English News Magazine in Florence

More museums and gardens reopen

Welcoming back visitors after lockdown

Florence continues to reopen its museums and monuments after the Covid-19 lockdown

The park of Villa Il Ventaglio

An English romantic garden in Le Cure

Florence continues to reopen its museums and monuments after the Covid-19 lockdown

May 27, 2020

More museums and gardens reopen

Welcoming back visitors after lockdown

Florence continues to reopen its museums and monuments after the Covid-19 lockdown

Editorial Staff

May 21, 2020

The Duomo reopens

Free entrance to Florence cathedral complex during May

The reopening is a signal of hope ... to the world that we are ready to welcome you in

May 18, 2020

New hope as Florence starts over

May 18: the city in pictures

Florentines are rediscovering the city and determinedly gearing up to resume business in line with the strict legislation

May 21, 2020

Florence’s heart beats again

Letter from the editor

We’ve been released and Florence is slowly reopening. But it’s problematic.

May 21, 2020

Fra Angelico altarpiece under restoration

Campaign funded by Friends of Florence

The restoration will be funded by the Friends of Florence foundation.

May 20, 2020

Boboli Gardens reopens

The park that inspired Versailles

Boboli was the model that inspired all of Europe’s court gardens, including Versailles

May 18, 2020

New hope as Florence starts over

May 18: the city in pictures

Florentines are rediscovering the city and determinedly gearing up to resume business in line with the strict legislation

May 16, 2020

Reopening Italy: further measures

European travel resumes on June 3

European visitors can return without mandatory quarantine to Italy from June 3

HIGHLIGHTS

Fra Angelico altarpiece under restoration

Campaign funded by Friends of Florence

Boboli Gardens reopens

The park that inspired Versailles

New hope as Florence starts over

May 18: the city in pictures

Reopening Italy: further measures

European travel resumes on June 3

LIFESTYLE

Radio Cavolo: Florence’s newest radio station

Hosted by researchers at the European University Institute

Family resources in Florence

Keeping kids engaged after lockdown

Frances Mayes, Always Italy

Author on travel and writing

Annette Joseph, Italy is my Boyfriend

Loving Italian lifestyle + a cocktail recipe

Converting to the cause

Tuscany's businesses change course to help Italy during Covid-19

Where to hike in Florence

Stress-busting itineraries in the surrounding hills

How to wear a mask

...and how not to

FOOD + WINE

Salvatore Ferragamo on wine

Il Borro wine and organic farm box project

Gelato for a good cause

La Sorbettiera raises funds for Torregalli hospital

Recipe: onion soup

Tears under lockdown

I had the best meal of my life in Florence, and it wasn’t steak

How a vegetarian fell in love with the food of Florence by dispelling the myths

Resilience in the wine world: Ruffino puts people first

Innovation, new products and resuming hospitality after Covid-19

Wine in the age of coronavirus

How wineries + merchants are supporting the emergency and how you can help

The pizza makers

Award-winning pizzaioli in Florence

CULTURE

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

Avid art collector and owner of Villa Demidoff at Pratolino

A message from Friends of Florence

Simonetta Brandolini d’Adda shares her thoughts

Quarantine reads: 5 Italian classics

Pandemic perusal

The next adventure

The British Institute of Florence down the years

Life after study abroad in Florence

Creativity isn’t cancelled

Distant yet united harmonies of St Mark’s

Smartsinging by a Florence choir now scattered around the world

Travel

Discovering Dante and the dark side of Florence

Follow in the footsteps of the supreme poet, or learn about the Renaissance city’s sordid past

The spas of southern Tuscany

Saturnia, Sorano + San Casciano dei Bagni

Spa sublimity in the Siena countryside

Rapolano Terme, Chianciano Terme, Terme di Montepulciano and Terme di Petriolo

Stationary

Florence's other stations

Tuscany and Piedmont: lands of similarities

Langhe Monferrato Roero and Valdichiana Senese + Val d’Orcia

Land and water in the Mugello

A natural playground for outdoor-sports enthusiasts

Experiencing the grape harvest in the Maremma

"Vendemmia" in Southern Tuscany

VIDEO

Children return to the piazzas

Healing not Broken

TF Together | Drinking Together – White Wine Varieties Part I

TF Together | Kamin Mohammadi on writing

TF Together | Drinking Together – Sangiovese

TF Together | How to make quiche with leftovers

TF Together | LMNL

TF Together | Filippo Bartolotta