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Florence Hotels
A family run resorts, the hotel is kept in very good condition and rennovated periodically in order to maintain the high standards it has always set. Hotel Collodi is an accommodation of superior level for comfort and also for the style of rooms.
The hotel is situated in the historical and artistic centre of Florence, within walking distance of the Duomo, the Santa Maria Novella railway station and the most renowned shopping areas of the city, not to mention Florence's exhibition and congress hall.
With its romantic atmosphere typical of an old house, the De'Lanzi Hotel gives you the opportunity to spend an enchanting stay in the heart of Florence's historic centre, near the Piazza del Duomo. It is not far from the Piazza Signoria, the Ponte Vecchio, the Galleria degli Uffizi and from the most prestigious streets.
Bed & Breakfast Florence
The "Bed & Breakfast Colors" offers to its guests breakfast in kitchen at any time, the possibility to accommodate pets and internet connection and for children the service of baby-sitting.
Florence Event
Crystals. The finest minerals exhibition in the worldBecause of the great success, was extended until June 2012 the splendid exhibition of minerals set up at the Specola in Florence. 500 pieces for a visual feast not to be missed.
Caravaggio e Caravaggeschi in FlorenceAfter the resounding success of Roman exhibition also Florence pays homage to Caravaggio with a fine exhibition housed in the Palatine Gallery at Pitti Palace from May 22 until October 10.
Virtue of Love - Bridal painting in the fifteenth century FlorentineDo not miss the exhibition hosted from 8 June 8 to November 1st at Galleria dell'Accademia: 40 wooden planks for a survey of undoubted artistic anthropological interest.
Florence
Pitti Palace
This gigantic palace was the city residence, first of the Medici dynasty and then later of the Habsburg-Lorraines. When Florence became the capital of Italy between 1865 and 1871, King Victor Emanuel II of the House of Savoy lived here.
Santa Croce
This grandiose Franciscan church is one of the masterpieces of Italian Gothic style and is the work of Arnolfo di Cambio who started it in 1294.
Florence Dome
The Florence Dome was begun in 1429 and was completed in 1434, but the lantern was constructed later, between 1445 and 1461.
Pietà by Michelangelo
Consummate artist that he was, Michelangelo conceived and sculpted this work for his own tomb, which was to have been erected in Rome in Santa Maria Maggiore, as he himself wished.
Travel Itineraries
Florence in a day
From the central train station of Santa Maria Novella, continue in the direction of Piazza of the Italian Unification, arriving then to the basilica of Santa Maria Novella, example of Florence gothic art woth the façade realised in bicolour marble, work of Leon Battista Alberti on the order of Giovanni Rucellai.
