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BIKES/Critical Mass October 25, 6.30pm Leaving from piazza Santissima Annunziata, Florence The most fun you can have on two wheels: a musical bike party ride through the city! Critical Mass Firenze is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month and plans to do it in style. The grassroots cycling
On October 25, Italy's annual marathon film event, 50 Days of International Cinema, opens in Florence. The series of festivals featuring widely diverse films, themes, styles and sources add up to 50 days during which sitting in front of a movie screen will be time well spent. Last year,
TF EVENT/ TuttoTondo October 23, 7:30 to 9:30pm, via il Prato 63 (Conti Ingrosso Ortofrutta), Florence TF has teamed up with Yelp (famous in the States but new in town) to offer a fully rounded event: Panino Tondo will be providing tasters of vegan sandwiches, hamburgers and
Kamin Mohammadi's family was forced to flee their home country of Iran during the 1979 revolution, when she was just nine years old. Now living between London and Tuscany, she has recently published her first book, The Cypress Tree, a ‘love letter to Iran' that brings to life
Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best of them. CIRCUS/Cirk Fantastik! Until September 30, Parco dell'Anconella, via Villamagna, Florence Flying dancers, contortionists, balancing acts,
Of all the reasons for coming to Tuscany, spending weeks under the scorching sun digging in the dirt might not be high on most people's list. But that is precisely what scores of students, mostly foreign, do every year. Italy, and particularly Tuscany, is one of the most exciting
As summer ends and autumn's chill sets in, an afternoon at the museum sounds ever more inviting. With numerous art exhibits in Tuscany this fall exploring a range of genres and media, from pop art and contemporary photography to avant-garde, fashion and Renaissance masters, expanding your cultural horizons
Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best of them. In addition to the events described here, for current and upcoming art exhibits, see Fall Exhibits in Tuscany.
So you've made it to bella Italia, the land of pizza and gelato, where the sun always shines, no one ever stops talking or pays their taxes, and lovelorn Romeos call out ‘Buongiorno principessa!' to their sweethearts. While the country may not live up to all its stereotypes,
The Vigil of the Francigena Way Until October, various locations along the Francigena Way An event-filled line up returns this year to animate the historical Francigena Way, the ancient road that has lead pilgrims from England to Rome for over a thousand years. Historical re-enactments, concerts, medieval banquets,
When I decided to come to Italy to teach English after university, my choice of city was greatly influenced by my mother’s stories of the magical summer she had ...
According to a recent survey by TripAdvisor, the world's largest user-generated travel review website, Tuscany is still the most popular summer holiday destination in Italy. With the country's ailing economy, the regional department for tourism has been promoting the region as the perfect summer destination for all
It isn't listed in many guidebooks, but it definitely attracts tourists from across the globe. Hidden just off piazza Santa Maria Novella is one of the world's oldest apothecaries: the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. This historic treasure, a stunning frescoed shop and workshop is celebrating
The Medici family has always been associated with balls. Six of them to be exact. Their family emblem, five red balls (palle, in Italian) and one blue, on a gold shield, decorate numerous buildings all over Florence and Tuscany-any palazzo, church or monument to which the Medici had connections
A new museum in the San Frediano neighborhood catalogues through photographs, artifacts, and documents the turbulent history of the world's Freemasons. The Museum of Masonic Symbols was the idea of Cristiano Franceschini. He represents the fourth generation of Freemasons in his family, which has collected more than 10,
Once a year, the quiet seaside town of Viareggio comes alive with colour, parades, street parties, masks and costumes. During February and March, the Tuscan port town fills with thousands of locals and visitors who participate in a fantastic, non-stop celebration of carnival, the highlights of which are huge
What do young girls think about themselves? How much do the judgements of others define their own personality? What are their worries? Their passions? Their dreams? These are some of the issues examined in the current exhibition, Quanto ti vuoi bene? (How much do you like yourself?), by Australian photographer
