English News Magazine in Florence

April 15, 2019

Wisteria in bloom at Villa Bardini

Instagram contest and guided visits to the famous pergola

This year’s bloom is also being celebrated through a series of guided visits to the wisteria pergola.

Editorial Staff

April 12, 2019

Work at The Florentine: Deputy Editor wanted

Deputy editor wanted

From quality journalism to translations, The Florentine is much more than a magazine. We are scouting for a

March 29, 2019

Leonardo da Vinci and Florence

Exhibition opens at Palazzo Vecchio

The folios are on loan from the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan

April 15, 2019

A tribute to Catherine de’ Medici

Exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi dedicated to the French queen

The exhibition is features "The Wedding of Catherine de Medici and Henry, Duke of Orléans".

April 5, 2019

Pratolino Medici park reopens on April 5

A 25-minute drive north of Florence along via Fiorentina

A 25-minute drive due north of Florence along via Fiorentina, the Pratolino Medici park reopens on April 5 for

March 30, 2019

North facade of Florence Cathedral restored

Pre-strengthening, cleaning, stucco removal and re-stuccoing

Restoration has been completed on a swathe of the north facade of Florence Cathedral and involved pre-strengthening, cleaning,

March 29, 2019

Leonardo da Vinci and Florence

Exhibition opens at Palazzo Vecchio

The folios are on loan from the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan

March 26, 2019

Neptune Fountain restored

Fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo funds the makeover

Bartolomeo Ammannati’s Fountain of Neptune in Florence’s piazza della Signoria has been restored after two years

HIGHLIGHTS

Pratolino Medici park reopens on April 5

A 25-minute drive north of Florence along via Fiorentina

North facade of Florence Cathedral restored

Pre-strengthening, cleaning, stucco removal and re-stuccoing

Leonardo da Vinci and Florence

Exhibition opens at Palazzo Vecchio

Neptune Fountain restored

Fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo funds the makeover

LIFESTYLE

Highlights at the International Handicrafts Trade Fair

Leonardo, international partnerships and exclusive visits

A quick guide to Easter 2019 in Florence

What to see and do, where to worship in English

Alla Sosta dei Papi: a Sant’Ambrogio watering hole

Getting social on "wine boulevard" borgo la Croce

Carmela Batacchi

From the Bronx to borgo Ognissanti

Rental diaries, vol. 21

The palazzo philharmonic

A true “hidden gem”: DC Artisan Jeweler

Australian jeweler Denise Copp's shop in Santa Croce

The three ages of lampredotto

The steps to loving (or at least tolerating) cow stomach

Your Thursday forecast: best events in Florence

Camilla Calhoun at PapEx

Scandicci Tulip Garden

Parco dell’Acciaiolo

Tarantino Unchained

La Compagnia via Cavour 50r

Scandicci Tulip Garden

Parco dell’Acciaiolo

Tarantino Unchained

La Compagnia via Cavour 50r

Tarantino Unchained

La Compagnia via Cavour 50r

Scandicci Tulip Garden

FOOD + WINE

Where Tuscan wine stands on social media

Timelines, storytelling and shareability

“Un-trending” wine

No more robbing natural wines of their character

Bibi Graetz in Fiesole

An urban winery in utero at Hotel Villa Aurora

Salcheto: a sustainable winery in Montepulciano

TF Wine Special

Nicola Chiappi’s braised lamb with artichokes

Chef of Osteria dell'Enoteca

What’s your tipple?

Psychological profiles and our preferences for wine

Cooking in Florence

First things first: Cooking in Florence isn’t a restaurant

CULTURE

What’s in a wine label?

Often our first impressions of a bottle, here's how they are fashioned

A brand new edition of the Florence International Artisan Fair

Fair from April 24 to May 1

Tuscany, the USA, and wine: a special relationship

"Notes" on shared heritage

Wine in Florentine Last Suppers

Pre-modern sommelier guidelines

L’Italienne: Catherine de’ Medici

Her Florentine-French legacy

An open call for illustrators: TheFLR #5

The theme is FAKE

Travel

Coastal cycling from Bolgheri to Baratti

Poetry in motion in southern Tuscany

Exploring Pratomagno and the Casentino

Horseriding and cycling in silence

Lunigiana: the land of a thousand castles

Savour this unexpected section of Tuscany

Adventure sports in the Pisa area

For lake lovers and landlubbers

Nativity creativity: presepi around Tuscany

Nativity scenes not to be missed

Diving into Doganaccia and Abetone

High jinks in the highlands

Striking truffle gold in southern Tuscany

The hidden treasure of Castell'Azzara