Ponte Vecchio

A Candid Review of Florence’s 2025 Wine on Water Tour

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A Candid Review of Florence’s 2025 Wine on Water Tour Florence, you know, presents so many ways to fall in love with it. The streets are literally overflowing with magnificent art, and the local food is just incredibly good pretty much anywhere you stop to eat. Yet, at the end of the day, you often find yourself swimming in a great sea of other people. So, we were on the hunt for something a little bit different, you know, a little quiet escape from the regular walking itineraries. That is that we stumbled upon this concept of a boat excursion, …

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Florence Uncovered: My 2025 Review of the Express Accademia & Ponte Vecchio Walking Tour

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Florence Uncovered: My 2025 Review of the Express Accademia & Ponte Vecchio Walking Tour So, Florence in the spring is really something else. I mean, the light hits the Arno River in a way that just stops you in your tracks, and the air, well, it kind of smells like espresso and old stones. You get there, and obviously, you have this big list of things you absolutely have to see. The problem is that, you know, a million other people apparently have the exact same list. I was looking at the queue for the Accademia Gallery, and honestly, it …

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Best of Florence Private Walking Tour 2025: An Honest Review

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Best of Florence Private Walking Tour 2025: An Honest Review So, you’ve finally made it to Florence, and honestly, it’s a little overwhelming, right? Like, every single street seems to hold some kind of masterpiece or a story stretching back centuries. We felt that, you know, this huge pressure to see absolutely everything. That’s pretty much why we decided on a private walking tour, just to make sense of it all. This is our honest take on the 2025 ‘BEST OF FLORENCE Private Walking Tour’, sort of breaking down what you can expect. At the end of the day, we …

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A Walk Through Time: Our 2025 Florence City Walking Tour Review

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A Walk Through Time: Our 2025 Florence City Walking Tour Review So, you arrive in Florence, and it’s pretty much a complete sensory experience right from the start. You know, the air just has a different kind of feel to it, thick with history and, honestly, the smell of really amazing espresso. At the end of the day, you could try to see the city from a bus, but you’d be missing out on, like, so much. That is that, a walking tour feels like the only genuine way to get to know the city. It’s almost like you’re peeling …

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Florence Paddleboarding Review: SUP at Ponte Vecchio (2025)

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Florence Paddleboarding Review: SUP at Ponte Vecchio (2025) So you have walked the streets of Florence, and I mean you have seen the Duomo up close and stood before David, you know. That is all amazing, of course, but you sort of start to see the city through a filter of crowds and queues, right. I was, frankly, looking for a way to see Florence that was a little different, something that went beyond the museum lines, anyway. And that’s pretty much how I found myself looking at the Arno River, not from a bridge, but with the actual thought …

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2025 Florence Private Walking Tour: A Genuine Review

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2025 Florence Private Walking Tour: A Genuine Review So, Florence has this way of sort of overwhelming you the second you step off the train. It’s almost a beautiful chaos, right? There are these massive lines of people, you know, everywhere you look, and so many groups following a guide with a colored flag held up high. Honestly, my first thought was about how I could possibly find the real city underneath all of that activity. We had actually debated for weeks about how to see Florence. The big group tours are obviously cheaper, but the idea of being herded …

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