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The most beautiful hotel in the world is in Tuscany, near Montalcino. Among the hills and rows of vines stands the Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco, an accommodation that is considered the best in the world. Pushing it to the top of the podium is a prestigious U.S. magazine, a true benchmark in travel and hotellerie, namely Travel & Leisure. Every yea...

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Chianti Classico has inspired artists since Vasari and Leonardo da Vinci, who immortalized it and made it famous in the sixteenth century. Then, Vasari, the renowned biographer of the greatest painters and sculptors, sealed the duo art-Black Rooster, with his famous “Allegory” in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, in which C...

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Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, has three new direct high-speed connections with Naples and Florence as part of a major development to link rail and air travel for its passengers. The new Frecciarossa services comprise two running to and from Napoli Centrale and Napoli Afragola and one departing from S. Maria Novell...

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Italy will launch a new Museum of the Italian Language, at the S. Maria Novella complex in Florence, on July 6th. Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini and Florence mayor Dario Nardella will inaugurate the first two rooms of the new museum whose official name is Museo Nazionale dell'Italiano, or MUNDI for short. The new museum will outline th...

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Florence is a magnificent city that tourists from all over the world, but what we are attracting to offer you today is a family-friendly Florence where children of all ages can feel comfortable and have fun. A walking tour through the streets of Florence to discover one of the most beautiful art cities in Italy. Florence is a city within everyone's...

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One of the landmarks of Florence's artistic life is returning to its former glory. Set in the jewel of the Convent of the Santissima Annunziata, the Chapel of St. Luca or Cappella dei Pittori (Painters’ chapel) finally regains its original colors and forms thanks to a two-year restoration project. The imposing frescos by Giorgio Vasari, Santi di Ti...

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Florence wakes up from winter at the start of March (although the festive season is something to behold), but don’t expect a quiet city. Already, crowds teem through the commercial centre, past the Duomo, with the Ponte Vecchio – which you must walk over at least once – an ongoing adrenaline-fueled exercise in crowd dodging.  The weather is clement...

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The call of la dolce vita brings millions of visitors to Italy each year, ready to explore the country’s rich art and history, the thriving wine and food culture, stunning scenery and more. Enjoying Italy is as much about the broad, bucket list items (glimpsing Venice on the horizon as you speed across the lagoon from the airport) as it is the smal...

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Florence's iconic Uffizi art gallery has got over one million likes on video-sharing social media platform TikTok, the Florentine gallery said Wednesday. A video of a three-day visit by British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa pushed the Uffizi over the threshold, it said. Furthermore, with over 116,700 TikTok followers, the Uffizi is by far the most fol...

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“Dante’s Train,” a rail route tracing the journey of the Supreme Poet from Florence to Ravenna during his exile years, is returning for the summer season. Launched last year to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the vintage steam train takes travelers from Florence, the Tuscan capital, where Dante was born, to Ravenna in Emilia-Romag...

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