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Taker a deeper dive into what Florence has to offer, with our selection of experiences from both inside and outside of the city. Tours, tastings, and classes will be sure to ignite new curiosity about the city, and help improve your understanding of Florence and its culture.
Although he was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci and died in France, Leonardo da Vinci is inextricably linked to Florence. His career was shaped in the city with ...
If you’re studying abroad in Florence this semester or academic year, chances are you’ll have friends or family members eager to take advantage of your time in the Tuscan capital, ...
Murder, romance and revenge: the Renaissance city has seen it all throughout the centuries. Here are 5 curious facts about Florence that will make your hair stand on end.
As Florence opens its new northbound tramline, known as the T1 Leonardo line, we explore what cultural highlights the city’s north has to offer this summer and beyond.
As Florence opens its new northbound tramline, known as the T1 Leonardo line, we explore which restaurants and eateries are worth the ride to the outskirts. Cinderellas, be wise: trams ...
Via Porta Rossa is a strange bridge between Florentine drags. Despite the signage pointing toward Florence’s main monuments, the street’s nondescript starting point from piazza Santa Trinita is oddly alley-like, ...
David and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus are reliably awe-inspiring, but savvy Florence visitors will know that the Tuscan capital has a surplus of under-visited treasures and experiences. Where to begin, ...
Michele Bricci, a born-and-bred Florentine and general manager of FH Hotel Calzaiuoli, reveals his tips & tricks to explore unexpected Florence, a side of the city that often stays ...
A ghost road at first glance, viale Ludovico Ariosto is a thriving hub of life on the edge. (Of the historic center, that is). More like a long parking lot ...
Via dei Serragli has long figured into the Florentine lives of the authors of this piece. Last November we tackled its initial half for this column, showing up with some ...
Foot traffic just off piazza Duomo in Prato has dwindled in recent years, affecting businesses and leading to security concerns, but thanks to some enterprising business owners and initiatives by ...
We won’t mince words: regarding mass tourism’s takeover in historic Florentine streets, via Ricasoli is a rather bleak block. Pointed and plentiful signage for the “David Museum” outside area shops ...
Shabby and short, hardly pretty as porcelain, via del Porcellana appears a forgettable breakoff point from borgo Ognissanti—perhaps it’s a street you hurriedly haul your suitcase down when pressed to ...
For Lonely Planet and local press, borgo San Frediano is the drive du jour, but we’ve got via San Niccolò on the brain. The lifeblood of a district that’s simultaneously ...
Lorenzo Bartolini was a Neoclassical sculptor who counted Napoleon Bonaparte among his patrons. You’d never know it from his namesake street in San Frediano—a dead-quiet, dusty drive, the kind of ...
A familiar Florentine refrain kept playing as we explored via Gioberti on our latest Streetsmart mission: “It’s not what it once was,” said many a shopkeeper. Chain stores notwithstanding, area ...
Something is brewing in Prato. The industrial center in the heart of Tuscany has long been a city of opposites: Medieval and contemporary, monasteries and factories, beauty and decrepitude. It ...
Besides having the coolest street name this side of the Arno—or perhaps the Atlantic—Sdrucciolo dei Pitti sees its fair share of foot traffic. The street’s unofficial sindaco Renzo Regoli (see ...
They think they’ve seen it all before: the Uffizi, the Duomo, Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella. You have a busy day at work, but your folks are in town ...
Here is a list of cemeteries and memorials located throughout Tuscany.
You will have seen the white-and-green caddy-like vehicles ambling around Florence, travelling at a slow pace through the city streets and stopping occasionally in the sun-kissed squares. Eco ...
*Editorial update, September 2, 2017: Lonely Planet has named borgo San Frediano one of the world’s coolest neighborhoods to explore right now! View the full list here. Via Pisana’s geographic ...
I’m partial to via il Prato, having had my hair rescued by the team at Tommy’s (17r). It’s an unassuming and underpriced salon, and was seemingly the only place in ...
Via dei Serragli isn’t flashy: see its subdued colors, its southernmost end reaching Porta Romana and its refreshing lack of ultra-branded, Brooklyn-esque bars. With their curated storefronts and crowded restaurants, ...
