Florence Inns - Reviews and Rates

Well, it's time to move out of the city centre for a short break from history and into the sun drenched hills of Tuscany. This is our journey to Fiesole, a town that lies just west of Florence beyond Oltrarno, the other side of the Arno. While still in close proximity to Florence and actually only five kilometers away, Fiesole seems like a worl...

So now for the most eagerly anticipated, or feared, part of our trip, working on a goacheese farm for a week. After missing our stop on the bus (which wasn´t that hard to do), we were lucky to be found by our temporary employeers as they picked us up at a gas station. After meeting the rest of the family and being treated to dýnner without putti...

Food, Glorious Food !!! by Fiona. Well, Mark and I are looking noticably rounder around the middle. Some of the reasons for this are: Pasticceria's: Delightful, sticky light green pistachio nougat, in great slabs. A 'roulade' of chocolate and almond nougat, layer upon layer of chocolate, then almond nougat, then chocolate, etc. you get the idea!...

Stuck around Moneglia for a bit. Put the gang on their train to France, and started to walk the beach. Really leisurely... Just kinda people watching. Then I waited for my train... was pretty early so I just sat out on bench soaking in as much sun as possible, and did a few Sudoku puzzles. Train schedule for me: from Mongelia to La Spizia; La Sp...

Our tour left Austria and spent the entire day driving. We arrived at Pisa in the late afternoon and saw the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. I couldn't believe it was able to stay up. Unfortunately we were not able to go inside of the tower. In the early evening we drove to Florence. On August 6th our tour group traveled around Florence. We visite...