50 Places in Rome, Florence and Venice Every Woman Should Go : Includes Budget Tips, Online Resources, & Golden Days

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Allen, Susan.

Series:

100 Places

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Florence (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Italy--Guidebooks.

Rome (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Venice (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Women--Travel--Italy--Guidebooks.

Women travelers--Italy--Guidebooks.

Women.

Women travelers.

Rome (Italy).

Florence (Italy).

Venice (Italy).

Italy.

Local Subjects:

Florence (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Italy--Guidebooks.

Rome (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Venice (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Women--Travel--Italy--Guidebooks.

Women travelers--Italy--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

50 Places in Rome, Florence and Venice Every Woman Should Go

Place of Publication:

New York : Travelers'' Tales, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the critically acclaimed 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go, Susan Van Allen adds new gems to her selection of the best spots for female travelers in Italy''s most popular cities, (Rome, Florence, and Venice), along with enticing Golden Day itineraries to make vacation dreams come true. Like a savvy traveler girlfriend whispering in your ear, she guides readers to masterpieces where women are glorified - from Rome''s Pieta to Florence''s Birth of Venus, best spots for wine tasting, chocolate, and gelato, artisan shopping experiences to meet leather craftsmen or glass blowers,

Contents:

Cover Page; Praise for Susan Van Allen; 50 Florence, and Venice Every Woman Should Go; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface: Italy''s Big Three; I Rome; 1 The Campidoglio, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill; 2 The Pietà, Saint Peter''s Basilica; 3 Rome''s Santa Maria Churches; 4 Rome''s Churches Dedicated to Female Saints; 5 Catacombs of Priscilla; 6 Bernini''s Beautiful Broads and the Galleria Borghese; 7 Villa Farnesina; 8 Palazzo Barberini; 9 Palazzo Colonna; 10 Taste Rome; 11 Cooking with Daniela del Balzo; 12 Study Italian in Rome; 13 Hiking and Biking in Rome; 14 Roman Spas & Hair Salons

15 Shopping in Rome16 Live Music, Opera, and Puppet Shows in Rome; Side Trips from Rome; 17 Villa d''Este, Tivoli; 18 Celebrate the Goddess Diana in Nemi; 19 Sperlonga; II Florence; 20 Venuses, Madonnas, and Judith at the Uffizi; 21 Santa Maria Novella; 22 Annunciations; 23 The Costume Gallery at the Pitti Palace; 24 Palazzo Davanzati; 25 Casa Guidi: Elizabeth Barrett Browning''s Apartment; 26 Taste Florence; 27 Backstage at Il Mercato Centrale; 28 Florence Spas and a Hair Salon; 29 A Walk and a Bike Ride in Florence; 30 Learn Florentine Artisan Crafts; 31 Shopping in Florence

32 Entertainment in FlorenceSide Trips from Florence; 33 Gardens Outside Florence; 34 Prato: Home to Mary''s Sacred Girdle and Salome Dancing; 35 Siena: City of Saint Catherine; III Venice; 36 Santa Maria Churches in Venice; 37 Madonnas by Titian, Bellini, and Tintoretto; 38 Palazzo Mocenigo; 39 The Peggy Guggenheim Collection; 40 Palazzo Fortuny; 41 Taste Venice; 42 Cooking Class with Patrizia; 43 Venetian Spa and Hair Salons; 44 Craft Classes in Venice; 45 Active Venetian Adventures; 46 Shopping in Venice; 47 Music in Venice; Side Trips from Venice; 48 The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua

49 Villa Valmarana Ai Nani in Vicenza50 Asolo; Appendix 1 Tips for Italian Travel; Appendix 2 Budget Travel Tips; Appendix 3 Packing; Online Resources; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781609520977

1609520971

OCLC:

893336616