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WELLNESS AND SPA IN FLORENCE - WEEKEND

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Wellness & Art in Florence

...a week-end journey of well-being, relax and beneficial Spa treatments at Florence Impruneta Spa but also a journey through Middle Ages and Renaissance to explore the origin of the italian origins, culture and food traditions

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

Short description: You are going to visit the Spa of Florence and enjoy its beneficial water that come from two bromine-iodine-sulphuric ancient sources, Fonte Antica and Fonte Celeste.
You walk around in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, an open-air museum where will be found art works of the greatest artistic geniuses. ... Piazza Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Uffizi Gallery and Michelangelo’s David, Pitti Palace and the beautiful rolling Hills of Chianti with romantic vineyards, palaces and wonderful renaissance and medieval heritage, landscapes with breathtaking views, wine bars, restaurants and delicious food and culinary traditions.

Information:

  • Trip to Florence
  • Closest airport: Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci di Firenze Peretola
  • 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
  • Extra days: yes
  • Guided tours: 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
  • dinner in restaurant
  • wine tasting and local gastronomic productsSpa & Wellness tickets at Florence Impruneta Spa
  • Free entrance to all museums and cultural events
  • Telephone assistance
  • Supplement: If you want to stay in 4* Hotel
  • Supplement: for additional beneficial massages not included in the package


1 Spa & Wellness package includes:

  • Access to Florence Spa
  • Access to all hot tubs and waterfalls
  • Access to the steam caves
  • Access to saunas and steam bathsmassage 1 h. (to choose among: Antistress, Reinvigorating, Ayurveda, Shiatsu with colour therapy, Ayurvedic Stone and Crystal therapy,Relaxing with essences)
  • Lymphatic drainage
  • Spa kit: bathrobe, slippers
  • Light Buffè and infusions
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DETAILED TOUR PROGRAM

Day 1: Florence

Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio, Loggia dei Lanzi and Neptune Fountain

Arrival at the airport, transfer to ***Hotel or B&B.
Refreshing welcome drink and free time to relax or to begin acquaint yourself with the enchanting atmosphere of Florence.
In the late afternoon you can start the discovery of Florence.
We reccommend you to start with the most representative place of the city, Piazza della Signoria, the magnificent Palazzo Vecchio where you can visit Salone del Cinquecento (’500-century saloon) with fresco paintings of famous Vasari and the courtyard.
You have the chance to admire the statue of David by Michelangelo in front of the palace, the elegant Loggia dei Lanzi with important groups of sculptures and the Fountain of Neptune that Florentine people call ”Biancone”, the Court of the Merchandise and Palazzo Ugoccioni
Evening: dedicated to old and famous food and tuscan wine tradition in a restaurant and then walk around the magic atmosphere and lit alleyways of the town.

Day 2: Florence
Uffizi Gallery, Vasari Corridor, wonderful view from Ponte Vecchio and Arno River
Piazza Duomo and its cathedral, Baptistery, Giotto’s bell tower, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
After a good breakfast in Florence we reccommend the following beautiful corners of Florence.
You can start with the “not to be missed” visit to one of the most prestigious museums of the world, Uffizi Gallery which houses painting masterpieces of Giotto, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Leonardo, Botticelli just to name some of the greatest artists.
Particular attention can be given to Vasari Corridor where you can admire an original portrait collection of famous painters from Middle Ages and portraits of the famous family doctors. The view of the Arno you have in front of you when you cross the Old Bridge is going to be kept in you heart for a long time. Of equal beauty is the view of the hills surrounding the city of Florence

Lunch in a trattoria where you can taste culinary delights of Florence (a must to be tasted are Florentine steak, a dish of roasted game, ribollita, florentine pappardelle pasta with beans or local cheeses accompanied by a glass of wine).the afternoon we recommend a visit of another nice corner of Florence: Piazza del Duomo with its important monuments built in white marble of Carrara by geniuses like Giotto and Brunelleschi. You can also visit the museum housing models and tools for construction of the imposing cathedral.

Evening: typical florentine restaurant, tasting the delicious culinary products

Day 3: FIRENZE SPA – IMPRUNETA
The Spa town of Impruneta, known for its Renaissance monuments and the beauty of its landscape, is very close to Florence. Impruneta Spa was already known during the Roman Empire.
You reach it by buss.

Spa & Wellness package includes:

Access to Florence Spa
Access to all hot tubs and waterfalls
Access to the steam caves
Access to saunas and steam bathsmassage 1 h. (to choose among: Antistress, Reinvigorating, Ayurveda, Shiatsu with colour therapy, Ayurvedic Stone and Crystal therapy,Relaxing with essences)
Lymphatic drainage
Spa kit: bathrobe, slippers
Light Buffè and infusions

Day 4:
Departure to the airport and your destination

GENERAL INFORMATION

FLORENCE SPA

The advantages of staying and visiting Florence SPA are not only the benefits that come from the water spa treatments, common to all health and Spa centers, but also the possibility to join this wonderful wellness oasis in the proximity of one of the most beautiful art cities in the world.
Beside turkish bath, a relaxing massage or other Spa treatments, it can also be admired some Renaissance ”jewels” that make this place a real gem of our planet.
You travel through the finest culinary traditions of the city, admire river Arno’s romantic sunsets and enjoy endless moments that will remain indelible in your mind.
The spas of Florence, as well as other spas located in Tuscany’s major cities are among the most famous and popular in Italy: for the high quality standards, the beauty of the area that often frame the Spas centres, the well-experienced and professionally trained medical and non medical staff, the rich history of art that represents an annual source of attraction for many visitors, both Italian and foreign.

The fame of the Baths of Florence was already widespread at the time of the Roman Empire even though the first written documents date back to more recent times. Many personalities that today fill the pages of Italy’s history books, that wrote some of the most important works of the italian literature and painted the most beautiful paintings, had the pleasure to enjoy Florence’s spa treatments and therapies.

One of Florence’s most important Spas is Impruneta.
Impruneta’s spa treatments range from specific general treatments to remedy a certain disease, personalized treatments that pay special attention to specific needs of each individual patient... to more general spa treatments dedicated to relaxation and physical well-being of the patient.

Other spa towns of Florence that deserve to be mentioned are: Gambassi Spa and The Water Sources of Spa of Cassia .

therapeutic function of the waters of Florence Spa is particularly indicated for treatment of following disorders:

•to the otorinolaringoiatric system (ear, nose, throat system): usually these are viral or microbial diseases. Among the most common: rhinitis, sinusitis, catarrhal otitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis.

• to the locomotor system, in particular rheumatic pains, difficulty in moving the joints, arthritis, tendonitis, fractures, sprains and everything that can lead to a reduction of the normal flexibility of joints and muscle tissue.

• to the respiratory system: it includes both diseases of the upper part of the respiration system and those of the lower part of the respiration system and among the most frequent to be mentioned are: chronic bronchitis, broncopneupati, asthma, and in general all those disorders and diseases that block the proper functioning of the respiratory mechanisms.

The spas of Florence are fed substantially by different thermal springs:

• fonte antica
• fonte celeste

These are salsobromoiodic cold waters rich with sulfur and other minerals. Their chemical composition is appropriate to any type of treatment, not only for those listed above, but also for skin diseases, gastrointestinal system, biliary and urinary system.

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