Florence, Italy Travel Blogs

... way so we ended up splitting the vacation into 10 days in Central Europe (see July 31 entry) and 1 week in Florence and Tuscany. We chose Italy in December because Amsterdam doesn't get much sun in the wintertime, which can be depressing. Italy is close ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... suddenly which came as quite a shock. We decided we needed some time alone and spent 3 nights in a Hotel Ibis just outside Florence, where we had internet connection and could feel a bit closer to home at this time. We set off for Florence the next day ...

A travel blog entry by peteandmandy
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(C) Yesterday we went to the Pitti Palace to buy a three-day pass which all the guidebooks said we could get.  This would have given us time in the Pitti Palace museums plus the Boboli and everything else.  Because it was very popular, the ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... ;I never want to not hear any more stories from my friends.  That's for sure. So Sara and I have embarked into Florence today.  We wandered on foot towards town and discovered how far it is.  Guess we'll be taking the bus& ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... inn, which might have rented by the hour, and then a quick 6 hour layover at Paris airport. Stepped onto the runway at Florence in 60 degree balmy sunshine.  So happy to get the rental car and finally locate our new house.  What an awesome ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... excited to see him! He had picked up picnic fare as well. We had a great picnic, while watching the sun set over Florence. (C) This was romance served in a tiny plastic cooler.  I didn't even know if you would be there.  The meeting time was, ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... and meatballs were eaten and both are now considered "world famous." (C) Yeah, that was a great idea.  BBQ meatballs in Florence.  I spent the whole morning rolling little balls out of pork and beef, then frying them up in olive oil - since we ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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Phew, another scorcher today!!!  I ate a tasty cheese panini for brekkie and then headed off slowly into the city.  My calves were killing me from the 9 hours of walking and standing I did yesterday so the pace today today was gonna have to be ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... to the market and pottering around in the kitchen with the produce I have bought. I spent this weekend wandering around Florence (see photos), and particularly enjoyed the church and cemetery of San Miniato al Monte, which has stunning views across the ...

A travel blog entry by aussierach
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Ditching off the cultural tour of Florence we ended up just walking around on our own, but did check out David (Michelangelo's) but he was having a few repairs so was mostly hidden by scaffolding. We ended up constantly walking past the same merry go ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... , any cafe in a spot where the people are worth watching is gonna nail you for an ungodly amount for a pint. But Florence once again proves how much Italians care about their religion. I thought the duomos in Venice and Milan were fairly impressive, ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... that, unfortunately, it all looked the same to me since most of the paintings depicted the same subject.   I left Florence still pondering what precipitated Renaissance here.  The city itself is nothing out of ordinary but then again, maybe the ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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Well, I hadn't forgotten one thing about camping in the summer - you can't get a lie-in:it was like a swedish sauna by about 8.30am.  So it was a quick shower and then off into the city centre.  I decided to walk it rather than taking the bus, ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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· Florence, Tuscany, Italy · GMT +1:00 hour Boring Arty Stuff? Our brief stop in northern Italy came to an end and we moved south to the Tuscany region and a 3 night stay in its capital, Florence. The region of Tuscany may be better known ...

A travel blog entry by byrnedm
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We jumped on a train to Florence after a bit of a sleep in arriving a few hours later. As we were aimlessly wandering out of the station a guy with a cigar hanging out of his mouth approached us asking if we needed a place to stay. Replying with a "Yes!" ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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Florence pin update

A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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story to come

A travel blog entry by tavini
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(S) I sit in my house in Riverton, WY, six months after returning from Europe and nine months since we lived in Florence, and the memories and images are still fresh in my mind. And I am homesick. For our little apartment in Florence, for the food, ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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This time our plan worked. We got up early and packed our bags, checked out of the hotel and joined the line for the Uffizi Gallery at 7.30am. We were about 10th in line and I left the BOSS to guard our precious place and went off in search of caffeine. ...

A travel blog entry by scootergal
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... the past demanding month. Who knows? A few very positive experiences have also helped me to feel good during recent times. In Florence, Italy, I saw my cousin Kyle. As a preppy curly-blond-haired youth, he'd been an enormous part of my childhood: a ...

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus
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... it will knock your socks off. Our plan had been to wander up the hill to the Piazzale Michelangelo and watch the sun set over Florence but the BOSS pointed out that the sun will be setting behind the hill and not over Florence at all. So we gave up the ...

A travel blog entry by scootergal
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... For Mike, I think this city was all about sleep. He slept all day and missed doing all the things we did in Florence, including spotting Denzel Washington walking around the streets one afternoon. Yeah, Denzel, no joke! I also went to Siena for one day. ...

A travel blog entry by orangenemo
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... to take photos of everything, but mostly each other, while sitting on the ground near every scenic overlook. But, seriously, the climb to the top and the the sunset from the top of the Santa Maria del Fiore was one of my favorite times in Florence.

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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... to the Palazzo Michelangelo where another replica of David stood. It was also on top of a hill which gave a wonderful view over Florence, from the Duomo, to the characteristic red roof buildings to the Ponte Vecchio and Arno River. We took many photos up ...

A travel blog entry by flashpackers
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... will continue to whinge. * For all those wondering - no I did not indulge my whim!! but the shame of it is for just 20 euros more than my parking fine I could have had myself a beautiful red leather jacket, a much more memorable souvenir from Florence.

A travel blog entry by scootergal
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... thought. I took a photo, then found out they were forbidden when the security guards started to find the source of the flash. Florence has a huge church called the Duomo, second only in size to St Peters in the Vatican. The Duomo is colourful with a ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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... icons we felt we should see. We snapped the obligatory photos, ate the obligatory pasta and jumped back on the train. Florence is so packed with tourists that you would hardly notice the locals if they weren't so stylish! Enduring massive lines, the ...

A travel blog entry by mightylongway
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... the keys, I knew it was going to be a shitter, and out on the road, it didn't disappoint. Once we were in Florence, we had a nightmare driving around the oneway streets before I lost it, parked and walked to the hotel. Zonth was waiting outside, so we ...

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros
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... 't had much time for sight seeing, though I did climb the bell tower of the duomo today, which gave a lovely view over Florence. I will post some pictures next week. I hope to head to Cinque Terre (a group of 5 villages on some spectacular coastline( ...

A travel blog entry by aussierach
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... nearly as cosy as the one in Rome and was quite a trek by bus to get into town. We probably would have experienced Florence very different had we stayed in town and we would not recommend this accommodation unless you have your own transport. That said, we ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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