12 masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay 24-09-2013 | 05-01-2014 Tickets Opening hours and admission Galleria d’arte moderna Tuesday – Sunday 8.15am – 6.50pm (last entrance at 6.00pm), closed on Mondays Full price € 13.00; Concessions € 6.50 for U.E.citizens aged 18 to 25 Admission free under 18 and for U.E.citizens over 65
Temporary exhibition in Florence. Every day 9.00 a.m.-8.00 p.m. Thursday 9.00 a.m.-11.00 p.m. Tickets, opening hours and admission Full price € 10,00 Reduction € 8,50; 8,00; 7,50 Groups of school and students € 4,00
Every year, the Centro Guide tourism office, ( with the support of the Florence Ente Casse di Risparmio), organizes a series of conferences during the period which goes from December 2011 to March 2012. The common theme of this cycle is the history of the Florence and Tuscany gardens, from the Middle Ages to the…
The Uffizi Friends card is sold only at the Uffizi Gallery welcome-desk. It’s an annual card and it is nominal (you must bring proof of identity with you) Normal fee (1 adult) € 60.00 Family fee (2 adults + 2 children) € 100.00 Young adult fee (under 26 years) € 40.00 The main advantages are:…
The Hotel Four Seasons in Florence occupies numerous historic buildings that are located inside the city’s largest private botanic park (4.5 hectares), an entire block between Borgo Pinti east, Via Gino Capponi west, the Via Giusti buildings on the south side and from Viale Matteotti on the northern side. The five-star Four Seasons Hotel Florence…
The Gherardesca Garden was designed by the architect Giuliano da Sangallo (between 1472 and 1480) who transformed the building owned by Bartolomeo Scala into the first “Urban Villa” of its genre, set in a private botanical garden, amongst the largest in Florence (4.5 Hectares)! During the Renaissance an Italian style garden was created, which had…
The Bargello Museum, preserves a remarkable collection of sculpture, particular collections of “minor arts”, found inside quite an impressive building built around the middle of the thirteenth century for the Captain of the People, which later became the seat of the Mayor and the Council of Justice. The beautiful courtyard is decorated with the Mayor’s…
The Unique Florence event (Manifestazione Firenze insolita) offers guided tours in Florence’s Uno Quarter including: the Rose Garden(open during the winter months as well), from the end of November to the end of December, 2012. CHILDREN IN THE GARDENS The New Rose Garden, which is a public park in Piazzale Michelangelo, was built in 1865…
Via Tornabuoni is considered the commercial centre of Florence, it has been recently become pedestrian area, so that we may appreciate every single corners of the road. Nowadays as we know, it is the best known for containing names in Italian fashion, Pucci, Gucci, Prada, Armani, Cavalli, Max Mara, Tod’s and others. It’s the main…
One of the most authentic neighbourhood of the old Florence, as you can see on a map, is displayed among: the river Arno on the North side, Ponte San Niccolò on the east side, the Carmine church on the west, Palazzo Pitti on the south. This zone is crossed form Via Guicciardini, reconstructed in the…
