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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Italy guide book and includes:

• Abruzzo & Molise chapters

• Understanding Italy

• Abruzzo & Molise maps

Abruzzo is an area of unspoiled natural beauty and rural, back-country charm with its great Apennine peaks, still, silent valleys and pretty hilltop towns. To the south, Molise offers more of the same, albeit on a smaller, less dramatic scale.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Abruzzo & Molise, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Abruzzo & Molise.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Italy: Italy Today, History, Italian Art & Architecture, The Italian Way of Life, Italy on Page & Screen, The Italian Table, Directory, Transport and Glossary

• Abruzzo, Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, Sulmona, Parco Nazionale della Majella, Scanno, Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, Pescara, Chieti, Vasto, Molise, Campobasso & around, Isernia & around, Termoli and Albanian towns.

Lonely Planet's Italy guide is researched and written by: Paula Hardy, Donna Wheeler, Brendan Sainsbury, Virginia Maxwell, Robert Landon, Kerry Christiani, Nicola Williams, Duncan Garwood, Cristian Bonetto, Alison Bing, Abigail Blasi, Joe Fullman, Vesna Maric, Olivia Pozzan, Gregor Clark