Discovery Italy

Florence
...a week-end journey Middle Ages up to Renaissance to explore the origin of the Italian art

Duration: 4 days and 3 nights
Accommodation: 3 nights in B & B or Hotel *** with breakfast

Short description: You are going to walk around in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, an open-air museum where you find art works of the greatest artistic geniuses and ancient culinary traditions. ... Piazza Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Uffizi Gallery and Michelangelo’s David at Pitti Palace and the beautiful Hills of Chianti as well as ancient culinary traditions.
It is going to be an exciting journey to discover the artistic, historic heritage and the gastronomic traditions that ranges from ancient times up to present days.
It is going to be an unforgettable trip!

Information:

• Trip to Florence
• Closest airport: Amerigo Vespucci Firenze Peretola Airport
• Period: all year round
• Duration: 3 nights
• Flights: to book separately from our site. You can find both scheduled standard flights and low cost flights. You receive booking assistance on request
• Guided tour: on request

Price with arrival at Florence airport: 355 euro*
Price with arrival at other airports: 405 euro*
*The price may vary according to season
All prices include VAT
Breakfasts: all room tariffs include a cooked or continental breakfast. Special dietary requirements need to be booked in advance

Included in the price:

• Accommodation: 3 nights in centrally located 3* Hotel or B & B in double room with breakfast (supplement for single room)
• Transfer to/from the airport
• Welcome drink
• 2 dinners in restaurants
• 2 wine tasting and local gastronomic products
• Telephone assistance
• Free entrance to all museums and cultural events
• Extra days: yes
• Supplement: If you want to stay in 4* Hotel

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TUSCANY
Description: Tuscany is a region of Central Italy: it borders to the north with Emilia Romagna, to the east with Marches and Umbria, with Lazio to the south, to north-west it borders for a short distance with Liguria and to the west is washed by the Tyrrhenian Sea.
is divided into the provinces of Florence (regional capital), Prato, Pisa, Lucca, Grosseto, Arezzo, Siena, Pistoia and Livorno Massa Carrara.
The name of this region comes from its ancient inhabitants, tusci, a name that was given to etruscans by romans.
is famous worldwide for its art, history, landscapes and the local gastronomic products. Among the many Italian art cities the most famous are: Florence, Siena, Pisa and Lucca and some medieval villages such as San Gimignano and Montepulciano.
A special feature of this beautiful region is certainly the natural heritage and the great variety of landscapes: we can find here the beautiful green hills of Chianti and Maremma Park, the mountainous landscapes of the Apuan Alps or Abetone, the thermal parks of Chinciano and Montecatini Terme and finally the very famous beach resorts of Versilia, Argentario and the island of Elba.

Cuisine and Wines: The typical tuscan cuisine is simple and genuine based on quality foods such as bread (made without salt) and extra virgin olive oil.Among the typical dishes we find the delicious appetizers of land-based meats and delicious croutons made with toasted Tuscan bread: very famous are the "chicken liver croutons. the first course dishes we recommend "pappa al pomodoro”, tomato cooked with garlic, basil and pepper. The Tuscan soups including the delicious "ribollita” are also very famous. Among the pasta dishes the most famous are undoubtedly "pappardelle” with hare sauce, pasta cooked with hare meat in red wine, olive oil and tomatoes. Other well-known dishes are the steak “alla fiorentina” (meat strictly coming from Chianina cattle) and tripe. Among the local dishes there are also many fish specialty dishes including the famous "cacciucco” fish soup, a typical dish from the city of Livorno or "triglie alla livornese" (with tomatoes and peas). Among the desserts we find "Ricciarelli" and "Gingerbread" from Siena, "cantucci” from Prato, “brigidini“ from Pistoia, chestnut cake (made with chestnut flour, pine nuts and raisins), “bucellato” from Lucca.
When it comes to the wines of Tuscany...this is a chapter in itself: there are many varieties of wines and all very popular and well known.find Chianti, Montepulciano, Brunello di Monatalcino, Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Galestro and the red from the hills of Lucca.Last but not least, Morellino di Scansano, a wine with brilliant ruby red color and intense and fruity flavor. This wine is ideal to red meat.