By walking through the halls, visitors witness how Florence’s artistic heritage continues to influence modern style, making it a must-visit for anyone passionate about the intersection of art, history, and design.
In time of overtourism Florence anyway offers you equally remarkable places that don’t require elbowing your way through selfie-sticks. We have many suggestions and can help to avoid the busiest spots!
After a long restoration the Vasari Corridor has finally reopened! Designed in 1565 this elevated passageway was the ultimate VIP fast track, connecting Palazzo Vecchio—then the Medici family’s headquarters—to the Pitti Palace across the Arno.
“Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960” is the richest and most comprehensive exhibition about Salvatore Ferragamo ever held. The exhibition runs until April 27, 2025
9 month to built it, 7 years, so far, to reopen it! More and more visitors ask one question: “When is the Vasari Corridor set to reopen?” Infos and curiosities on the reopening of the Vasari Corridor…
We all know too well that our lives have radically changed starting from February 2020 and the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. This post is an account of how COVID…
New rooms of the Uffizi Gallery The Uffizi Gallery has just opened to the public 14 new rooms located at the first floor, adjacent to the rooms which until recently…
Visiting the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (Modern Art Gallery) means encountering the great Italian masters of the 1800’s. The collection enriches us with the lights of Macchiaioli, makes us participants in…
So much happened in the 1500’s: the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Reformation (aka Catholic Revival), Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the worldwide geographic discoveries, not to mention Ariosto and…
Last June 24th the Innocenti Museum was reopened after extensive renovation work and just after Christmas the facade was unveiled. The Museum is housed in the complex built by Filippo…
Italy’s Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione), or simply April 25 is a national Italian holiday commemorating the end of the Italian Civil War (started September 8th 1943) and the end…
The Spanish Chapel was originally planned around 1345 as the chapter room of Santa Maria Novella by Fra Jacopo Talenti, and was financed by Buonamico Guidalotti who is buried at…
After one year of intense work (and some 10 years planning!) the Duomo Museum finally has reopened and it is going to be a highlight of your next Florence visit….
Palazzo Strozzi in Florence hosts a winter exhibition Divine Beauty dedicated to modern sacred art that is part of a program of initiatives related to the Ecclesiastical National Congress, including…
The Red Lily is the symbol, the emblem that represents Florence and is inspired by the white iris, very common around the city. The best way to see the beautiful…
Federico Giannini is a young art historian who wrote this article on his popular website Finestre sull’arte (and who kindly allowed us to translate it. If you read Italian you…
It is April 26th 1478 and the setting is the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore where a mass is being celebrated. The Medici have been in charge of the…
From the seventh century the Catholic Church officially celebrates the Annunciation (and the Incarnation of Christ) on March 25th, exactly nine months before Christmas. In Florence up until 1750 this…
Between the City of Florence, the Museums, Expo and Palazzo Strozzi we expect a year of extraordinary exhibitions and cultural events. We will see which ones will be memorable, which…
The restoration of the fountain on Ponte Vecchio A few months ago the restoration of the fountain-monument to Benvenuto Cellini was finally completed and water started flowing again. It has…
The Origin The steak has an old and fascinating story, truly a legend. According to tradition the birth of this specialty is connected to the Medici family: they used to celebrate…
This is of course a work in progress, we will try to keep the list up to date and enrich it with suggestions and comments. Florence Margaret Haines (ed.) – The…
The anniversary Once upon a time there was …..an anniversary! Well, my dear readers there were in fact 2 anniversaries; because July 7th has been twice an important date…
The Tuscan landscape has been charming travelers since the Middle Ages: the construction of villas, to enjoy views and sights, and of gardens, to experience the emotion of landscape in…
If you have decided to stroll in the Oltrarno, maybe after a tour of the main sights, the left bank has more wonders to offer and allows you to enjoy…
Markets of Florence A visit to Florence markets allows the visitor an opportunity to experience daily life and become part of it: colorful and noisy a stop at a market…
The magnificent altarpiece by Rosso Fiorentino on display at Palazzo Strozzi summarizes the meaning and sense of the exhibition: in spite of the celebrity and notoriety of the works it…
The offer of art in Florence is unrivalled, but tickets and entrance fees can become a worry when there is so much to see. Fortunately there is a lot of…
That Florence is still overwhelmingly full of artistic masterpieces we owe in greater part to the Medici family and, more specifically, we are all indebted to a woman of extraordinary culture…
The Three Kings and the beginning of the story The origins of The Ride of the Magi in Florence can be traced to the 15th century when a secular brotherhood…
A first approach to Michelangelo as sculptor and architect should focus on the most famous works visible in Florence, but you can discover more in order to have an overview of his…
On February 19th Florence celebrated the 500th anniversary of Niccolò Machiavelli’s imprisonment with an historical parade that followed his footsteps from via Guicciardini, where Machiavelli lived, to the Palazzo Vecchio,…
Spring has finally arrived, more and more events are held on weekends and most of them take place outside to enjoy the sun before it gets hot. Villa Caruso was…
A new exhibit on Renaissance In mass media and popular culture there is a trend to identify the Renaissance with Botticelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo and this creates a…
As Florence with guide we have put together activities in museums and in the city aimed at families, but here are some suggestions for everyone travelling with children to Florence. Fortunately…
Florence in the movies: locations, movie theaters, actors As far as we know the first showing of a Lumière film took place in Pitti Palace in 1897, and Florence…
Many people visiting Florence stop quizzically to look at some strange road signs scattered around the city. Pass on arrows running into hearts, no way signs transformed into a pillory…
“He was given to us by Heaven to give new form to architecture” said the biographer Giorgio Vasari about Filippo Brunelleschi, who had as a matter of fact started his career as a sculptor: His…
On November 4th 1966 Florence was ravaged by a flood that covered the city and surrounding areas with water and mud. After 2 days of heavy rain the Arno river…
The exhibition in Palazzo Strozzi this winter calls attention back on a controversial and complex historical period, after a long silence. There is a great variety of styles and trends…
But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once: Sit down and all shall happen as you wish. You turn your face, but…
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