Celebrating Its 5th Edition"Mugello da Fiaba" is a unique and original festival of literature, theater, music, creativity and art for children, teenagers and their families! This year's edition will be from May 7th to 12th, at Villa Pecori Giraldi, in Borgo San Lorenzo (Florence). The ...

The Black Rooster labels in a unique Collection The latest Chianti Classico labels will be presented by more than 190 producers at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, on February 11th and 12th. The Chianti Classico DOP Olive Oil from the 2018 harvest will also be presented. The ...

The Medici chapels are the mausoleum of the noble family that ruled the city of Florence and Tuscany for about three centuries (except for some brief interruptions). The family was  originally from the village of Cafaggiolo in the Mugello. After hearing about the opportunities that trade offered, ...

The Grape Festival in Impruneta (or La Festa dell'Uva di Impruneta) just outside Florence began in 1926, but officially dates to 1928, in order to promote grape consumption during the economic crisis. Since then, Impruneta's Piazza Buondelmonti has been the epicenter of the festivities on the first Sunday ...

  The Hot Air Balloon Festival floats over to Florence for two weekends of fun.The great festival dedicated to the air giants takes place at the Visarno Race-course, a few steps from the city centre and the cathedral, on the weekends of October 13-14th and of 20-21st. Hot air balloons will paint ...

It's starting to heat up all over Italy and with it comes a true changing of the seasons. Italians have a beautiful way of existing around mother nature. Around June 1st, as the spring breezes die down, and the sun begins to beat down a ...

Summer is coming! The fabulous city of Florence will host numerous concerts, like the Firenze Rocks (from June 14 to June 17), the MusArt Festival (from July 18 to July 28) and the Rockin' 1000 that's live, which will take place on July 21. This event ...

Ah yes, the flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, the tourists are coming! The tourists are coming! This article is geared toward the tourist that has possibly already been to Florence and elbowed his way through its top destinations (with blisters to prove it), ...

There are many palaces used as museums in the city of Florence, such as Palazzo Martelli, the Complesso di San Firenze (which was built between 17th and 18th centuries, and which houses the Franco Zeffirelli foundation) and Palazzo dell'Arte della Lana (which was built towards the ...

The city of Florence was a great protagonist of the Italian Renaissance; it hosted artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Michelangelo and Andrea del Castagno, as well as patrons such as Cosimo de Medici and Filippo Strozzi the Elder. In Via del Proconsolo there ...