When I travel in different countries, what I most like is eating what the locals eat and going where the locals would go. Florence is a small city but you can find a lot of places that are small and very very good. Typical of Florence is the so called " Trattoria" or "Osteria ", both names have the same meaning: a small restaurant, where there is a small menu, the price are not so expensive and you can eat what is typical from Florence. The part of the city where the florenti

How many times we stroll through the streets of a city and we don't notice the things that can hide an interesting story? A lot! And an example can be the small "wine doors" that is possible to see on the sides of the big Renaissance palaces or sometimes close to the main gates. They are tiny "arch"- shaped windows resembling the typical doors and portals of the ancient palazzos. In Florence we could discover circa 145 doors just in the city center. Some of them are very good

While walking through Florence, it’s easy to miss the small places that truly tell the story of the city. One of these is Migone, a historic family-run shop that has been part of Florence for generations. The shop used to be located on Via Calzaiuoli, one of the busiest streets in the city. Today, you can find it tucked away in a small medieval street, quieter and more intimate. And there’s a reason for that. The owner explained to me that the shop is still entirely run by th

Do you know the legend of the Perseus and Medusa ? I always loved reading to my daughter mythological stories. So interesting, this was the one that she mostly preferred. In Florence you will find a lot of statues about this subject and the artists where all great and important artist. A very important artist like Caravaggio painted the astonished face of Medusa in the Uffizi Gallery, a masterpiece, but if you don't want to enter a museum, you can simply go to Piazza della S

In the Medieval time it was not so easy to live in Florence. The city was like a "Medieval Manhattan". In that period there was circa 150 towers in Florence where important families lived and rising above the city as a symbol of power. One of these towers in particular was not built for a family but it was very very old. The Pagliazza Tower (Straw Tower) This tower was the so called "Pagliazza Tower" built out of stone and breaks and located in the small and beautiful Sant'E