Italian Lakes Sunflower Guide

The go-to Italian Lakes travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours. Strap on your boots and discover the Italian Lakes on foot with the Sunflower Italian Lakes travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours. The Sunflower Italian Lakes guide is indispensable for hiking in the Italian Lakes or seeing the lakes by car. These great expanses of water, bound to the north by high mountains and stretching down towards the Lombardy Plain, all resulted from glacial activity. While this guide focuses primarily on walking the Italian Lakes, you can gain huge satisfaction from touring the Italian Lakes by car as well. Whether on foot or by car, you will discover timeless hill villages, ancient mule tracks and panoramic mountain viewpoints. Area covered: While the term 'Italian Lakes' generally refers to Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Lake Como and Lake Garda, there are many other, smaller lakes, some of which are included in this guide book. Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and car tours to ensure you have a memorable trip to the Italian Lakes. Inside the Sunflower Italian Lakesguide book you'll find: * 75 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk * Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000 * Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies * Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists * 5 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour * Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way * Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday * Online update service for the latest information Whether you tour the region by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.