DK Eyewitness Road Trips Northern & Central Italy (Travel Guide)

The 25 trips in this book capture the diversity of Northern and Central Italy, from the snow-capped mountain ranges on the borders with France and Austria to the hill towns of Tuscany and Umbria; from the dramatic coastline of the Ligurian Cinque Terre to the lakes of Lombardy and the Veneto. A modern, industrialized nation with its finger on the commercial and cultural pulse of Europe, Italy is also a country where traditional values are maintained, and the pace of life outside of its cities is still refreshingly slow. Our trips embrace the region’s world-famous art towns, but rather than being treated as isolated spots on a weekend break, they are included in tours that encourage a wider exploration of the history, culture and landscape that gave rise to them. Other tours go right off the beaten track – to enchanting villages, remote mountain outposts, hidden rocky coves and rarely visited archaeological sites – allowing visitors to explore facets of Northern and Central Italy that many never experience.