Florence

Bistecca night in Florence

One kilo minimum, rare only, Chianti alongside. Book ahead.

Boboli Gardens morning stroll

Statues, grottoes and shade above the Pitti Palace.

Candlelit opera night

Arias in a candlelit deconsecrated church.

Cascine Park dawn ride

Flat riverside park loops before the heat.

David at opening

8:15 slot, fifteen minutes alone-ish with five tons of marble.

Fiesole hill hike

Etruscan ruins and the best view down over Florence.

Florence fresh pasta evening

Tagliatelle and ragù in Oltrarno, Chianti flowing. Nonna approved.

Florence leather school day

Cut and stitch a wallet in Santa Croce workshops. Smell of craft.

Italian evening course in Florence

Aperitivo vocabulary first, grammar second. Gelato breaks hourly.

Oltrarno artisan crawl

Paper marblers, goldbeaters and frame-makers.

Piazzale Michelangelo sunset picnic

The whole Duomo skyline with supermarket Chianti.

Renaissance dawn in Florence

Piazzale Michelangelo at sunrise, then the David before lines form.

San Lorenzo market lunch crawl

Lampredotto downstairs, pasta upstairs.

Uffizi Botticelli room

Birth of Venus before ten, Vasari corridor if open.

Vespa ride into Chianti

Fifty kilometers of cypress roads to a winery lunch.

Bistecca night in Florence

One kilo minimum, rare only, Chianti alongside. Book ahead.

Boboli Gardens morning stroll

Statues, grottoes and shade above the Pitti Palace.

Candlelit opera night

Arias in a candlelit deconsecrated church.

Cascine Park dawn ride

Flat riverside park loops before the heat.