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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.
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Suggested Hotels

Hotel Villa Stanley
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4 stars
Hotel Villa Stanley
Viale XX Settembre, 200
Zone: Sesto Fiorentino
Hotel Villa Stanley is a 4 stars rated hotel, built in the main Villa with its 25 bed rooms, reception area, bar, lounge-rooms and conference halls and restaurant.

Residenze La Mongolfiera
3 stars
Residenze La Mongolfiera
Via Guido Guinizzelli, 1
Zone: Campo di Marte
Is found in an elegant and completely restored Chalet tucked at the foot of the Fiesole Hills.

Hotel Fedora
best hotel
2 stars
Hotel Fedora
Via Spartaco Lavagnini 45
Zone: Santa Maria Novella - Fortezza da Basso
Charming small Hotel right next to the town center and to the rail station

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.

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...
Beetween middle ages and Renaissance
From Via del Proconsolo to Santa Croce This excursion will allow you to see several buildings of Middle Ages and... Read more...
The cathedral Dome, humanistic evidence of Florence
In 1418 Brunelleschi was assigned the responsibility of the coverage of the cathedral. By the realization of the famous dome,... Read more...
From Signoria square to Orsanmichele church
The starting point of this itinerary is the Signoria square, opened during the centuries 13th and 14th, outstanding among the... Read more...
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Florence Events
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.
Florence show on Donatello and Lippi
Florence show on Donatello and Lippi
From 13/03/2013
To 15/09/2013
Show "Prato, echoes precious - Donatello, Lippi and masterpieces of the Sacred", scheduled at the Museum of the Opera del Duomo.

Museum of Mural Painting - Museum of the Opera del Duomo - Cathedral Square

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Exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi on the Renaissance
Exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi on the Renaissance
From 23/03/2013
To 19/08/2013
The spring of the Renaissance. The sculpture and the arts in Florence 1400-1460
Palazzo Strozzi, 23 March-18 August 2013

Information: T. + 39 055 2645 155
www.palazzostrozzi.org
reservations:
Sigma CSC
T. +39 055[...]
World Cycling Florence 2013
World Cycling Florence 2013
From 22/09/2013
To 30/09/2013
World Championships 2013 in Florence a path to the World Cycling Championships Lucca to Florence.
Luxury and elegance - Exhibition at Palazzo Pitti
Luxury and elegance - Exhibition at Palazzo Pitti
From 19/03/2013
To 23/06/2013
The porcelain French court and the Ginori

On the occasion of forty years after the opening of the Porcelain Museum of Palazzo Pitti, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 opening of the exhibition 'Luxury and elegance - Porcelain French court and[...]
Paths of wonder - Exhibition at the Bargello Museum in Florence
Paths of wonder - Exhibition at the Bargello Museum in Florence
From 23/03/2013
To 18/08/2013
Restored works of the Bargello
The National Museum of the Bargello proposed for the year 2013 an exhibition dedicated to some important restoration works of the Museum, recently concluded, that are the result of generous cooperation against the[...]
In the splendor of the Medici - Exhibition at the Museum of the Medici Chapels
In the splendor of the Medici - Exhibition at the Museum of the Medici Chapels
From 25/03/2013
To 06/10/2013
Pope Leo X and Florence
The Medici Chapels Museum will celebrate the figure of Leo X, the first pope of the Medici family, in five hundred years since the election to the papacy. From the angle of Florence, the show will follow the life of John,[...]
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