Exploring Tuscany's Chianti countryside
di N. Shroyer Howard e R. Mello -Publication Year: 2003 - paperback with straps. cm 15x21. 5. pp. 80 to 60 color illustrations and maps -
Every years Nancy Shroyer Howard and Richard Mello leave their home in Colorado and moved a few months in Lecchi in Chianti. Often friends and acquaintances who find themselves in Tuscany them for advice on where to go and what to see. and. above all. which way do to get in the car! This book. embellished with reproductions of paintings and watercolors of Richard. contains all the answers. In addition to a general observation about Chianti. its history and its traditions. the book offers four itineraries for trips of one or half a day complete with maps and information on craft and local cuisine. itineraries touch Radda in Chianti. Volpaia . Gaiole in Chianti. Vertine. Meleto. Badia a Coltibuono. Monti in Chianti. Hunting. Brolio. Castagnoli. Lecchi in Chianti. Monteluco in Lecce. San Sano and Vagliagli. Nancy Shroyer Howard has worked as an educational preparation for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Museums at Stony Brook in New York. E 'author of children's books devoted to art. For Mandrake has published a guide of Florence for families entitled Playing in Florence. Lives with the artist Richard Mello between Chianti and Colorado. the two are authors of a book about their life in Chianti. a Tuscan Castle.
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