AC Firenze Florence
Via Luciano Bausi, 5 Florence, Tuscany, 50100, Italy
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Time to buy me some gold...
Before arriving in Florence, we’ll stop off at a wine tasting in the rustic hills of the gorgeous Tuscan countryside, known for its iconic cypress trees and olive oil. In an historic 16th century villa, the
group will see a working winery, complete with its old cellar and vats. Here you can learn more about the region’s wines as you taste a glass or two of the local wine.
The scene-stealing Duomo Cathedral rises above Florence, which serves ...
I'm not sure if its 'already?' or 'finally!'
... reception room has super-Quebec wallpaper, haha! Quebec and Firenze share the fleur de lis/ lily as their symbol, but the Firenze version is usually red with extra ornamentation. However, this wallpaper was the plain version in gold on blue. Yeah, THAT blue. Hehehehe.
Nothing compared to the map room, with a hidden door and maps of everywhere and a big, faded bronze (I think) globe. I may have slightly lost ...
The Uffizi
We left our hotel early this morning for a tour of the Uffizi. Luckily, we had tickets in advance so we didn't have to stand in the long line that snaked around the building for what seemed like miles. Bult in 1581 at the request of the on of Cosimo Medici I, it now houses some of the world's most revered art like Michelangelo, Boticelli, and Rafaello. We saw Boticelli's Spring and ...
Guidos, David, and Venus Oh My
... that he would take us there. He took us to a sculpture alright. He took us to a sculpture that was that of a naked man. Mom and I said that Venus is girl definitely not a guy. After the Uffizi gallery we went to Academia. We got into the first room and Dad asked me if the large sculpture in the center of the room was the David. It wasn’t, it was the Rape of the Sabines which had three people featured in it. He obviously has never seen nor heard of ...



