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Book my ride
Florence taxis that use the phone number 4390 have created a website through which customers can book their journeys. The site, www.florenceintaxi.it, outlines the various services the company provides, from airport and city transfers to wedding vehicles and wine tours, as …
Florence News
Slow down and look
Don’t miss this annual international event that encourages people to slow down and enter into the world of art through an in-depth process of looking. More than 100 cities worldwide celebrate Slow Art Day, which this year falls on April 27. …
Florence News
Baggage thieves busted!
A pair of airport employees specialized in lifting luggage was uncovered by the Border Police at the Florence airport. The two airport service employees were arrested on charges of aggravated theft. The thieves targeted baggage believed lost by passengers, with the …
Florence News
Run for a cause
The Avon Running international event is back in Florence. Featuring a host of activities over the weekend of April 13–14, the event raises funds in support of the women and children who are victims of violence. Following the success of last …
Florence News
More protection for art
The statues under the Loggia dei Lanzi are to be further protected with a new security system. The system was proposed by the security company Sipro and has, according to the local press, already been approved by head of the Polo …
Tuscany News
Tambellini tops the charts
Mayor of Lucca is the people's favourite
According to a new survey by Toscana Indagine Datamonitor, the mayor of Lucca, Alessandro Tambellini, is Tuscany’s most popular mayor. In second place is the mayor of Pistoia, Samuele Bertinelli. Both mayors were elected within the past year. Nationally, Tambellini ranks …
Tuscany News
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Project to improve security in Pisa
Images from security cameras in Pisa will soon be compiled on a single, secure website. The goal of creating the vast archive of images is to fight crime. With the footage as a reference, police will have more material with which …
Tuscany News
Taste Tuscany
Star of Vinitaly with over 700 vineyards
With a total of 784 vineyards, Tuscany was the star at Italy’s most important annual wine event, Vinitaly, which took place in Verona last April 7 to 10. Of the regional vineyards present, half (335) were from Siena, 183 from Florence, …
Tuscany News
Montalcino salutes its 'gentleman'
Patriarch of Biondi-Santi family passes away
Tuscan wine town of Montalcino is mourning one of its most famous winemakers, Franco Biondi-Santi, patriarch of the historic family whose ancestors developed the strain of the Sangiovese Grosso grape now used to make Brunello di Montalcino wine.
Born in 1922, Franco …
Tuscany News
Pisa from above
Walk along the medieval walls on April 14
There is a new way to view Pisa: from the tops of the ancient city walls, built in 1100.
To celebrate the restoration of a large section of the historic walkway along Pisa’s medieval walls, an area will be open to the …
Tuscany News
Eyesore off the coast
Terminal to arrive in June off Livorno coast
Peter Carolan, the managing director of OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, recently announced that a mobile regasification terminal, which returns liquid gas to its gaseous state through an adiabatic process, will arrive in Livorno in June.
There is, however, increasing protest from the …
Tuscany News
Beach deals
Mondays and afternoons cost less
Anticipating a ‘summer of economic crisis,’ beach resorts in Viareggio will be offering special prices for the 2013 season. Slashing prices on Mondays and in the afternoons, and allowing families to share a seasonal beach pass: these are just some of …
Tuscany News
Wet and slippery
March 2013 rainiest in last 50 years
Not only was last month the wettest in Tuscany since the 1950s, but March 2013 was the fifth consecutive month in which it rained more than the average.
The excess rain in March caused some 90 million euro in damages and affected …
Italy News
All eyes on Naples
America's Cup returns April 16 to 21
Since serving as back-to-back stops in the America’s Cup World Series in spring 2012, Naples and Venice have been vying to host a second stop and the honour of being the only European site for 2013.
Last February, event officials confirmed that …
Italy News
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Rome inaugurates Buddhist temple
Home to more than 7,000 Chinese residents, Rome is now the city with the largest Buddhist temple in Europe. The temple opened during the Christian celebrations for Easter, as Pope Francis delivered his first Urbi et Orbi Easter Sunday address in …
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Saturday, May 25, 2013