things to do in Florence

Florence Golf Cart Tour Review: 2025 Eco-Luxury Sights

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Florence Golf Cart Tour Review: 2025 Eco-Luxury Sights You know, Florence is a city you often experience on foot. Its streets, packed with centuries of stories, more or less invite you to get a little bit lost. So, the idea of seeing it all from a golf cart was, to be honest, a bit strange at first. We kept wondering if it would, you know, feel right. Yet, we found ourselves booking the 2025 ‘Private Eco Luxury Golf Cart Tour’, kind of curious about what a ‘luxury’ golf cart could even mean. As a matter of fact, the promise was …

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Florence ‘Secrets & Quirks’ Discovery Walk! (2025 Review)

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Florence ‘Secrets & Quirks’ Discovery Walk! (2025 Review) You know, Florence has this way of completely sweeping you off your feet. As a matter of fact, the massive cathedral and all the famous statues are absolutely mind-blowing, but after a bit, you sort of start looking for something more. Honestly, I found myself wondering what was hiding just around the corner, away from all the big crowds. So, I was looking for a different kind of experience, something a little more personal and, well, real. That is that I stumbled upon the ‘Florence “Secrets & Quirks” Discovery Walk!’, and it …

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Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden & Palatina Gallery: A Guided Tour Review for 2025

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Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden & Palatina Gallery: A Guided Tour Review for 2025 So, you walk across the Ponte Vecchio, navigate the crowds, and then, right there, is this building that is just enormous. Honestly, the Pitti Palace doesn’t look like the other buildings in Florence; in a way, it’s a bit more severe, almost like a fortress. It’s almost so imposing that it’s a bit of a shock to the system. You get a feeling, right away, that this place was meant to show off some serious power. The original owner, a banker named Luca Pitti, apparently wanted to …

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Discover the Art and History of Santa Croce Basilica in Florence 2025

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Discover the Art and History of Santa Croce Basilica in Florence 2025 Okay, so when you first step into the Piazza Santa Croce, it’s just, you know, a different feeling from the area around the Duomo. It’s a little more open, a little less crowded, well, sometimes. The front of the Basilica itself is really something, with all that white, green, and pink marble from the 1800s. To be honest, it looks like it’s always been there. The whole place just has this very old, very dignified feeling about it. You sort of know right away that what’s inside is …

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