Once called Teatro Pagliano, it becomes Teatro Verdi in 1901. Built on the ruins of the prison “Stinche”. 10 minutes from here you'll find the Famous restaurant Cibreo, in Via dé Macci.
It's a 2,3 hectares garden with admission fee. Originally the Medici’s family medicine garden, it’s the 3rd oldest botanical garden in Italy. More gardens of Florence: http://bit.ly/1gxWfGA
It's the largest greenhouse existing in Italy, a Liberty Style building recently restored. Liberty style Itinerary in Florence and Tuscany:http://bit.ly/1nBaVhT
Bagni di Lucca’s thermal water is a great treatment if you are stressed or suffer from rheumatisms! More about Thermal baths in Tuscany: http://bit.ly/1p7Nk3I
On strike days essential train services are guaranteed: http://bit.ly/1cQOuk5 Read more about public transportation in Tuscany: http://bit.ly/1hs6j6f
Milan’s Duomo is fabulous isn’t it? Come visit Florence’s Duomo, Tuscany is only 2 hours away from you! How to book a train ticket online in Italy: http://bit.ly/1iZ5nvH
This café has been here since 1872 when it was a chocolate factory! Sit back, look at Palazzo Vecchio and sip on a hot chocolate with whipped cream! Florence’s Historic Cafes: http://bit.ly/1iv6gt1
Home of the only cocktail recognised as Tuscan by the IBA (international bartender association). Ask for it just saying "un Negroni per favore"! More about it: http://bit.ly/1fCgkv5
Step inside this place of government! The frescoed courtyard's free; the museum upstairs is worth a visit (open late, too). Check out paintings by Vasari & the luscious Chapel of Eleonora by Bronzino.
3 bronze doors access this octagonal baptistery. Look closely at the frames - can you spot accurate bronze insects including locusts and flies? More Tuscan baptisteries: http://bit.ly/1fCeN8x
No crowds here! Among great artworks, there is the original Ghiberti Gates of Paradise and the Michelangelo's Pieta: the dead Christ held up by the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Nicodemus. Leer más.
Don't answer the guys who ask "what was the last book you have read?". They're trying to sign you up for a book of the month club. More food markets around Florence: http://bit.ly/1qJtPlR
Dedicated to Michelangelo, it is one of the most famous places in the world, for the magnificent panoramic view of Florence! Here you will also find bronze copies of some of his works.
6 million printed books, 25 thousand manuscripts, 120 linear km of shelf space. Yes, this library has everything, if you can find it. Famously Kafkaesque organization makes every visit unique.
Dante speaks to people passing by Santa croce Square...but behind the facade Tuscany's most famous characters rest in peace!
The street's name (Hell) doesn't refer to Dante's famous book. Find the tip on nearby Purgatory to learn why. Nowadays this street is just hell for cars - who ever thought of putting a garage here?
This back alley has one of the city's most fun street names! It & neighboring Inferno and Limbo refer to restaurants here in the middle ages named such to advertise their sinful goodness.
Great local & foreign student hangout thanks to the lending library, bar/cafe', study areas, public computers, open to midnight, and free wifi (sign up for a library card to get it).
If we share this place with you, it won’t be a secret any more! Built in the mid 14th c & decorated like a Renaissance home, it may be the coolest museum in Florence. More info> http://bit.ly/1geCJDh
The first church in the Renaissance style also features a burial chapel and a library by Michelangelo. If you find the Laurentian Library open, go in! Enjoy a day in Florence http://bit.ly/1i50PRA
The “old bridge” once housed butchers, but the Medici, who had Vasari build his famous corridor above it, complained of the smell and installed goldsmiths here.
One of the most important museums in the world with paintings by Tuscan artists Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and more.
The first stone of the Duomo’s facade was laid on September 8, 1296 but the decoration you see here dates to 1871-87! For something older, turn around: the Baptistry is 11th century ;-)
