Tag: Florence
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A food lover’s guide to Florence: bistecca alla fiorentina, lampredotto, ribollita, the markets, gelato, wine windows, fine dining and the best cooking classes.
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Florence is where Italian fashion began: the Ferragamo Museum, Gucci, Palazzo Pitti’s Sala Bianca, Via de’ Tornabuoni and the leather, silk and perfume artisans worth finding.
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Follow the Medici through Florence: Palazzo Vecchio and its secret passages, the Medici Chapels, Palazzo Medici Riccardi and Santa Maria Novella, with tickets and a two-day plan.
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What is inside Palazzo Pitti, how to walk the Boboli Gardens, which ticket to book and how to spend a full day in Florence’s Oltrarno.
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Four wine tours from Florence compared: two afternoon tours in Chianti, a full day in Montalcino, Pienza and Montepulciano with Brunello and Vino Nobile tastings, and a day trip to Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa with lunch at a winery.
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How to book Florence’s busiest sights: Uffizi and Accademia tickets, the three Duomo passes and the dome climb, opening days, a smart two-day order, common mistakes and FAQs.
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The best day trips from Florence compared: Pisa, Lucca, Siena and San Gimignano, the Val d’Orcia, the Cinque Terre and Assisi, with tour lengths, what each trip suits and when to go on your own.
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Every wine-focused corner of Tuscany seems to get slotted into a hierarchy sooner or later, and Montepulciano has spent decades sitting just below Montalcino in that pecking order — “the other big red town,” the one people visit second, after Brunello.
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Of all the hill towns scattered across Tuscany’s wine country, Montalcino occupies a category of its own.
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Ask a wine-focused traveler about Chianti and nine times out of ten they mean Chianti Classico, the famous black-rooster zone stretching between Florence and Siena. Fair enough — it earns the attention.