Tag: Italy
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Top Travel Spots and Experiences, 2025
The view over Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo It’s impossible to tire of this stunning view over the red tiled rooves and buildings of renaissance Florence. A blissful panorama over the magnificent dome of the Duomo, the spire of Santa Croce, the old white, yellow and cream palaces lining the river Arno, and the dark…
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Italy: A walk around Florence
I have been to Florence many times. As have great artists, architects, writers, poets, pilgrims, those wealthy souls on their grand tours, historians, politicians, and royalty over the centuries. My sister lives in Florence. Lucky her. Lucky me. Today I plan to walk around some of the major sites, armed with my tourist map, hat and…