The capital of Tuscany and the former capital of the Italian Republic Florence is a very ancient city, founded in 59 BC personally by Julius Caesar. However, Florence reached its heyday in the 14th and 16th century, when, without exaggeration, it became the financial and cultural center of Europe.
Florence successfully combines the spirit of the great past (it is absolutely impossible not to step a step without getting to some historically significant place) and the atmosphere of a vibrant and dynamic modern city with excellent cuisine, shopping and lots of opportunities for entertainment.
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A bit of history
It is Florence that is considered the place where the Renaissance began, and for many outstanding figures of the period, such as Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, she was a native city .But not only poets and writers are glorious Florence - Renaissance architecture also went from here, and the great Florentine architects, especially Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Batista Alberti, laid the foundation for a new architectural style that for many centuries influenced the construction in all major European cities, from Barcelona to St. Petersburg .Since then, the city in all its Renaissance splendor, as they say, has been well preserved, and today Florence can be called without any stretch "an open-air museum" .
- Admire the genius of Renaissance painters at the Uffizi Gallery.
- Walk on the Old Bridge and look in Corridoio-Vasariano.
- To quote something from the "Divine Comedy" at the monument of Dante.
- To pay tribute to the memory of Michelangelo at his tombstone in the Basilica of Santa Croce.
- Do not forget that you are in Tuscany, and taste the aromatic wine products of the region.
How to get to Florence
If Florence is the main or only destination in Italy, then it makes sense to fly directly by plane ."Directly" is, of course, very conditional, there are no direct flights from Russia to Florence, you still have to make a change in one of the European cities..Amerigo Vespucci Airport is 5 km west of the city center .Here summer charters and year-round regulars from Paris and Lyon (Air France), Rome (Alitalia), Vienna (Austrian), Tirana (Belle Air), Brussels (Brussels Airlines), Timisoara (Carpatair), Copenhagen (Cimber Sterling) land all year round; also from ElbaFly / Heli Air Services, from Geneva (Flybaboo), Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Stuttgart (Lufthansa), Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Madrid, Prague, Budapest, Catania, Olbia and Palermo (Meridiana ) and Zurich (Swiss Airlines) .
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By train
If you want to visit not only Florence, but also other cities (or at least look at Italy from the train window), you can fly direct flight to Rome, and then get to Florence by rail (trains of the company Trenitalia). The main station of Santa Maria Novella (Stazione di Santa Maria Novella) is located in the center of the city, on Via Mannelli. Trains arrive practically from all major cities of the country. The journey from Rome, for example, will last 1, 5 hours and will pour out about 33 EUR.
The second most important railway station in Florence is Campo di Marte (address: Piazza Stazione). Its name in translation from Italian means "Field of Mars". From here you can go to a number of neighboring cities, in addition, some of the long-distance trains ("distant" in the scale of small Italy, of course) come here.
By bus
If you want to travel by bus, then at your service is the central bus station. It is located next to the railway station Santa Maria Novella. Long-distance flights are carried out by SITA, Copit, CAP and Lazzi.
Climate of Florence
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| night | + 2 | + 3 | + 5 | + 8 | + 12 | + 15 | + 18 | + 17 | + 15 | + 11 | + 7 | + 4 |
Transport in Florence
In Florence there is a network of bus routes and even one tram line, and the famous integrated Firenze Card entitles to free travel in these modes of transport within 72 hours .Also in Florence, as in any other city, there are plenty of taxis and you can rent a car, but this will not be the best decision: only local residents with special permits are allowed to drive in the historical center, fines from 90 EUR, and in addition the streets of Florence are decidedly the narrowest in Europe, it is often difficult to drive there, not that what to park is .
But almost all the main attractions are within walking distance from each other, and if you are staying in the city center, the transport problem should not worry you. For those who want to satisfy their topographic curiosity, there is an urban bicycle rental network. Points of hire are almost everywhere, and many hotels provide their customers with a bicycle for free.
Kitchen and restaurants in Florence
In Florence, a lot of decent restaurants and cafes, where you can thoroughly eat lunch or just a snack.
The best in terms of value for money, the restaurants where the Florentines dine are located just off the historical center, so do not be lazy to stroll away - your efforts will be rewarded. If we talk about areas, then the places of tourists, for example, Mercato di San Lorenzo, where almost always offer not the best cuisine at exorbitant prices, it is better to prefer others - like Santa Croce district.
Since Florence is almost in the center of Tuscany (which, as we know, is famous for its wine), here are sold many excellent and at the same time inexpensive varieties of wine, in particular, the stunning Chianti. Many establishments offer so-called homemade chianti with decanters worth up to 4 EUR.
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Shopping: shops
From Florence, usually bring all sorts of souvenirs with fragments of world-famous paintings from the Uffizi, wine and cheese, leather goods and jewelry .By the way, about the latter: in fair quantity they can be found on Ponte Vecchio, where almost every store is a jeweler .Also in Florence is to go for fur coats (including the famous brand Rindi) and designer clothes and shoes, which are sold both in branded stores, and in outlets outside the city..More details about shops and souvenirs of Florence read in the article "Shopping in Florence" .
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Entertainment, Excursions and Attractions in Florence
Sights of Florence: Palazzo Vecchio's Old Palace, the Uffizi Gallery building, Piazza della Signoria, the observation deck in the Piazzale Michelangelo, the palaces of Bargello, Pitti (the most grandiose palace of the city with the adjacent Boboli gardens), Strozzi and Medici Riccardi ±$ The .It is certainly worth visiting Ponte Vecchio (the "Old Bridge") with its famous Corridoro-Vazariano - a specially constructed for the Medici secret passage over the shops of the bridge, Piazza della Republika, the oldest arch bridge in the world of Ponte Santa Trinita, the fountain "Neptune", the tropical garden of the Institute of Agronomy, the Botanical Garden of Giardino delle Iris and the Bargello Tower .
Almost every quarter of the city has its own church, and almost every one is very interesting. This is the Gothic cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and the bell tower of Giotto, and the Basilica of San Lorenzo with the tombs of members of the clan of the Medici, and Santa Croce. In the latter is the famous "Pantheon of Florence" - the graves of famous citizens of the city, including Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo, Rossini and Dante.
Among other things, in Florence, a huge number of museums .The Uffizi Gallery in Segioria Square is not only one of the oldest museums in Italy, but also the most complete and significant collection of Italian painting in the world..The Museum of San Marco is famous for the frescoes and paintings of the great Dominicans Fra Beato Angelico and Fra Bartolomeo, as well as the Savonarola cell .Also of interest are the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Pitti Gallery in the royal apartments, the Palatine Gallery, the Modern Art Gallery, the Silver Museum, the Carriage Museum, the Archaeological Museum in the Crocetta Palace, the Medici Museum in the Medici Ricardi Palace, the Museum of the Opera del Duomo and the Palazzo National Museum -Bargello .
However, the entertainment of Florence is not limited to sightseeing. There are a lot of bars and night clubs for every taste, there is a SPA-center, as well as express courses, where you can learn photography, make traditional glass beads or learn the secrets of Tuscan cuisine.
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