SPECIAL REPRINT EDITION: Blue Guide Southern Italy 2007, OF WHICH THIS IS A REPRINT. Southern Italy is a major visitor destination with a wealth of sights on offer: the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the island of Capri, the wild scenery of the Abruzzo, beautiful villages of the Ionian coast, Romanesque architecture in Puglia, and of course Naples and the Amalfi Coast. The author is long-time Blue Guides author and Italy resident Paul Blanchard, an experienced tour guide, who reveals not only the major attractions, explained and set in context, but also uncovers lesser-known sights. He has been supported by the classicists and art historians of the Blue Guides editorial board with the result that Blue Guide Southern Italy, with its wealth of cultural detail and useful advice on hotels and restaurants, provides all the information that the independent traveller needs.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781905131181
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Blue Guides Limited of London
Publication Date: 03-24-2019
Pages: 586
Product Dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.19(d)
Series: Blue Guides (Norton)
About the Author
Paul Blanchard has written Blue Guide Northern Italy and Blue Guide Southern Italy. Born in Amsterdam, New York, he has lived in Italy for more than thirty years.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Historical sketch 9 The Guide Naples 29 Campania 135 The Phlegraean fields 135 The Capuan plain 149 Caserta 154 Mount Vesuvius 160 Pompeii 168 Herculaneum 196 The Vesuvian shore 210 Capri, Ischia and Procida 214 The Amalfi coast 237 Salerno and Benevento 259 Paestum and the Cilento 271 Basilicata 291 Melfi and environs 292 Matera 299 Southern Basilicata 306 Ancient Lucania 309 Calabria 319 The Tyrrhenian coast to Paola 320 The Coscile and Crati valleys 323 Crotone 327 Cosenza and environs 331 La Sila 333 Vibo Valentia 343 Tropea and environs 344 Palmi and the Aspromonte foothills 349 Reggio Calabria 353 Aspromonte 357 The southern Ionian coast 359 Abruzzo & Molise 369 Pescara 371 Chieti 373 Lanciano and environs 377 Termoli and Larino 387 Southern Molise 388 Western Molise 390 Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo 397 Sulmona 398 Celano 401 L'Aquila 406 The Gran Sasso d'Italia 414 Teramo and environs 417 Puglia 427 Foggia and the Gargano 427 The Tremiti islands 434 Terra di Ban 439 Bari 451 South of Bari 461 Massafra 473 The Murge 475 Taranto 480 The Adriatic coast to Ostuni 484 Brindisi 495 Lecce 501 Manduria and environs 509 The Salentine peninsula 511 Gallipoli and environs 518 Practical information 527 Food and drink 536 Glossary of special terms 552 Rulers of Naples 561 Index 564