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Easter Sunday and Monday 2016 Opening Hours for Museums in Florence

If you’re visiting Florence during the Easter holidays here’s an account of what’s open and when. Continua a leggere

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The Vasari Corridor, this Unknown

A survey of the Vasari Corridor in its period of major transition. Continua a leggere

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Treno Natura Spring 2016

Spring programme for the Nature Train and its visits around the Sienese countryside. Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Archaeology in Tuscany, Crete Senesi, Events around Siena, Events in the Crete Senesi, Events in Valdorcia, Siena, Tuscan food and wine, Tuscan lifestyle, Tuscany, Valdorcia Val d'Orcia | Contrassegnato , , , , , , , , , , | Lascia un commento

It’s March, welcome to the New Year

François Rabelais once wrote “The greatest loss of time that I know is to count the hours” (Gargantua in Book I, “Gargantua and Pantagruel”), but time – be it hours, days, years – has been calculated for centuries. Here is how they do it in Tuscany. Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Culture in Tuscany, Events in Florence, Events in Pisa, Events in Siena, Florence, Pisa, Siena, Tuscan lifestyle, Tuscan towns and cities, Tuscan traditions, Tuscany | Contrassegnato , , , | Lascia un commento

Scoppio del Carro, exploding carts in Florence on Easter Sunday

If you’re visiting Florence during the Easter holidays be sure not to miss one of the town’s oldest and most popular traditions: the Explosion of the Cart. Continua a leggere

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