Group: The Rick Steves’ Wanderers
Home base: Hotel Accademia, Firenze, Italy
Favorite book: Rick Steves’ Florence & Tuscany
Travel tip: Prepare, relax, enjoy
Best tour guide ever: Lisa Anderson
Email me at: scubydo@sbcglobal.net
We came together as a group on
Sunday, November 19, 2006 to
admire the art and culture that is
Florence, Italy. A week later,
Florence, Italy. A week later,
we left as friends with memories
to last a lifetime.
Our Daily
Itinerary & Photos
Itinerary & Photos
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Visit Michelangelo’s David and dine
Tuscan-style our first night as a group.
Tuscan-style our first night as a group.
Renaissance walk through the heart of
the city, and visit the Duomo and Museum.
the city, and visit the Duomo and Museum.
Uffizi and San Marco museums...
you haven’t lived ‘till you’ve seen
Venus’ birth.
you haven’t lived ‘till you’ve seen
Venus’ birth.
Morning walk to Santa Maria Novella and
Oltrarno, the market and Santo Spirito.
Oltrarno, the market and Santo Spirito.
Tour the countryside to Volterra, and then
wine tasting instead of turkey and stuffing...
I think we managed well.
wine tasting instead of turkey and stuffing...
I think we managed well.
Santa Croce, Bargello Museum, Vivoli Gelato, Dinner with our new friends.
Some stayed, some went, but the memories
will last forever.
will last forever.
A Rome away from home...
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Firenze (Florence) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. From 1865 to 1870 Florence was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Florence lies on the Arno River and has a population of around 400,000 people, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000 persons.
I really didn’t know what to expect taking a formal tour, the last one I was on was in high school, and it was one of those see 10 countries in 4 days versions. But I had heard good things about Rick Steves from PBS, and friends and colleagues, and I can say I was wonderfully surprised and happy with my decision. Click here for a “Bird’s Eye View.” Ciao!
