Your guide to travel and experience Florence, Italy
Florence is not only the city capital of Tuscany, it is also the world capital for wine lovers! The city and its surrounding countryside are famous everywhere for its wines, among the best in Italy and in the world. In particular Chianti wine, taking its name from the Chianti valley, which stretches between the cities of Florence and Siena. In
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Sandro Botticelli is probably the most famous Florentine Renaissance painter, his works have become iconic and are known and loved everywhere. In his career Botticelli created many works, which are now exhibited in art museums around the world. But the place with the largest number of paintings by this artist is Florence, Italy, the city where he was born, lived
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If you want to learn how to cook the yummyest dishes of Italian cuisine, the best way is to take a cooking class! In this post you will find the best cooking classes in Florence, selected by me. Being a local licensed tour guide in Florence, I personally know most of the cooking schools that I selected for you in
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You cannot visit Florence without visiting the Accademia Gallery Museum! This is where the most famous sculpture in the world, Michelangelo’s David, is housed, along with many other sculptures and paintings from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Since everyone wants to see David, the museum is (almost) always crowded and with long queues. For this reason, I wrote this
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Florence is located in the heart of Tuscany, in the middle of central Italy. It is a strategic position that allows you to quickly reach many other interesting places in Italy. After visiting the city of Florence, you can spend one or more days to discover villages nestled in the rolling hills, towns rich in history and art, little-known and
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Rome and Florence are two unmissable stops during a trip to Italy, and they are quite close to each other. The best way to move from one city to another in Italy is by train, and in this post I will explain how to go from Florence to Rome by train (and vice versa). Let me tell you that trains
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If you are planning your trip to Florence, Italy, this is the right place to start! I have collected on this page all the articles that may be useful for you to plan your trip to Florence and Tuscany. As always, I made my best to answer the most common questions I get from travelers who are about to plan
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Florence seen from above is breathtaking, with its red roofs and the hills that embrace the city. And what could be better to enjoy the view than doing it while sipping a glass of wine? In this post I have collected the best rooftop bars in Florence, where you can enjoy a cocktail and maybe eat something. A bar with
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Pisa is a very popular destination for those visiting Italy, most famous for its leaning tower. In addition to the leaning tower, there is much more: Pisa is a university town with a lively and fascinating historical centre and several museums to visit. And of course the monumental complex of Piazza dei Miracoli. Being very close to Florence, you can
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Squares, or piazze in Italian (in the singular it’s piazza), are an essential element of Italian cities, and especially of Florence. Ancient churches full of artistic masterpieces often overlook the squares. Many of the most beautiful and oldest piazzas in Florence were born in the Middle Ages thanks to the churches and monasteries, which needed an external space in which
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