In Florence, the streets teem year-round, restaurants overflow, and even with a ticket booking system, queues jostle to visit the Uffizi. Urbino, by contrast, offers Renaissance splendour without the ...

Ever wonder what it feels like to fly straight into the heart of the Renaissance? This is it. Right below us: Florence’s legendary Duomo, glowing in the morning light like it knows it’s the main ...

Florence’s palazzi, basilicas and baptistries groan with history. But the city’s new W hotel poses an alternative perspective ...

One of the most stunning cities in Italy, Florence is guaranteed to take your breath away. For the best things to see and do on your visit to Florence here’s our city guide to Florence. This striking ...

No rush, just steps through Florence. With a walking tour app guiding us, we discovered medieval lanes, Renaissance masterpieces and the perfect place for gelato.

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from Florence — a reminder of ...

The 19th-century aesthete Walter Pater likened Luca della Robbia’s sculptures to “fragments of the milky sky itself, fallen into the cool streets, and breaking into the darkened churches.” These ...

HistoriCity: Florence is a mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim that challenges players to rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, ...