Month: March 2014

“Happy” Pharrell Williams video conquests Tuscany

March 27, 2014

The song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams and its video have become an international success which has inspired and started off an interesting viral phenomenon. In the original video shot in Los Angeles, more than 400 people appear throughout various locations in the city and include many ordinary citizens. The Happy song is cheerful and captivating…

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9 Special Art Exhibitions to Visit in Florence in 2014

March 25, 2014

In 2014 the Polo Museale Fiorentino offers another “A Year of Art”, the series of exhibitions organized at the main city museums, from the Uffizi to the Accademia. This year 9 exhibitions are scheduled and will be hosted in 6 of Florence’s museums. This is the program of exhibitions throughout the year to help you…

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Ideas for a Spectacular Easter in Tuscany

This year, Easter is just a few weeks away, on April 20th. Easter Monday is also a holiday, so it is the perfect time to plan a long weekend holiday in Tuscany! Spring has arrived, but we hope the weather in late April will already offer a preview of summer as it will offer additional…

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Inside Hidden Palaces and Gardens

March 21, 2014

Every spring, the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) offers the chance to enter into several of the sites they manage not generally open to the public for a weekend. This spring that weekend is this one, March 22 and 23! Not ALL of the FAI sites open, and many of them are not known even by…

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Special guided visits to the Medici Villa Poggio a Caiano

March 14, 2014

A very unique occasion to the visit the Villa Medicea in Poggio a Caiano this month has just opened up, with special openings and visits to the monumental apartments and Still-Life Museum. The visits will be offered the next 3 weekends: March 15 and 16 March 23 and 23 March 29 and 30

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Special openings of the Limonaia in the Boboli Gardens

March 11, 2014

The Boboli Gardens, the beautiful park and open air museum that embraces the Pitti Palace, offers the chance to admire the fascinating Limonaia, the building where the citrus plants grown in the garden are stored during the colder season. The citrus plants in the Boboli Gardens have a great botanical and historical value, since they…

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The Beauty of “Slow Art”

March 10, 2014

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. – Henry David Thoreau Our daily lives are surrounded by beauty, but we often forget to stop and appreciate all that surrounds us. In Florence, Tuscany and all across the world, a global all-volunteer event started in 2010 called “Slow Art Day” with…

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The Obamas in Tuscany: What should they visit?

March 7, 2014

President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle will be in Italy on March 27. Enrico Rossi, the governor of Tuscany, has written on his blog that he intends to invite the Obamas to visit Tuscany and has launched a poll #ObamainToscana to help him choose the special places he will propose to be part…

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Celebrating Women and Last of Carnival this Weekend

March 5, 2014

Spring is in the air and we hope it remains so for the next few weeks until the official arrival of spring. To celebrate International Women’s Day this Saturday, March 8, Florence will open its city-run museums (click to see full list) to women offering FREE ENTRY (only the Brancacci chapel and the tower in…

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