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Taxis in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 29 September 2011
I want to start a series of posts of simple but important tips for the traveler to Florence. #1 is how to get a taxi in Florence: Important tip - you CAN NOT hail a taxi in Florence! You'll see...
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Wine Town Firenze this weekend!
Blog: Florence Journal - 23 September 2011
Wine Town Firenze this weekend! It is a good event - and not expensive, with tons of free music, etc.
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Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities
Blog: Florence Journal - 18 September 2011
The current exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi, through January 22, 2012 - looks to be a good one:
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Cinema Odeon has a new website
Blog: Florence Journal - 17 September 2011
If you are looking for the "Original Sound" (or films in English) at the Cinema Odeon in Florence, they have a new place on the web to find their schedules on the intoscana.com website: http://www.odeon.intoscana.it/calendario.php
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Florence - A Roof With A View
Blog: Florence Journal - 15 September 2011
This "event" runs until the end of the month. Download the PDF for more information.
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Patrizia Pepe Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 14 September 2011
Patrizia Pepe is a popular fashion line based in Florence. They have a large boutique near Palazzo Strozzi on Via degli Strozzi (see map below). If you can't make it to Florence you can shop online by clicking the banner...
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Family-Friendly Luxury in Florence at Villa La Massa
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 25 July 2011
Although I love visiting Florence in summertime when the weather is warm, a strategy is required to avoid an all-family meltdown given that the city is compact and during prime tourist season, it's almost impossible to escape the crowds. The majority of the city hotels do not have swimming pools or open spaces for kids to run around. A bad combination. Enter Villa La Massa ... Villa La Massa has been in our kid-friendly luxury portfolio for a few years now. It's located ...
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"BIRDS in ART" Exhibit at La Specola Museum
Blog: Florence Journal - 8 July 2011
Firenze, presso Museo di Storia Naturale 'La Specola' "BIRDS in ART" Mostra collettiva con Cristina Lelli, Alessandro Sacchetti, Elia Mauceri, Dasha Oussova. In esposizione SCULTURE, PITTURE E DISEGNI originali Quattro artisti: Cristina Lelli, Dasha Oussova, Elia Mauceri e Alessandro Sacchetti,...
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Europcar discount for Facebook users
Blog: Florence Journal - 30 June 2011
Europcar is offering a special 10% discount if you book your Italian or European rental car on Facebook:
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New traffic patterns in the center of Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 24 June 2011
More streets have been made "pedonale" or pedestrian only (which doesn't mean a taxi may not run you over - keep your eyes and ears open!) and many street directions have changed (also very dangerous in the short term as...
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Young Chefs of Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 21 June 2011
There is a promotion going on until July 17th in conjunction with the Picasso, Miró, Dalí exhibit at the Palazzo Strozzi called "Young Chefs" - you can get a 15% reduction on a meal at the following restaurants (and these...
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Calcio Storico, San Giovanni Fireworks
Blog: Florence Journal - 20 June 2011
Not living in the Santa Croce quarter anymore, I totally forgot about the Calcio storico which was this weekend. There will also be a match on the 24th, which is the Festival of San Giovanni. On that day there is...
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Hard Rock Cafe Florence is open
Blog: Florence Journal - 19 June 2011
The official grand opening isn't until July (from what I read) so I guess this is a soft opening as they work things out. My friend said her hot fudge brownie she had the other day came frozen solid. So...
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Berlusconi Gets Slapped by Italy’s Voters
Blog: Florence Journal - 13 June 2011
This says a lot: “I followed the run-up and the projections on Twitter and it was fascinating to see how that changed my perspective,” said Costanza Maddama, 26, an interpreter from Rome who said she voted to overturn the laws....
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Through the Gates Of Paradise at the Baptistery in Florence, Italy
Blog: Landlopers - 13 June 2011
Today I am thrilled to introduce this guest post by Jeff Titelius. Jeff is a true expert when it come to European travel and I am excited that he agreed to share some of his expertise with us here on LandLopers. For more of Jeff’s...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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New Serafini arrives in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 11 June 2011
The new collection of Serafini Sport appeared to be arriving today in Florence in time for Fashion Week. When the fashion shows are going on in Florence the city takes on a whole different atmosphere - literally thousands more people...
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Rained out
Blog: Florence Journal - 5 June 2011
I was just about to head out to the last day of the Florence Wine Event, for some more tasting and to buy a few bottles, when a real deluge started. And then it turned into a giant hail storm,...
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Figure, Memorie, Spazio
Blog: Florence Journal - 31 May 2011
There is a fantastic drawing show at the Sala delle Reali Poste (the small one room museum/exhibit space off the Piazza Uffizi). Unfortunately it was under publicized and finding information about it is nearly impossible... but here is a web...
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Florence Wine Event 2011
Blog: Florence Journal - 29 May 2011
The Florence Wine Event is coming up next weekend - last year it was pushed back to November, this year they moved it up (it was usually early September but Florence Wine Town seems to have taken over that time...
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Primaveraperfile
Blog: Florence Journal - 28 May 2011
Today and tomorrow (to benefit http://leniterapia.it/):
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All the Italian cities are unique
Blog: nateniale { reflections on my travels and everything else I love } - 22 May 2011
Managed to go to quite a number of cities around Italy, and like one of the owner of the Bed and Breakfast we stayed in said "There are three Italy - the Northern Italy, the Southern Italy and the middle one". I fully agreed! All the cities that we went to were very different - it felt like we were in different countries! And most of the time, the traffic best described the mood of the city. Venice
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Grand Hotel reopens as the St. Regis Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 19 May 2011
I was talking to the affable concierge Andrea the other day at the newly reopened St. Regis hotel (you can book from Venere from that link) on Piazza Ognissanti. The renovation looks fantastic, everything is updated, cleaned, painted, etc. The...
