When you have finished shopping to your heart’s content or gyrating to the music, food is the next priority. Visitors have the choice of seating in stylish street eateries, classic gourmet restaurants and in avant-garde dining establishments. Whatever your choice, be prepared for a surprising blend of peasant cuisine fused with international flavors. However, when in Florence, eat as the...
read moreModern Florentines are born and reared in a city filled with timeless beauty, the likes of which the modern world has yet to know in their cold steel and stone skyscrapers. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Florentines cultivate their physical appearance as diligently but effortlessly as their other Italian counterparts do, often with more outstanding results. Besides, Florence is either the...
read moreWhen in Florence, you will be surrounded by its history so much so that it is almost akin to being transported in time except for the clothes, cars and caprices of modern life. The city is said to have been founded by the Julius Caesar in 59 BC originally as a soldier’s settlement, thus, the main streets of present-day Florence intersecting at the Piazza della Repubblica. And in a...
read moreBY CAR – Visitors can hop on to the trains, buses and airplanes that regularly make their way into the city of Florence. If you are coming from Siena, you will be lead to the south bank of the Arno River after which the glorious sight of Florence literally bursts into view. Unless you have the heart of steel and stone, you will be affected by the sight of Giotto’s Campanile, the...
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