Your guide to travel and experience Florence, Italy
Ribollita is an ancient dish from the popular florentine tradition, a perfect comfort food for winter dinners, and one of my favorite dishes as well. The main ingredient of the Ribollita recipe is tuscan kale, or black kale, a wonderful veggie, pretty much unknown outside of the tuscan borders. The name Ribollita means “re-boiled” or “cooked twice” and comes from
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La Specola in Florence is my favorite museum ever. I love it not only because it’s in my city, but because it exhibits one of the most beautiful anatomical wax collections in the world. The works of florentine wax artists are not only renowned and exhibited throughout Italy, but are famous worldwide amongst the medical and scientific communities. NOTE: La Specola
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People often ask me for advice on where to eat in Florence on a budget, particularly typical florentine cuisine, and I could talk about this for hours. So I thought to collect some suggestions in this post, but firstly it’s necessary to constrict the criteria. Here you will find some advice from both myself and some trusted foodie friends; in restaurants,
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Where should I stay in Florence for the first time? I have answered that question so many times! So I have made a list of my favorite accommodations in the city center to help you choose the best place where to stay in Florence. You’ll find a lot of different options of any kind and for any budget, from low
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The historic football of Florence or florentine football – calcio storico – is much more known for its violence than its roots, but there’s much more behind the fights. It’s not just a sport. It’s an ancient tradition that survived through the centuries, still representing the pride and the history of Florence, and still loved by locals. historic football of
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At first glance, Florence is a city of stone. However, hiding behind its thick walls and massive buildings lie gardens both public and private, seemingly invisible except from above. Boboli is the first that comes to mind when thinking of Florence’s historical gardens, but there are also many other ones. All of these gardens are proving Florence’s critical role in
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Let me introduce you the glorious family that shaped Tuscany and the main characters of my private guided Medici walking tour of Florence! From the early years as bankers and merchants, through the gonden age of Renaissance, to the mighty Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the House of Medici has shaped Florence for more than four centuries. You can easily guess it
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