Florence, Italy Travel Blogs

Under the Tuscan Sun -- mostly
Dec 12, 2004 (46 photos)

... 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 ...

Florence and Tuscany
Aug 12, 2007 (9 photos)

... 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 ...

Boboli Gardens
Feb 21, 2007 (8 photos)

(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 ...

Florence at first glance
Feb 12, 2007 (3 photos)

... ;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& ...

Little Black Airplane Clouds
Feb 2, 2007 (7 photos)

... 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 ...

Rendezvous Above Firenze
Mar 24, 2007 (7 photos)

... 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, ...

Picnic - Palmerino style
Mar 19, 2007 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Florence day 3
Aug 3, 2007 (5 photos)

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 ...

Back to school
Apr 2, 2006 (16 photos)

... 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 ...

My what a big Gelati you have..
Apr 7, 2004 (3 photos)

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 ...

Finishing Italy in a Hurry
Sep 10, 2006 (27 photos)

... , 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, ...

Florence, Italy
Nov 6, 2007 (13 photos)

... 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 ...

Florence and more damn tourists
Aug 1, 2007 (11 photos)

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, ...

The Renaissance Migraine
Aug 31, 2007 (16 photos)

· 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 ...

Dead Wrinkly Guy
Sep 4, 2006 (3 photos)

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!" ...

Map Pin Update
Jul 16, 2007

Florence pin update

Final Thoughts and Images From Italy
Mar 30, 2007 (22 photos)

(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, ...

No more madonna please
May 31, 2006 (13 photos)

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. ...

OUTBURST
Apr 5, 2006

... 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 ...

David - or not
May 28, 2006 (39 photos)

... 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 ...

Florence
Jul 16, 2008 (19 photos)

story to come

The artists highlight of our trip
Jul 26, 2004 (4 photos)

... 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. ...

On Top of the World
Feb 26, 2007 (12 photos)

... 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.

"Uffizi's sore yet?"
Apr 28, 2008 (11 photos)

... 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 ...

My Feet Hurt
May 30, 2006 (5 photos)

... 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.

Florence
Aug 29, 2005 (4 photos)

... 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 ...

Michaelangelo and the leaning tower of Pizza
Sep 25, 2005 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

Hanging in Florence
Dec 1, 2007 (62 photos)

... 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 ...

Finding a language school in Florence
Mar 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... '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( ...

Florence
Aug 1, 2008 (25 photos)

... 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 ...