Month: March 2011

Tuesdays in Art is back for 2011

March 29, 2011

A very successful project last fall, the series of “Tuesdays in Art” is back across Italy for all of 2011! Today and every last Tuesday of the month, you can visit the following museums from 7pm and 11pm with free entry. If you’re in Florence tonight, take advantage and visit one of the following: –…

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Finally, it’s here: the Firenze Card!!

March 25, 2011

A long time in the planning, it is finally here: a museum pass to visit Florence! Valid for 72 hours, the city pass gives access to over 30 of Florence’s top state museums including the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia, which houses Michelangelo’s famous David, as well as city museums such as Palazzo Vecchio.

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Ideas for the 1st weekend of Spring in Tuscany

Trees are in bloom, the sun is shining bright and temperatures are very pleasant: Spring has finally arrived in Tuscany! Take a look at all the events organized in Tuscany for this first weekend of Spring, the calendar is full of many various types of proposals. It starts with VerdeMura, an exhibition of plants, flowers,…

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Florentine New Year

March 24, 2011

Every March 25, Florence celebrates the Florentine New Year. On this day, the Catholic Church celebrates the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and, in honor of the Virgin, from the Middle Ages up until 1750 this date decreed the beginning of the civil year in Florence. To celebrate Florence’s New Year, several events takes…

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Downtown Florence all lit up

March 18, 2011

We’d like to share some of our pictures of Florence all lit up for the celebration of Italy’s 150 years of unification! Here you can see Ponte Vecchio all lit up in green, white and red! You can see more pictures on Facebook! Here is a view of Piazza della Repubblica, full of people –…

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Program for Notte Tricolore in Florence tonight

March 16, 2011

Here is a more detailed program of what is going on in Florence tonight in celebration of 150 years since the unification of Italy, called Notte Tricolore, or Tricolor Night in honor of the Italian flag! Piazza Signoria 19.00 Concert by the Orchestra a Plettro Ottocento Toscano 19.30/22.00 Artistic exhibit by the Accademia delle Belle…

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Weekend and Women’s Day in Tuscany

March 4, 2011

Spring will arrive in less than 20 days but we had some really cold days during this week in Tuscany. The weather forecast for the weekend fortunately is pretty good and it seems we’ ll have rising temperatures in all the region. This weekend precedes March 8, date that this year on which we’ll celebrate…

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