The Most Beautiful Villages of Burgundy.

Photography by John Heseltine. London, George Philip 1991, cm.23x27,5, pp.192,numerose ill. e tavv.a col.nt., legatura ed. cartonata, titoli in argento al dorso, sopraccop.fig. a colori.

Photographs by Alex Ramsay. London, Thames and Hudson 2001, cm.26x32,5, pp.208 ill.a colori. legatura editoriale cartonata, sopracoperta figurata a colori. Author of the highly successful The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany, James Bentley, along with photographer Alex Ramsay, has now turned his attention to more extensive, though equally beautiful, Tuscan communities. Travelling from north to south of the region, as in the Villages volume, we encounter first the towns with substantial Etruscan and Romanesque features, then the walled towns of central Tuscany, followed by the coastal and thermal communities of the south. The country towns described and photographed in this book have been selected not only to exemplify the remarkable variety of this part of Italy but also because they embody its altogether exceptional artistic, gastronomic and cultural heritage. Twenty of the most beautiful towns of this opulent land are treated in this visual and textual feast by Alex Ramsay and James Bentley, which is completed by a guide to the principal sights, events, hotels and restaurants of each town. The whole volume makes a wonderful companion to The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany.

London, Penguin Books 1987, cm.14x22, pp.254, legatura ed.soprac.fig.a col.

Photographs by Hugh Palmer. Thames and Hudson 1999 cm.25x32, pp.224 , 288 ill. col. legatura editoriale cartonata, sopracoperta figurata a colori. The elegance of Tuscany's cities is visible in the smaller villages focused upon in this book. It looks at 37 villages and small towns, including Pienza, Settignano and San Gimignano. The descriptions are accompanied by photographs which capture the charms of the architecture, the landscape and the people. The book includes a visitor's guide to restaurants, hotels and places of interest to be found in this region of Italy.