FLORENCE: Gems & Giants [Printed Book & Spinner]

The Perfect Tool for Travel to the Renaissance City!

Gems and Giants: Florence Guidebook and Companion Travel Spinner

Why follow the masses to the same ten or so popular (but expected and crowded) tourist sites in Florence (the same places everyone visits) when you can explore a veritable treasure chest of 101 hidden gems that this renaissance city possesses. Experience a much more fun and surprising visit to Florence using the Gems and Giants Guidebook and Spinner Board to reveal a city brimming with wonderful places.

How the Guidebook and Spinner Board works:

Step 01

Spin the Spinner. It'll land on a location with a number.

Step 02

Turn the board over to its back side and find your number. Instantly see where the site is located in the city.

Step 03

Open the guidebook that matches to that corresponding page number and read all about your hidden gem of a destination.

Step 04

Fold the board up and put it and the guidebook back in your purse or pack and spin away during your day to discover dozens more hidden gems.

Let the Spinner Board be your itinerary builder to the hidden heart of Florence! See more of the Florence that insiders know…interesting, imaginative, lovely and away from the crowds. Unique to the travel industry, there’s nothing else quite like it!

 While everyone else is spending time in lines at the same crowded sites, you’ll be:

• Finding out who the Pirate Pope was
• Avoiding the Plague Doctor
• Executing a Mad Monk
• Seeing where Michelangelo hid from prison!
• Visiting Dante’s Lost Love
• Getting drunk with Bacchus
• Worshipping Skulls
• Walking through the Gates to Paradise
• Adoring Botticelli
• Dining with the Medici
• Finding da Vinci’s Lost Painting
• Igniting the Bonfire of the Vanities
• Getting High with your Camera
• Crying for Raphael
• Finding the Best Places for Selfies

 These are just some of the fun examples that the Florence Gems and Giants Guidebook and Spinner Board can reveal. Best of all you’ll get a deeper and more personal experience of this magical city than most visitors to Florence.

What you get:

• 101 Hidden Florence Gems
• Spinner Itinerary Builder!
• Map of Florence with Hidden Locations
• Color Coded Guidebook with Corresponding Descriptions
• Perforated to Fold Easily in pocket, purse or pack.

About Patty Civalleri
As a historian and archaeology professional, Patty Civalleri has traveled for decades to the deepest corners of our ancient world. She has had the privilege of doing so with some of the foremost archaeologists and scientists in the world. With her unique guidebooks, Patty presents a less explored Italy with the same excitement that has driven her through lost caves, ancient tombs, and historical personalities. Patty sees the ancient world as a huge playground of personal enrichment open to anyone with an adventurous heart. Her animated personality peers out from every page of her books.

Patty Civalleri’s travel books have won 13 global awards including: The Irwin Award for the 2017 Best International Travel Book of the Year, The Ian Awards of the 2017 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year, as well as the 2017 Best Travel Book of the Year.