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finalist 2009 "Most Outstanding Service" & 2008 for "Design & Innovation"
finalist 2009 "Most Outstanding Service" & 2008 for "Design & Innovation"
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Florence
information about Florence.
Florence, art city, filled with masterpieces of Michelangelo Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello and Giotto.
Florence, cradle of famous personalities such as Leonardo da Vinci, Dante , Boccaccio,Machiavelli and Galileo Galilei.
Florence, cradle of famous personalities such as Leonardo da Vinci, Dante , Boccaccio,Machiavelli and Galileo Galilei.
Arriving to Florence from the Color Hotel is simple: it takes 3 hours by car or 1 and a half hour by taking the Treno freccia Rossa or on a guided excursion, the place where the bus leaves is 50 metres away from the hotel.
The fame of Florence was born in the Middle Ages but it reached the utmost splendour during the Renaissance.
In Florence, from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth century, masterpieces by the greatest Italian geniuses have been created. Here Boccaccio wrote his 'Decamerone'. The Italian Renaissance, the richest European cultural period, began in Florence when Brunelleschi completed the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore with his enormous dome.
The most famous museum in Florence is the Uffizi which contains works of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo , Tiziano e Rubens.
Other art museums that cannot be missed are Palazzo Pitti, la Galleria dell'Accademia e Palazzo Vecchio.
In Florence you can find some among the greatest churches of Italy, among which the famous Florence Cathedral,San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella e Santa Croce.
Florence on the Arno River, the city is divided in two by the river, but its picturesque bridges are able to give a sense of harmony and continuity: Ponte Vecchio is one of the most fascinating bridges in Italy.
By shopping in Florence you will be able to find the most important and fashionable stores.
The most important streets are Vigna Nuova , via dei Calzaiuoli and via de Tornabuoni , visit also the adjacent streets where you can discover small handicraft shops and products of the famous leather goods traders of Florence.
Try the famous Florentine dishes in the different typical restaurants of the city, and for a fast snack, we recommend the small focacceria nearby the House of Dante.
Those who visit Florence are never disappointed.
Florence
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