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August 6, 2013
Yesterday afternoon, an American tourist visiting the Opera del Duomo museum in Florence damaged, apparently by accident, the right hand of the statue of the Virgin in the Annunciation group made by Giovanni D’Ambrogio. Personnel from the museum intervened immediately and the tourist excused himself for the damage – the little finger cracked but did…
July 26, 2013
Starting July 27, three of Florence’s main museums will open late one Saturday a month. This will allow visitors to enjoy a special visit to the collections of the Uffizi, Accademia and Medici Chapels between 7pm and 11pm on the last Saturday of the month from now until the end of 2013. For now the…
May 8, 2013
Whether you’re a cyclist aficionado or not, prepare yourselves for an exciting Sunday as the Giro d’Italia passes through Tuscany and Florence this weekend! Sunday, May 12 marks Day 9 of the cycling race across Italy. The day will start in Sansepolcro in southeastern Tuscany, about 40km to the east of Arezzo, and pass through…
April 22, 2013
Is this the new way to travel? We ran across this video of a 90 year old grandma trying out the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headpiece and she was “traveling” to Tuscany! So we then had to look that video up and it seems a pretty nice rendition of the Tuscan house and outdoor…
February 22, 2013
The Chianti Classico consortium, the one that regulates the Chianti Classico DOCG wine region, just presented a new logo of their “black rooster”, the symbol found on all Chianti Classico wines over the world. The new logo has a cleaner, modern look: lost the borders that recalled sealing wax while the rooster is in a…
October 10, 2012
In Spring 2012, a new railway company of high-speed trains called Italo by NTV started running in Italy, competing against the half privatized state railways Trenitalia. Since the very beginning, Italo trains have been stopping in Florence and connecting it with several other Italian cities: Bologna, Milan, Naples, Rome, Padua and Salerno. Just a few…
September 26, 2012
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days on Saturday September 29 and Sunday September 30 all Italian State museums will be open to the public for free. Tuscany with its gorgeous cultural heritage is also involved in the initiative and offers to all visitors free entry to the State museums and places of art…
August 28, 2012
September in Tuscany is harvest time, which means experiencing local parties, festivals, music, cultural and traditional exhibitions, all aimed to promote local habits and those villages where they take place…but mainly it’s wine time! Obviously, it couldn’t be any different! If grape harvest is the subject of our interest, wine is nothing other than the…
August 9, 2012
For all those coming to Tuscany next week, you probably already know that August 15 is a national holiday. While many places will be closed (don’t worry, most restaurants will be open), there are still lots of options for what to do on that day… particularly if you are in a Tuscany city such as…
July 27, 2012
The Accademia Gallery is famous all over the world for hosting some of the most important artworks by Michelangelo Buonarroti: the statue of David, the statues of Prisoners and the St.Matthew. Within the gallery you also find many other works of art from the Renaissace, religious works in the Gothic style and the “Gipsoteca Bartolini”,…
