Florence & Tuscany (Broché)

Based in Australia, Virginia spends part of every year in Italy indulging her passions for history, art, architecture, food and wine. As well as having been the coordinating author of the previous edition of this guide, she works on Lonely Planet's Sicily guidebook and covers other parts of the country for the Western Europe book. Though reticent to choose a favourite Tuscan destination (arguing that they're all wonderful), she usually nominates Florence if pressed.
Nicola is a British writer, editorial consultant, newbie video journalist and mother-of-three. For over a decade she has lived on the shores of Lake Geneva in France, an easy getaway through the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Italy, where she's spent years eating her way around and revelling in its extraordinary art and landscape. When she's not working she skis the Alps, dines fine, hunts truff les...
This time around she travelled camera-in-hand to catch the region on film. Nicola has worked on numerous titles for Lonely Manet, including Florence & Tuscany, Milan, Turin & Genoa and Piedmont.