Italy has a coastline of almost 5600 miles (9000 km), including the Sicilian and Sardinian coasts, which account for almost half of the total. This ever-varied marine frontier runs from the much-loved Riviera in the west to enchanting Dalmatia in the east. In Liguria and Calabria rocky shores are flanked by high mountains and deep seas, while the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas offer many broad beaches, and in Sardinia and Sicily, crystal waters flow onto tongues of coral sand. Extraordinary cities have blossomed on this coastline, and Italy's treasure of beautiful Mediterranean islands presents a myriad of traditional villages. This book is dedicated to Italy's splendid coasts. White Star photographers have captured their beauty from the sky, from Italy's northern to its southern extremes; they have voyaged south above the Tyrrhenian coast ? including even the tiny island of Lampedusa ? and northward over the Adriatic's varied shores to the Gulf of Trieste. This volume's evocative descriptions and informative captions offer readers a wealth of information about Italy's millennial relationship with the sea. No wordy rhetoric is needed: the beauty of the photos speaks eloquently for the myriad scenes they depict. colour throughout
