History
 - Santa Croce Church
 - Santa Maria Novella
   Church
 - Ponte Vecchio
 - Casa Buonarotti
 - The Uffizi
 - Galleria dell’ Accademia
 - Piazza della Signoria
 - Cathedral
 - Baptistery and Campanile
 - Palazzo Pitti
 - Pisa
 - Florence
  Art & Architecture
 - Duomo Cathedral
 - Uffizi Museum
 - Casa di Dante
 - Tower of Pisa
 - Battistero
 - Cappelle Medici
 - Modern Art Museum
 - Palazzo Pitti
 - Galleria dell’ Accademia
 - Bargello Museum
 - Palazzo Vecchio
 - Cappelle Brancacci
 - San Marco Museum
  Food
 - Balsamic Vinegar
   (Modena)
 - Vineyard
 - Parmesan Factory
   (Modena)
 - Olive Oil (Torgiano)
 - Cookery lessons
   General Interest
 - Guided tour of Florence
 - Orsanmichele
 - Day trip to San
   Gimignano and Siena,
   Lucca and Pisa, Assisi,
   Venice, Volterra
 - Grota del Vento
 - Ferrari Gallery
   (Maranello)
 - San Gimignano
 - Collodi
 - Volterra
 - Montepulciano
 - Medici Villas
 - Boboli Gardens
 - Ponte Vecchio





Florence

Since the 13th century, artists, intellectuals, scholars and architects have been attracted to the city of Florence, in the heart of Tuscany, which has been immortalised many times over by Dante, Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. It was Florence’s artists and thinkers who set the wheels of
the Renaissance in motion, and the formidable galleries, museums and churches of this city, plot the advance of the Renaissance, stage by stage. This celebrated city can easily be explored and enjoyed on foot.

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ART & ARCHITECTURE
Day 1
Arrive accommodation
Day 2 – Florence
Uffizi Gallery
Cathedral
Duomo
Day 3 – Pisa
Pisa Tower
Baptistery
Day 4 – Florence
Ponte Vecchio
Bargello
Boboli Gardens
Day 5
Departure

Day 1
Arrive accommodation
Day 2
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Battistero
Casa di Dante
Palazzo Vecchio
Uffizi Museum
Day 3 – Ponte Vecchio
Palazzo Pitti
Bargello Museum
Galleria dell’ Accademia
Day 4 – Day in Pisa
Tower of Pisa
Battistero
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
Day 5
Departure

Where you stay

Hotel Universo, Montecatini
A favourite amongst our UK groups
due to the warm welcome, excellent
location and great facilities.
Accommodates - 80
Style - Comfortable 3* hotel
Facilities - All en-suite, air-con, bar, garden, swimming pool (unsupervised), meeting room.


Hotel Nuovo Savi, Montecatini
Situated in the very centre, this elegant spa resort only accepts one group at a time.
Accommodates - 79
Style - 3* hotel
Facilities - all en-suite, air-con, bar, restaurant serving local specialities

Our groups also stay at: Hotel Massimo d’Azeglio

 

 

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