Just in time for the new season, with many visitors already starting to arrive in the city, this week comes news of a new publication specially for them – a new short guidebook on Barga. Although comparatively diminutive in size, just 40 pages, this small book is nevertheless packed with information about the beautiful mediaeval walled city of Barga (Lucca) Tuscany , Italy.
It focuses on Barga Vecchia, the historic centre and Barga Giardino, the newer area of Barga, including sites of interest, historical information and up-to-date restaurant, shopping and accommodation references.
It features a guided walk from Porta Reale to the Duomo with short italicized narratives of historical fiction woven through the text to recreate the ambience through the ages.
Click on the audioboo at the end of this article for a brief interview with the author of the new guide, Kerry Bell, where she mentions one of the many reasons that prompted her to compile a new guide was the fact that the restaurants now available in this area have reached a level and a diversity that the area now qualifies quite rightly for what she termed, “food tourism”.
The guidebook is on sale in various places around the city, in the information office in Barga Vecchia and can also be bought online – Barga Tuscany: A walking tour of the historic center of the beautiful medieval hill town of Barga, (Lucca) Tuscany, Italy [Paperback] Kerry Bell (Author) buy it on Amazon here
This is a resource we — and Barga’s visitors — have needed for a very long time. Many thanks to Kerry for her diligent research and (as always) her eloquent words.
Thank you Frank, Kerry
and now for a map….. hmmmmmmmm I should get on that!