John and Nancy Petralia intrepidly pack a few suitcases and head to the “perfect” Italian city. Small Italian medieval castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April.” The women tempted to shrug off wet and dreary Britain are older than Lucy Honeychurch, and struggling.