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This portal is a guide to Florence aimed for those who not only want to learn about the city famous for its works of art, and birthplace of illustrious personage like Dante, Giotto, and Cimabue (only to name a few), but to discover Florence and its history; its characteristic spots where one can enjoy exquisite dishes of traditional Tuscan cuisine or world famous street markets of florence, where one can buy the most peculiar object.

To visit this Italian Renaissance jewel is like taking a leap into a past rich with history and tradition.
 

Suggested Hotels

Hotel Castri
3 stars
Hotel Castri
Piazza Indipendenza, 7
Zone: San lorenzo
The Hotel Castri has 70 spacious rooms with private bath, TV SAT color, telephone and are all air conditioned. The rooms overlook in part on Piazza Indipendenza and Via Nazionale and partly in the private garden

Hotel Casa del Lago
2 stars
Hotel Casa del Lago
Lungarno Vespucci, 58
Zone: Lungarno Tempio
The Hotel Casa del Lago is located in the historical center of Florence in a 19th century building, in typical tuscan architecture.

Hotel Giglio
3 stars
Hotel Giglio
Via Cavour, 85
Zone: San Lorenzo
Florence Hotel Giglio is located in an historic building on Via Cavour, a popular main street in the center of Florence.

Hotel Jane
3 stars
Hotel Jane
via Orcagna, 56
Zone: Lungarno Tempio
Hotel Jane, amongst one of the original and appreciated in Florence just 10 minutes from the Duomo and 5 mins from Santa Croce.

The Pitti Palace - Specola Museum - Brancacci’s Chapel
Along this walk, nature, science and art concur to create an atmosphere of intense emotion. Nature gives its best in the... Read more...
Parks and Garden
This table includes all the green areas of Florence, you can reach walking or by renting bicycles. Below the list... Read more...
The values of Florentine Aristocratic Culture
On this walk, palaces, churches and squares, all point to 1400’s as the reference century ad contribute to the commemoration... Read more...
A tribute to Beato Angelico
This is an itinerary rich of the most significant expressions of the Renaissance. Our intention is to devote it to... Read more...
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Florence Events
Madonna in concert
Madonna in concert
From 16/06/2012
To 16/06/2012
Madonna in concert in Italy! Only two dates, and one of them is Florence!
Hour: 08:00 pm
Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
From 10/06/2012
To 10/06/2012
The Boss will be on stage in Florence for his 2012 Italian tour.
Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4,
50137 FLORENCE
Hour: 20:00
At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence"
At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence"
From 03/03/2012
To 15/07/2012
An exhibition in Florence to tell the New World with 32 paintings by American artists who lived in Florence and Tuscany from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War.
In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers'
In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers'
From 15/03/2012
To 09/09/2012
Until 9 September at the Exhibition Area in the offices of the Savings Bank of Florence held a show the result of a long process of reordering of the photographer Pier Luigi Esclapon de Villeneuve.
Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs
Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs
From 01/03/2012
To 01/09/2012
Large predators live in the Botanical Garden, popping up among the branches of old trees, and the Museum of Paleontology.
We can see the show animals that are the fruit of the most modern and accurate anatomical and ecological research, combined[...]
Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola
Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola
From 28/03/2012
To 30/06/2012
The exhibition 'crystals. The finest display of minerals in the world 'will remain open until June 30, 2012 to Florence.
The collection consists of over 500 specimens, was collected by physicist Alberto Giazotto.
The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence
The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence
From 23/03/2012
To 18/08/2013
From 23 March 2012 to 18 August 2013 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence exhibitoni of the spring of the Renaissance by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand.
Trip to Puglia
Trip to Puglia
From 14/04/2012
To 18/10/2012
From April 14 to October 18, 2012 at ilPlus Florence in Florence, the exhibition will be held in Puglia Travel Addamiano Christmas.
The exhibition is part of the International Artistic conceived and directed by Carlo Franza.
Art and Tourism to Florence
Art and Tourism to Florence
From 18/05/2012
To 21/05/2012
From 18 to 20 May 2012 in Florence's Art & Tourism, the first international fair dedicated to cultural tourism.

At the fair, organized spaces of the Fortezza da Basso, will take part in museums, cities, art galleries and tour operators[...]
Ice cream festival in Florence
Ice cream festival in Florence
From 23/05/2012
To 28/05/2012
From 23 to 27 May 2012 in Florence will host the ice cream, for the third annual Ice Cream Festival.
The event will have three different locations: The Village of Emerging Masters Gelato and Gelato in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Village[...]
Florentine Musical May
Florentine Musical May
From 04/05/2012
To 11/06/2012
The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opens on the theme of travel: From Central Europe to South America. It 'a festival that recalls, with its theme, in Amerigo Vespucci five hundredth, and the tour that will take place just in Latin[...]
Madonna in concert
Madonna in concert
From 16/06/2012
To 16/06/2012
Madonna in concert in Italy! Only two dates, and one of them is Florence!
Hour: 08:00 pm
Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4, 50137 FLORENCE
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
From 10/06/2012
To 10/06/2012
The Boss will be on stage in Florence for his 2012 Italian tour.
Where: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Viale Manfredo Fanti, 4,
50137 FLORENCE
Hour: 20:00
At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence"
At Palazzo Strozzi exhibition "Americans in Florence"
From 03/03/2012
To 15/07/2012
An exhibition in Florence to tell the New World with 32 paintings by American artists who lived in Florence and Tuscany from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War.
In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers'
In Florence, the exhibition "A little craftsmen, some pioneers'
From 15/03/2012
To 09/09/2012
Until 9 September at the Exhibition Area in the offices of the Savings Bank of Florence held a show the result of a long process of reordering of the photographer Pier Luigi Esclapon de Villeneuve.
Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs
Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in Florence on dinosaurs
From 01/03/2012
To 01/09/2012
Large predators live in the Botanical Garden, popping up among the branches of old trees, and the Museum of Paleontology.
We can see the show animals that are the fruit of the most modern and accurate anatomical and ecological research, combined[...]
Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola
Crystal: mineral exhibition to the Specola
From 28/03/2012
To 30/06/2012
The exhibition 'crystals. The finest display of minerals in the world 'will remain open until June 30, 2012 to Florence.
The collection consists of over 500 specimens, was collected by physicist Alberto Giazotto.
The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence
The Spring of the Renaissance in Florence
From 23/03/2012
To 18/08/2013
From 23 March 2012 to 18 August 2013 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence exhibitoni of the spring of the Renaissance by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand.
Trip to Puglia
Trip to Puglia
From 14/04/2012
To 18/10/2012
From April 14 to October 18, 2012 at ilPlus Florence in Florence, the exhibition will be held in Puglia Travel Addamiano Christmas.
The exhibition is part of the International Artistic conceived and directed by Carlo Franza.
Art and Tourism to Florence
Art and Tourism to Florence
From 18/05/2012
To 21/05/2012
From 18 to 20 May 2012 in Florence's Art & Tourism, the first international fair dedicated to cultural tourism.

At the fair, organized spaces of the Fortezza da Basso, will take part in museums, cities, art galleries and tour operators[...]
Ice cream festival in Florence
Ice cream festival in Florence
From 23/05/2012
To 28/05/2012
From 23 to 27 May 2012 in Florence will host the ice cream, for the third annual Ice Cream Festival.
The event will have three different locations: The Village of Emerging Masters Gelato and Gelato in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Village[...]
Florentine Musical May
Florentine Musical May
From 04/05/2012
To 11/06/2012
The 75th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opens on the theme of travel: From Central Europe to South America. It 'a festival that recalls, with its theme, in Amerigo Vespucci five hundredth, and the tour that will take place just in Latin[...]

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