Tag: Florence
-
Italy: Day 5 – Florence
Despite not buying tickets to the museums prior to arrival, we were able to get tickets through our hotel. When we checked out of Residenza Betta, Elizabetta, the owner was very warm and friendly to serve us a cappuccino before we headed out. After a quick breakfast, we headed to the train station to get…
-
Italy: Day 4 – Tour of Tuscany
As I mentioned before, Mondays are generally the day major museums are closed. We had heard that it’s a good idea to also explore outside of Florence if we could. Since we could, we booked The Best of Tuscany Tour with WalkAbout through our hotel. Unfortunately, out of the entire week, this was the ONLY…
-
Italy: Day 3 – Florence
We planned a late morning train and left our Roman accommodations with plenty of time to reach the main train station – Termini, supposedly just 15 minutes away. We were told that the tram would take us there and so we hopped on board feeling good about our timing. The worst and perhaps best part…
