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I arrived in Florence on a Tuesday in July. It was ten in the morning and the heat was already beating hard against the cobblestones of the Piazza della Repubblica. I had booked months in advance, had the itinerary on my phone, and still felt that vertigo of not knowing where to start: too many […]

I arrived in Florence on a Sunday afternoon with an overstuffed backpack and an underwritten list of museums. The train pulled into Santa Maria Novella, I opened the door, and the first thing I saw was an orange dome hanging above the rooftops as if someone had placed it there so I wouldn’t get lost. […]

I had booked the trip without saying a word. I just told her: “pack something comfortable and something elegant for one night.” When the taxi dropped us off in front of the Duomo as the afternoon faded and the last rays of sunlight set Brunelleschi’s dome ablaze in shades of orange and gold, she looked […]

You’ve been planning Florence for months. Flights booked, a charming hotel in the center, reservations made. Then the night before you open the weather app and see that symbol you never want to see. The cloud with lightning. Or worse: the cloud with lightning for three days straight. Don’t let it ruin you. Seriously. Florence […]

Florence is not just the city of the Uffizi and the Duomo. It is also the city where gelato was invented, where a piece of meat on the grill becomes a ritual and where Florentines have spent centuries eating tripe in the street without any shame. Florentine cuisine is like that: direct, hearty and profoundly […]

Some cities seem easier for a family trip on paper. Florence is not always one of them. People tend to think of churches, art, museums, queues, and historic streets, and the same question comes up straight away: is Florence with kids really worth it? The answer is yes. And much more than you might expect. […]