Pompei Taxi

EXCURSIONS IN/FROM FLORENCE TO BOOK:


from ROME City
RO05. Florence Full day

from FLORENCE
FL01. S.Gimignano/Siena/Chianti (Wine tasting) Full day
FL02. S.Gimignano/Volterra Full day
FL03. Siena/Buonconvento Full day
FL04. Siena/Montalcino Full day
FL05. Pisa/Lucca Full day
FL06. Arezzo/Chianti/Montevarchi/Siena Full day
FL07. Montepulciano/Montalcino/Pienza Full day
FL08. Arezzo/Cortona Full day

from LIVORNO Seaport
LI01. Florence/Pisa Full day

Florence

Florence contains an exceptional artistic patrimony, glorious testimony to its secular civilization. Cimabue and Giotto, the fathers of Italian painting, lived here, along with Arnolfo and Andrea Pisano, reformists of architecture and sculpture; Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio, founders of the Renaissance; Ghiberti and the Della Robbia; Filippo Lippi and l'Angelico; Botticelli and Paolo Uccello; the universal geniuses Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Their works, along with those of many generations of artists up to the masters of the present century, are gathered in the city's many museums. In Florence, thanks to Dante, the Italian language was born; with Petrarch and Boccaccio literary studies were affirmed; with Humanism the philosophy and values of classical civilization were revived; with Machiavelli modern political science was born; with Guicciardini, historical prose; and with Galileo, modern experimental science. Up to the time of Charlemagne, Florence was a university town. Today it includes many specialized institutes and is an international cultural center. Academies, art schools, scientific institutes and cultural centers all contribute to the city's intense activity.

Events
International Crafts Fair (April-May), Antiques Biennial, Music Festival in May, Opera and Theatre Seasons, Fashion shows (famous "Pitti" fairs, spring and autumn), Festival dei Popoli (December).
The most important Folkloristic events in Florence are The "Burst of the Cart" (Easter), the Feast of St. John (June) and The "Historic Football in Costume" (June, July).