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The viewpoints worth the climb, the ones that disappoint, and why the photo of the Duomo is not taken from the Duomo.

The Medici gardens behind Palazzo Pitti: what to see, how long it takes, and the mistakes most visitors make.

Two hill towns in eastern Tuscany, visited in one day: Piero della Francesca in Arezzo, Etruscan Cortona above the Val di Chiana.

Seven to eight hours, two estates and a long lunch. How a private Chianti wine day from Florence actually works, and the three mistakes that ruin it.

Florence’s grandest hotels occupy the same real estate the city’s merchant princes once did — Renaissance palazzi on the Arno, frescoed salons, and rooftop terraces that turn a sunset drink into the best view in Tuscany. Here is where the city’s most discerning guests actually stay. The Excelsior, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Firenze Anchoring Piazza…

The fastest way to understand Tuscany is to cook it. A private cooking class here is not a tourist demonstration — it is a hands-on morning or evening with a local chef, rolling fresh pasta by hand, learning the logic of a cuisine built on simplicity, and finishing the lesson at a table set with…

Your Florence concierge has one rule for the perfect Italian souvenir: buy it where it is made. In Florence and across Tuscany, that means alabaster carved in Volterra, leather stitched by hand in Santa Croce sull’Arno, and a truffle-laced dinner at a table with a Michelin star. This guide brings together the region’s finest artisan…

A concierge-style journey through Florence’s most cherished symbols of good fortune — from Il Porcellino to hidden rites passed down for centuries.

The true story of the Pazzi Conspiracy — the 1478 plot against the Medici that shook Renaissance Florence to its core.

The legends behind Florence’s most iconic lucky landmarks — Il Porcellino and Ponte Vecchio — and the rituals still practised today.