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Central Tuscany: Eight Tuscan Hill Towns New and Expanded 2018 to 2019 Edition Visit the Valdichiana towns of Civitella, Arezzo, Monte San Savino, Castiglion Fiorentino, Foiano, Lucignano, Cortona, and Chiusi. My books are for repeat visitors to Tuscany. After you have seen Pisa, Siena, and Florence where do you go? My bet is that you want to see the smaller, less crowded sites and travel slower to enjoy the culture—and gelato. This volume of the Inside Tuscany: A Second Time Around series describes eight of the most beautiful hill towns in Tuscany and helps you enjoy the culture along the way: Set up a base up in Arezzo, neither too big nor too small, with excellent restaurants and a wealth of sites. Visit Civitella in Valdichiana to learn its tragic history during a World War II massacre. Shop at the daily market in Monte San Savino and visit the unique art and ceramic museum in its fortress tower. Go back in time at the Etruscan museum and excavation in tiny Castiglion Fiorentino. Meander through small Foiano della Chiana and discover its hidden art treasures. Explore the small medieval town of Lucignano with its intact medieval walls and fascinating Museo Civico. Spend a day at two at the best museums in Cortona, then sit in the Piazza Repubblica with a gelato and watch people go by. Study Etruscan artifacts at the superb Etruscan museum in Chiusi and then go underground to visit the old Roman labyrinth of tunnels and cisterns. Information in the Text: cook with authentic recipes, some from my Italian cousins, find places to stay, eat at good restaurants and pizzerias, use GPS coordinates to find your way around, eat at the best osteria near Arezzo, La Capannaccia, get an idea on the