Focusing on some of the most photogenic areas of Europe and the United States, this growing series of books is most notable for its magnificent photographs of the lovely villages and towns of the areas covered in each volume.

With literary and historical references, these coffeetable books include appendices listing the most important sites, markets, festivals, hotels, and restaurants.

James Bentley, Photographs by Hugh Palmer

Stand at the outskirts of a Tuscan village and gaze across one of the most extraordinarily rich and varied landscapes in Europe. Bentley has chosen thirty-seven villages and small towns, both for their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history and culture and Palmer's magnificent photographs evoke the beauty and the wonder of this land.

James Bentley, Photographs by Alex Ramsay

Return to splendid Tuscany! A sequel to the best-selling Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany, Bentley, with photographer Ramsay, has now turned his attention to the equally beautiful towns of Tuscany. Twenty of the most beautiful towns of this opulent land are treated in this visual and textual feast .