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Seeking summer events? Have a read here for those as well as tips for coping with the heat and how best to spend summer in Florence. From summer hangouts to camps and music festivals, discover how to savour summer in the city. Take a peak at seasonal looks to help you beat the heat and save our line-ups of summer spots that only open for these hot months.
Florence sure knows how to do summer. It’s as intrinsic to the city character as knowing how to tie a scarf. Here’s our guide to Florence’s hottest hangouts this summer. ...
CINEMA/ River to River Florence Indian Film Festival 20th anniversary May 14-15 The River to River Florence Indian Film Festival marks its 20th anniversary with a special ...
There’s plenty planned for Ferragosto in Florence, the main August 15 holiday. Free music in the Giardino dell’ArteCultura Head to the Giardino dell’ArteCultura (via ...
Your day-by-day guide to spending the hottest and (usually) quietest month in Florence. 1 Saldi (sales) season is different this year, starting on August 1. Snap ...
It wouldn’t be summer without a marvellous music festival or two. Let spectacular sights and sounds surround you at one of these tuneful events set in the most stunning locations ...
CHARITY/ Run for Meyer Virtual Challenge July 9-12 Get moving for Meyer! The challenge is to run 5km, whenever and wherever you want, with every step supporting ...
August can feel like a slow month in Florence with shops closing and everyone hitting the beach. But if you’re around, seek shelter from the heat at some of these ...
Leading environmentalists and journalists visited Castello di Potentino, in the Maremma, for an international symposium about food and the environment between June 6 to 11. The London-based journalism pioneer ...
What do you do when you’re hot, your kids are hot, and things are going to explode into a fiery argument if you don’t cool down pronto? Never fear, solutions ...
There’s something extraordinary about this hotel on the hill. Belmond Villa San Michele has an allure all of its own. Vaunting singular views over Florence from its ...
For music lovers and boogie aficionados, there’s a plethora of spots, old and new, that open during the summer months. Most of these places offer more than just tunes and ...
“Hot town, summer in the city”: these classic Lovin’ Spoonful lyrics are sure to spring to mind if you’re spending the warmer months in the Tuscan capital. But blazing ...
As the school year winds down, what better way to spend the holidays than at summer camp, where kids can explore their potential with a variety of English activities? For ...
Not so long ago, the family seaside vacation was a time to relax, unwind and reset, a total detachment from work, regular habits and daily hangouts. It was a switch ...
First August in Florence? This is the month of shop closures and “chiuso per ferie” signs as most residents run for the beach. Outdoor cinema and cultural events are still ...
For many of us it’s just a given that in summertime, everything is more enjoyable, and it’s even more so when you have green vineyards of the Tuscan coast as ...
Beaches and bathing suits aside, nothing signals the imminent arrival of summer quite like the art of eating all’aperto. Seeing and being seen dining outdoors – whether hunched over tiny ...
Novelist and noted Italophile Henry James famously said that the two most beautiful words in the English language are “summer afternoon”. Today we wonder what he’d have to say about ...
Read the 2019 article here. As the school year winds down, what better way to spend the holidays than at summer camp, where kids can explore their potential with a ...
Elba Island can be what you want: a romantic getaway, a family gathering or a personal vacation da solo.
Summer is in full swing in Florence. The old centre is alive with an atmosphere like no other: yes, strolling around Renaissance buildings and monuments under the Tuscan sun is ...
With every Tuscan summer comes the temptation to find a few inches of beach and camp out until the temperatures cool. But don’t get stuck in a sand and sea ...
Having lived only in northern climes before moving to Italy, we were beach novices when we touched down in Tuscany one August. After one day in plus-30 temperatures we quickly ...
The concrete diving board at Costoli, Florence’s largest outdoor swimming pool, is the real deal. With three levels to jump from, it is a daunting prospect to anyone with sense—like ...
