Italy Special Places To Stay

Description

Here are hundreds of irresistible excuses for going to Italy. Be welcomed and utterly seduced by the vitality and sheer authenticity of Italy and its people. This collection of some 400 places provides ready-made friends and contacts, with beautiful and interesting houses to spend time in. Stay in a B&B at the foot of Mount Etna, a medieval hamlet in Le Marche, an eco-pod in Puglia - there's even an entire village in Tuscany. Find plenty to do and learn too; we have a farm that runs pottery and textile holidays in Puglia, and one in Tuscany where you can go truffle hunting or honey collecting. Plus our Ethical Collection, marked on entry pages, highlights owners' commitment to the environment, the community or to serving local or organic food.

Reviews

This is much more than a standard accommodation guide The Sunday Telegraph Lots of off-the-beaten track, eco-friendly recommendations The Guardian

Author description

A pioneer in the environmental world, Alastair Sawday has had a remarkably miscellaneous and varied career, which has taken him to the most far-flung corners of the globe: he headed up a VSO programme in Papua New Guinea, ran a disaster relief team for Oxfam in Turkey, and has run a small travel company, conducting walking tours throughout Europe.It was this that inspired him to publish his first travel guide, French Bed & Breakfast, after discovering various 'special' B&Bs and the extraordinary people that run them