Discover Florence, alive with history and art, and the wonders of the region"s beautiful medieval towns. Quite a few recent novels and travel narrative books exhort their readers to soak up the marvels of Tuscany. Travel to neighbors Tuscany and Umbria has exploded in the past five years, and Italy Guide author Doug Morris takes readers to the very best places in these beautiful places. Florence is fully covered, with dozens of hotel and restaurant options, museums, nightlife, and fantastic shoppingly Beyond Florence, we bring readers the restored Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Palio race in Siena -plus much more in Lucca, Orvieto, Spoleto, Gubbio, San Gimignano, Fiesole, Todi and Perugia. Unearths one secret after another in Florence; Stay in an ancient palazzo and dine in restaurants other guides don"t even know about