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Medici Villas and Gardens, Tuscany, Italy

Boboli Gardens and beyond

The Boboli Gardens and Pitti Palace may get all the attention but there are more Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany that you can visit.

Things to do in San Gimignano, Italy

Looking beyond the towers

The hilltop town of San Gimignano is famous for its towers. But there’s much more to this Tuscan treasure than that.

Exploring Florence and the Museums, Italy

Florence and the museums

The thing about Florence Daydreaming as I walk the streets about Florence, I’m suddenly jolted from my daze by a man crashing into me. The church I’d been looking at is lost from my view as I quickly swing around. Recoiling, I move into a doorway just in time to avoid a second collision with […]

Uffizi Venus de' Medici

The most beautiful woman in Florence

Venus de’ Medici Once upon a time there was a woman who was the most beautiful in all of Florence. Men and women from all across the lands would travel to the city to see her. Of all the attractions in Florence, she was the one people most wanted to see. Venus de’ Medici was […]

ponte vecchio florence, history, hitler, italy

Rumour has it…

You hear a lot of rumours about history as a tourist. But is this one about the Ponte Vecchio in Florence true? Did Hitler really save it?

gucci museum, florence, italy

Excessive Baggage

There was a time when luxury luggage from Gucci was a statement of who you were and why you were travelling. At Florence’s Gucci Museum, you can see it all.

Pienza, Tuscany, Italy

A pope’s pride in Pienza

Pope Pius II had a dream for an ideal city near Rome. More than 500 years ago, he started to make it. This is what it’s become.

Walking in the Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany’s Renaissance landscape

In Renaissance times, this enormous Tuscan landscape was designed so it would be pleasing on the eye. Centuries later, it still has that effect.

Il Palio, Siena horse race, siena, tuscany, italy

The horse race that stops Siena

The centre of the Italian city of Siena is normally a peaceful place, popular with tourists and locals. But when horses are let loose, everything changes.

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