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5 things to do to fall in love with Florence

  Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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Florence

It was the cradle of the Renaissance and the world capital of art in the fifteenth century. It has one of the most famous historical centers and museums in the world. All around it is one of the most iconic and characteristic landscapes on the planet.

 In Florence, everything is spectacular: from the shops to the streets that lead to the hills immediately behind the most tourist areas, from the most genuine and popular neighborhoods, which rise just outside the historic center, to the monuments that tell the soul.


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1 Food and Wine

Intimate and private place, a place where you can not only eat a meal, but taste it , here time stops flowing and the senses are turned on to enjoy the delicacies served on the table. Choose the tasting menu that best suits you and surrender to your senses for a first-class food and wine experience.

A must-try, book now!


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2 Art and Culture
The Uffizi Gallery occupies the first and second floors of the large building built between 1560 and 1580 to a design by Giorgio Vasari: it is one of the most famous museums in the world for its extraordinary collections of ancient sculptures and paintings (from the Middle Ages to the modern age).

The collections of paintings of the fourteenth century and the Renaissance contain some absolute masterpieces of art of all time: just remember the names of Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Beato Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo, Raffaello, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, as well as masterpieces of European painting, especially German, Dutch and Flemish.

No less important in the panorama of Italian art is the collection of statuary and busts of the antiquity of the Medici family. The collection embellishes the corridors of the Gallery and includes ancient Roman sculptures, and copies of lost Greek originals.


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3 Outdoors

Visit the garden with the most beautiful view of Florence, Villa and Giardino Bardini present a breathtaking view of the entire city of Florence.

In addition to having a beautiful view, it has an Italian garden, with a magnificent Baroque staircase; the English forest, with its exotic elements, is a rare example of an Anglo-Chinese garden. And the agricultural park in which there was a new orchard and the beautiful wisteria pergola.

Becoming also an exhibition center, a location for events, but above all a place rich in history, art and culture still available to the city and tourists.

Visit the multifaceted garden of Florence


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4 Activities with the little ones

The Galileo Museum, a stone’s throw from the Uffizi, has been completely renovated and is now an interactive museum with many educational and fun activities for children.

It presents a large collection of astrolabes, compasses, compasses, armillary spheres and other scientific instruments collected by the Medici. A whole section is dedicated to the great scientist Galileo Galilei.

Every weekend, science-themed activities are organised for children of all ages.

To help children discover their love for the great scientist Galileo Galilei.


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5 With your loved one

Looking for an alternative way to experience Florence with your other half?

You can opt for an excursion on the Barchetti d'Arno, the ancient boats used by the renaioli, who took the sand from the bottom of the river to build the walls of the palaces of Florence. Today the cultural association I Renaioli offers the opportunity to take 45-minute river trips, admiring the attractions of the city that overlook the river.