Go Slow Italy

Author: Alastair Sawday
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1892145812
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Italy, the birthplace of the Slow movement and the home of Slow Food, is a natural as the second destination in our new Slow series. Alastair Sawday has handpicked forty-six exceptional places to stay–places where attention is lavished on some of the most important things in life: convivial meals, community, a respect for the environment, and a celebration of regional distinctiveness. From the mountainous north, through cypressdotted Tuscany, and on down to the gutsy, colorful south, you’ll discover innkeepers and cooks that have an unmatched passion for Slow Travel and Slow Food, and whose hospitality embody their commitment to the finest accommodations and food. Go Slow Italy celebrates fascinating people, fine architecture, history, landscape, and real food.

Vroom with a View

Author: Peter Moore
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0553816373
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Readers will fall for a side of Italy rarely seen with the just-turned-forty Peter Moore rattling around the country on the back of an ageing Vespa scooter — like himself, a little rough around the edges, and a bit slow in the mornings perhaps, but basically still OK.

Slow Tourism

Author: Simone Fullagar
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 184541280X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
This book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism, addressing growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Drawing on a range of international case studies, the book explores how slow tourism encapsulates a range of lifestyle practices, mobilities and ethics.

Frances Mayes Always Italy

Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 142622091X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
"This lush guide, featuring more than 350 glorious photographs from National Geographic, showcases the best Italy has to offer from the perspective of two women who have spent their lives reveling in its unique joys."--Publisher's description.

Insight Guides: Italy

Author: Insight Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
ISBN: 1780057377
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1082

Book Description
With its treasure-filled ancient sites, Renaissance masterpieces, stunning countryside and some of the best cuisine in the world, Italy impresses at every turn. Be inspired by the new edition of Insight Guide Italy, a detailed full-colour guide to this glamorous country. Insight Guides' unrivalled coverage of history and culture provides an essential introduction to the Italian identity, including its people and their unique sense of style, as well as its world-renowned cuisine and its contribution to cinema and classical music. Consult the Best of Italy selection for an at-a-glance guide to the country's most evocative attractions, such as Rome's Forum, Florence's Renaissance artworks and Venice's romantic canals, and the editor's choice of recommendations for the best museums, coastal scenery, islands and gourmet spots, and much more. Descriptive accounts of where to go in Italy, from the glitzy Amalfi Coast to the trullis of Puglia, are enhanced by beautiful photographs, while all major sights are cross-referenced with full-colour maps to help you find your way around. We give you our recommendations of where to enjoy Italy's delicious food and wine, and the travel tips section provides a wealth of information on how to plan your trip, plus our selection of the best hotels.

Slow Tourism

Author: Simone Fullagar
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1845412834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Bringing together scholars from the areas of tourism, leisure and cultural studies, eco-humanities and tourism management, this book examines the emerging phenomenon of slow tourism. The book explores the range of travel experiences that are part of growing consumer concerns with quality leisure time, environmental and cultural sustainability, as well as the embodied experience of place. Slow tourism encapsulates a range of lifestyle practices, mobilities and ethics that are connected to social movements such as slow food and cities, as well as specialist sectors such as ecotourism and voluntourism. The slow experience of temporality can evoke and incite different ways of being and moving, as well as different logics of desire that value travel experiences as forms of knowledge. Slow travel practices reflect a range of ethical-political positions that have yet to be critically explored in the academic literature despite the growth of industry discourse.

The Art of Slow Travel

Author: Bhavana Gesota
Publisher: Bhawna Gesota
ISBN: 9781736074305
Category : Independent travel
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Have you ever dreamed of traveling and living in different parts of the world for weeks to months or even years at a time?From languid lunches on sun-dappled terraces amidst pink bougainvillea vine overlooking the azure blue of the Mediterranean Sea?to sipping endless cups of cay while wandering the markets of Istanbul?to exploring sites of mysticism, ritual, and power of ancient Egypt while floating down the Nile?Many people dream of experiencing the beauty of the differences in culture, language, and geography around the globe; but fears, doubts, and myths prevent them from taking that leap.If this is you, then? It's time to ditch short holiday travels, fast-paced itineraries filled with bucket-lists where the mantra is "more is better." Instead, it's time to go slow and travel deep where the mantra is "less is more."In The Art of Slow Travel, seasoned slow world traveler Bhavana Gesota breaks it down in a step-by-step manner how anyone armed with an independent spirit can make their dream of long-term slow world travel come true-without breaking your bank.In this book, you'll discover:?the what and why of slow travel?how to plan your travel budget & choose your destinations?ways to work & volunteer while traveling?tips to travel smart & spend less while on the road?overland journeying & finding cheap flights?adapting to an unfamiliar culture & a new language?connecting with the local community & making new friends?embracing challenges & beating the travel bluesPacked with travel anecdotes, tips, and practical advice, The Art of Slow Travel is an unusual guide that encourages an outlook of a smart, digitally savvy conscious slow travel, discovery, and self-growth.If wanderlust has bitten you then get this book, go slow travel, savor the journey, and see the world for less!

Slow Travel and Tourism

Author: Janet Dickinson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136531726
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
It is widely recognized that travel and tourism can have a high environmental impact and make a major contribution to climate change. It is therefore vital that ways to reduce these impacts are developed and implemented. 'Slow travel' provides such a concept, drawing on ideas from the 'slow food' movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life. The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It also aims to provide insights into the travel experience; these are explored in several chapters which bring new knowledge about sustainable transport tourism from across the world. In order to do this the book explores the concept of slow travel and sets out its core ingredients, comparing it with related frameworks such as low-carbon tourism and sustainable tourism development. The authors explain slow travel as holiday travel where air and car transport is rejected in favour of more environmentally benign forms of overland transport, which generally take much longer and become incorporated as part of the holiday experience. The book critically examines the key trends in tourism transport and recent climate change debates, setting out the main issues facing tourism planners. It reviews the potential for new consumption patterns, as well as current business models that facilitate hyper-mobility. This provides a cutting edge critique of the 'upstream' drivers to unsustainable tourism. Finally, the authors illustrate their approach through a series of case studies from around the world, featuring travel by train, bus, cycling and walking. Examples are drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Cases include the Eurostar train (as an alternative to air travel), walking in the Appalachian Trail (US), the Euro-Velo network of long-distance cycling routes, canoe tours on the Gudena River in Denmark, sea kayaking in British Columbia (Canada) and the Oz Bus Europe to Australia.

That Time in Italy

Author: Kevin Zdrill
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663237204
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
A dream trip to Italy can only result in the best, most luxurious vacation with no unfortunate mistakes. Or maybe that’s too much to hope for... Gus can’t wait to get off the cramped flight from Canada to Italy and enjoy the bus tour across Naples, Rome, and other history- and wine-filled locations. Mitch, his eight-month-pregnant girlfriend, is less excited. And Thor? Well, being ten months old, it’s not at the top of his to-do list. Still, this is the trip of a lifetime—and it’s free! Except that after the somewhat disastrous flight, their decrepit old tour bus takes them four hours away from civilization to...Favola? Who’s ever heard of such a town? After the worst night of their lives in a hotel room that’s more like a jail cell, Gus and Mitch are taken in by an old-world Italian family whose highly religious matriarch is determined to get them married before they leave. Going home may be an issue, though, when their passports are accidentally thrown away. Now Gus must find a way to get his hands on fake ones before Mitch finds out the truth. Lost shoes, public nudity, and a police raid later, a mysterious stranger may be the answer to their troubles—or their biggest problem yet. That Time in Italy is an entertaining, humorous story of everything going wrong, how not to handle problems, and the growing pains of appreciating a strange new kind of life (even without extra-large coffees).

Go Slow Italy

Author: Alastair Sawday
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description