Meet Giulia Scarpaleggia, also known as Juls’ Kitchen. A victim of the economic crisis, or a person who is taking advantage of it to pursue her dreams? She writes “From January 1, 2012, in fact, …
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Life in Florence as an import. It’s not all pizza and mandolino but it’s not bad.
A renaissance art historian’s guide to Florence through its history, monuments, and people.
“Fuori Porta” literally means outside the city gates. Anywhere outside Florence!
An art historian’s approach to the monuments of the eternal city.
Art, sea, mountains, islands, shopping, hiking, culture… Tuscany has it all.
If you’re looking for an unusual type of guidebook to Florence, Jane Fortune’s To Florence con Amore is a good option. This book uses a clever format of chapters composed of increasing numbers of tips …
The hipster dons his sneakers of a brand so hip we haven’t heard of it yet, and with apparent ease finds the coolest things to do in any city. This is where hipster and I …
Wherever I go, I tend to visit a lot of museums. It’s a good thing that Barcelona has a museum discount card called “Articket“ that costs 22 euros and gets you into 7 museums! I …
I’m just about ready to call Eric Vokel Gran Via Suites home… it’s only for five days, but we’ve very comfortably moved in and nothing’s missing, so we could stick around pretty much forever!
It’s been …
100,000 Florentines and tourists alike flooded the streets of Florence’s historical center last night for the Notte Bianca “Insonnia Creativa”. The creative (and apparently low-cost) solution of interventions in the city’s piazze, on the bridges, …
The “notte bianca” or “white night” is when the city sanctions staying up late and has special events and late openings planned. For Florence this year the date to mark on your calendars is Saturday …
If you’re interested in the impact of Americans and the Anglo community on Florence, this talk is for you. Garden historian Katie Campbell will be talking at the British Institute about those eccentric Anglos who …
I’m always happy to announce a good academic talk… even when the date is in conflict with by own event, the BettaKnit KnitLounge at Le Murate organized by The Florentine.
The talk by John Hoenig is …
Here’s a really cute event for your creative/crafty side! On Thursday April 28 2011, come out to Le Murate from 7-10pm to learn how to knit, or to knit in a group and help others. …
Every culture has its expressions for why you should wake up early. In Italian it’s “la mattina ha l’oro in bocca” (morning has gold in the air – they haven’t smelled my breath, apparently) and …
If you want to photograph Dante in Piazza Santa Croce, you are going to have to wait two months while the Carrara marble gets a good scrubbing (starting today). The 34,000 euro cleaning is financed …
Florence’s most notorious scarlet woman left an elegant mark on the city that loved to hate her.
Arttrav is pleased to host this innovative and well-researched article by US-based writer Joanne O’Sullivan.
From her portrait on walls …
The Italian youth magazine Focus Junior and the MIBAC (ministry for the arts) have come up with an interesting collaboration to promote twelve lesser-known museums in Italy, amonst them the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence for …
Here’s the second post from ArtTrav’s colomnist who will be contributing seasonal articles about what to do in Florence with children.
Laura, mother of three-year-old Francesco (in the photo!), is also the energetic founder of …