Italy Revealed

by Charles FitzRoy

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 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.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1994