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Frommer's Tuscany and Umbria with Your Family: From Renaissance Architecture to Stunning Scenery (Frommers With Your Family Series) [Paperback]

Donald Strachan , Stephen Keeling
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28 Mar 2008 Frommers With Your Family Series (Book 3)
With your family has all the inside knowledge and advice for a trouble–free holiday full of fabulous memories for all the family.

Discover a destination with:

  • Renaissance art and stunning gothic architecture

  • Majestic piazzas and unique historical sites

  • Fun festivals and traditions to enjoy

  • Pretty medieval hill towns with twisting streets to explore

  • Beautiful family–friendly beaches with clear, turquoise waters

  • Fantastic local cuisine and delicious gelato

Let Frommer′s show you where your family can:

  • Ride the rapids or go mountain biking

  • Get an insight into the secret nightlife of wolves, owls and lynx

  • See a room of spooky skeletons and a grisly parade of mummies

  • Take a tour of a secret passageway in Florence

  • Admire Renaissance frescos up close

  • Stay in a picturesque country retreat

Frommer′s. The best trips start here. Visit us online at Frommers.co.uk


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  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (28 Mar 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470519959
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470519950
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“…the guides give up–to–date information on the best family–friendly accommodation, attractions and events...hundreds of images and unique inside information”. RaisingKids.co.uk June 2008

Included as “unique destination guides written specifically for families” – with the jacket image for Devon and Cornwall shown. The Independent on Sunday 4 May 2008

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There's only one reason to buy this book, but it's a mighty big one: quite simply it's the best, perhaps the only, travel guidebook to Tuscany and Umbria written from the ground up specifically for families.

Okay, so I'm a touch biased, but where else will you find a place in Pisa to feed a toddler who can't wait until 7.30 for the restaurants to open? Or where to change a nappy close to Assisi's Basilica? Or how to entertain a bored teen in the Lunigiana? Or a soft-play near Florence's Duomo? I could go on... That's not to say we've missed out all the art, architecture, epic scenery, food, wine and so much more that these two Italian regions have to offer. It's all there, from Assisi to the Apennines, the urban sights of Florence and Siena to the endless emerald-greens of the Val d'Orcia. It's just that now you're all travelling together, you need a bit more than just these basics.

We've also included plenty of advice on getting there and around, custom-made itineraries, and tips on seeing the classic sights at their best, with the kids; as well as ideas for sustainable stay-overs and our Fourteen for Free: yes, there really are 14 fantastic trips you can all make without spending a penny. Or a cent, even.

We're also providing semi-regular updates to complement (not replace) the book, to ensure the advice we're passing on is as fresh as possible.Feel free to leave questions for us there and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Whichever guidebook you choose from Amazon, we wish you happy travels. In fact, we wish we were coming. It's magical.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Family friendly 10 Dec 2009
Format:Paperback
I fell in love with Tuscany after spending my honeymoon there. But following the birth of our first child, it's no longer practical to spend a week or two lounging around, soaking up the scenery, eating and drinking. Now we have to find things for the little one to do - which is where this book comes in.
Being targeted at familes, it has plenty of ideas for kids, and some particularly interesting "finds" that some guidebooks wont tell you about.
It's nicely written, and there's the odd humourous line to keep you smiling.
It succeeds where a lot of guidebooks fail as you really get a sense of the area and that it's been written by people who've been to these places.
It also sounds like the Italians are considerably more accommodating for children than us English are (I am still amazed at the number of wilting looks I receive if my girl dares to make a peep in public over here).

I like the fact that it is relatively thin (256 pages) as it will fit into the luggage without any problem. The one we took last time was a monster and not very practical at all.
However, while you can cram a lot into 250 pages - it's simply not enough room to squeeze in both Tuscany and Umbria.
Both are quite large areas, and if you're staying in one, it's not very likely you'll visit the other. You may take one daytrip if there's something you really want to see, but the guide would benefit from being separated into two.

I think this is its major weakness, but on the whole, it's certainly one I'd recommend.
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A travel guide aimed at families and with a relatively small geographic focus so you get in-depth information for the area you've chosen to visit. For a two week holiday it was perfect, plenty of ideas for day trips and lots of inside information to make sure all outings where a success. The general information aimed at families was excellent and the level of ambition reflected in terms of the authors view of what was and wasn't do-able with children of different ages was spot on. Really good suggestions for where to go and where not to go, to eat, to stay etc. The only thing I wished they'd done a little more comprehensively was the guide to 'get along Italian' at the back, as it was very minimal I had to carry two books and a map...a very full handbag, I'd have liked just a bit more on the language side but that was all, otherwise a brilliant holiday guide and highly recommended.
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