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Harald B.: Fancy restaurant with an integrated flower shop, creative Italian kitchen and architecture, friendly and quick service. A venue to remember and likely to return at.
Podere il Pino: The Central Market (or Lorenzo's Market) is one of the results from the time of risanamento, the period when Florence was the capital of Italy in the late nineteenth century. GOOD SHOPPING!
Visit Tuscany: 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
John Rogers: Want to see the best view in Florence? Skip the line at Duomo and climb the bell tower. Cheaper, faster, and you get to see Duomo from above.
Jeff Woo: The highlight of the piazza is Loggia dei Lanzi: used in 1382 to hold public ceremonies. Today, it's like an open air art museum with many interesting statues.
The Telegraph: The famous Uffizi gallery, where masterpieces by Botticelli, Caravaggio, Rubens, and more will keep you occupied for hours. Expert tip: Pre-book online to beat the queue: telegraph.co.uk/florenceguide
Podere il Pino: The museum features many artefacts from the 15th to 19th century, mostly pioneering scientific instruments including world globes, stethoscopes, navigation instruments and telescopes.
The Telegraph: Some interesting Medici collections of painting, sculpture and costumes. Alternatively, skirt around behind the palace for a stroll in the formal Boboli Gardens with their Baroque grottoes
Visit Tuscany: 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.
Elite Club Vacanze: Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main squares of Florence, located near piazza della Signoria. It takes its name by the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlook the square.
Podere il Pino: It is a wide square located near Piazza Stazione and San Lorenzo Market, with palaces typically bourgeois where lived Guido Nobili and Theodosia Gorrow Trollope wife of the writer Anthony Trollope.