From Firenze you can easily reach the other cities of Toscana: Pisa (1 hour), Lucca (1,5 hour) og Siena (1,5 hour).  The main train station is in the middle of the city and there are direct trains to Venezia (2,5 hours), Roma (1,5 hours), Milano (2:45), Bologna (1 hour), and so on.  Firenze is completely flat, and you can rent a bike by the main train station. 

The city of filled to the rim with art and world-changing history.  A one-day visit does not suffice, so plan on several.  Or stay a week.

Here, Dante developed the Italian language.  Unsurpassed artists such as Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci worked here.  f you want to visit the Uffizi gallery we advice you to order tickets in advance.  For example  here.    Without a pre-reserved ticket you can stay in line for hours.  Not a nice way to spend a day in Firenze. We rent out an apartment in the

We rent out an apartment in the old historic centre, near by the Uffizi gallery and the river Arno. You may take a look at Casa di Rossella here.  
If you prefer to live at a beautiful wineyard, you may take a look at Villa Lamperi and contact us for more information in English.

Firenze, the city of the Renaissance, was the bar far most important city in Europe for art, culture and finance in the 14th to the 16th centuries.  The immense wealth and liberal outlook of the ruling family was like a magnet on artists.

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Area: Firenze (Florence)
The city of the Renaissance

Firenze is a huge outdoor museum.  A short visit in the city can start at the main railway station, then to the magnificent cathedral with it's stunning dome, visit Piazza della Signoria where is David, pass the world famous Uffizi gallery and end at the old Ponte Vecchio with  it's jewelers.