Villa Medicea di Castello II – the It’s Florence! Medici villas series
Villa Medicea di Castello, the discovery, part II: second issue of our series about the Ville Medicee, the Countryside Medici’s manors. […]
Villa Medicea di Castello I – the It’s Florence! Medici villas series
Let’s discover together another huge piece of the Medici’s heritage in the wider Florence area: the villas. We start from a very important one, the “Villa Medicea di Castello”. […]
Fiesole: a Florentine jewel definitely “older than the Renaissance”
Fiesole is older than the Renaissance and older than Florence too: not far from Florence city center and very easy to reach, Fiesole is the perfect destination for a one - day visit while you are staying in the cradle of the Renaissance… Fiesole in the beginning The Etruscan settlement that will become Fiesole dates [...]
The Cinquecento… ‘around’ Florence
While the The Cinquecento in Florence exhibition is now open (quick reminder: until January 21st 2018), the curators have designed an itinerary in and around Florence to enjoy and understand even better the spirit and the masterpieces of the exhibition itself. […]
Piazzale Michelangelo: perfect spot to spot Florence
Piazzale Michelangelo: the view of Florence par excellence Piazzale Michelangelo is the unmissable place to have the best view of Florence as a whole. The city will be in front of you from a unique perspective, giving you the chance of understanding how much the Renaissance heritage of the city is still vivid and – [...]
Summer Solstice in San Miniato: medieval clockwork
Summer Solstice in San Miniato: perfectly in time! We all know that, back in the Middle Ages, they did not have clocks or scientific instruments to measure time. So they would probably look up at the sky and the movements of the stars and the sun to track the time going [...]
How to get to Florence
A useful guide about how to get to Florence from abroad or travelling within Italy, and some lesser-known tip. […]
