Florence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. A center of medieval European trade and finance, the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and was long ruled by the Medici family. Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture. The city has also been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
Official name: Firenze.
Language: italiano
Religion: 98% catholics
Currency : euro

Florence Sights and Museums

You can visit famous Museums in Florence, first of all the Uffizi Gallery, and then Pitti Museum, Museum of the Bargello, Archaeological Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Work of the Dome).
You’ll find great and important libraries (Laurenziana Library, Riccardiana Library, Marucelliana Library, Central National Library).
The famous academies (Academy of the Bran, Academy of Cimento, Colombaria Academy).
The city is famous for its large Parks and Gardens: Park of the Cascine, Garden of Boboli, Garden of the Iris.
The Monuments in Florence constitute an artistic complex between the more important to the world: the Baptistry with the gold doors by the Ghiberti and Andrea Pisano, the Fortezza da Basso, the Giotto Bell Tower, the Hospital of Innocenti.
Santa Maria del Fiore with the immense cupola of the Brunelleschi and the bell tower of Giotto, the church of Santa Croce, in which you ll find the rip of Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Alfieri, Foscolo and Rossini, the church of San Lorenzo, the church of Santa Maria Novella.

Florence is rich of great work and historical palaces, like Palazzo Vecchio, Spedale degli Innocenti of Brunelleschi, Palazzo Medici, Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi, the Ponte Vecchio with the double row of little old shops, from the 1500 exclusive rights of the orafi.
Visit and enjoy the splendid public squares in Florence: Piazza Duomo, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza di Santa Croce Public, Piazza della Signoria, Piazza della Libertá, Piazza dell’Indipendenza, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Piazzale Michelangelo.
The House of the Memory in Florence of Dante Alighieri and Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Florence Entertainment

Every two years the Fortezza da Basso hosts the International Arts Biennale in Florence. It was started in 1997 by brothers Pasquale and Piero Celona to exhibit the latest works of contemporary art.

Mostra Internazionale dell’artigianato: in April-May, this international crafts show is set in the beautiful surroundings of Fortezza da Basso. The event wishes to increase the value of the craftwork heritage from an economic and cultural point of view.

The Florence International Music Festival is a festival especially for young talented of music from all the world.

Florence Transports

To get here by plane: Amerigo Vespucci Airport is situated on the north-west outskirts of Florence, just 4 kilometres from the city centre. It is a 15- to 20-minute journey into the centre by taxi or the SITA/ATAF bus shuttle operating between the airport and the central railway station. Vespucci Airport is connected to some of Europe’s major airports: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Geneva, London Gatwick, Madrid, Munich, Paris C. de Gaulle, Timisoara, Tirana, Vienna. There are also flights to and from Italian destinations: Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Milano Malpensa, Olbia, Palermo, Roma Fiumicino, Torino and Verona. Pisa’s Galilei Airport is 80 kilometres from Florence. There are direct low-cost flights from the most important European and Italian airports. The airport is linked to Florence by rail and road: a direct train service runs from the airport to Florence central railway station (Firenze Santa Maria Novella).

By train: Florence is moreover easily reachable in Train from all Italy and from abroad. There are various Railway stations in Florence. The more important are: Florence Rifredi, Florence Santa Maria Novella and Florence Campo di Marte.
By Car: Who wishes to travel by car, Florence easy is easy catched up by the A1 freeway or the A11 freeway. In the historical center of Florence are present many payment Parkings where to be able to leave the own car

If you arrived by train or by airplane and you wish to rent an car you can do it easy in one of the Car rentals of Florence.
The Historical center of Florence has an extension of approximately 4 Kmq, the entire city of Florence approximately 100 Kmq. To the inside of the historical center (seen the reduced dimensions) it is possible to move easy by foot, by bicycle, by Bus or to use of one of the numerous Taxi in every angle of the city.