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WALKING TOUR OF FLORENCE (DUOMO-PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA-ACCADEMIA GALLERY AND THE BASILICA OF THE HOLY CROSS)
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WALKING TOUR AROUND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF FLORENCE
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DURATION: | 2 ½ hours | |
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PRICE: | 180 EURO | |
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AVAILABILITY: |
All-year-round | |
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INCLUDED IN THE PRICE: |
Local English-speaking guide (only for You) for the tour around Florence’s historic centre THE ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED
Single ticket Full price: € 5,00 Reduced: € 3,00 (*) Free of charge:
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The Visit of this marvellous city, which houses series of unique art treasures, is obligatory for any lover of art. Despite its cultural and historical significance, Florence is one of the most pleasant cities in Italy. It still remembers the small medieval centre, which has contributed so much to the cultural and political development of Europe.
Also today Florence’s urban heart proposes between Piazza della Signoria and Piazza del Duomo.
You will meet the guide in the prearranged meeting-point, which can be changed according to guests requirements:
Together with our English-speaking expert guide you will visit the Galleria dell’Accademia (Accademia Gallery). In the 1 ¼ hour tour you will discover one of the most famous museums in the world, which houses the world known David by Michelangelo Buonarroti as same as many other masterpieces. After the visit you will go to reach the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square), where is located one of the most fascinating Cathedrals of the World: S. Maria del Fiore. It was built during the years 1296 – 1461, while the gothic façade was completed only in the 19th century. In 1334, Giotto, who also planned the Bell Tower, took over the management of the construction. The work of the dome was finished by Filippo Brunelleschi about one hundred years later. Nearby is the Piazza della Signoria, which is the political symbol of Florence since more than 600 years. There are the Palazzo Vecchio (built in 1299) and Ammannati’s Fountain of Neptune, which is mocked by many as the Big Whitey because of its white marble giant.
The tour finishes with the Visit of the largest Franciscan church in the world, the Basilica of the Holy Cross. The Gothic church contains the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.
SUGGESTIONS:
Take water, camera & sun cream; wear comfortable shoes. In low season warmer clothing may be required!
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OPENING HOURS OF THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY:
The Accademia Gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday
8.15 – 18.50
Closed Monday, New Year’s Day, May 1st and
Christmas Day
OPENING HOURS OF THE BASILICA OF THE HOLY CROSS:
- Weekdays: 09.30 – 17.30
- Sundays and Sundays and holy days of obligation (Feast of the Epiphany, Feast of the Assumption, All Saints’ Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception): 13.00 – 17.30
- Easter Monday, April 25, May 1, June 2: 09.30 – 17.30
- Last Entrance: 17.00
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
‘Garum’ was the name of a fish sauce which was a favourite throughout Pompeii and was prepared and sold in this small house on Via dell’Abbondanza. As a residues found in six sealed containers in the courtyard have not been yet analysed, it has so far been impossible to establish whether the garum produced here was the high quality type (garum excellens or garum flos flos) or some poorer variety. A large number of empty amphorae were stored in the back garden; they have just been cleaned and were ready to be filled by means of a funnel which was also found in the workshop. This is evidence that the garum from Pompeii was exported to many places throughout the Roma ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 2, 2, 10) Ingredients:
- 200 gr. spelt
- 50 gr. pine-kernel
- 50 gr. peeled almond
- 50 gr. raisins
- 1/2 glass Passum (or passito wine)
- Ground pepper
Instructions:
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Soften spelt in water for a long while (12 hours). Then wash and coarsely shatter. Add pine-kernel and peeled almond and cook until spelt is soft. Add raisins and Passum and amalgamate all. Pour into individuals pans and spread with pepper. Serve cold.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.