Posts Tagged Florence
ITALY-FREE MUSEUMS FOR WOMEN ON MARCH 8th, 2011
Posted by Violetta Buti in 2011 EVENTS IN FLORENCE on 29/01/2011
The Italian Minestry of Heritage and Culture is supporting the International Womens’ day celebrated on the 8th of March every year by allowing free entry to state museums to women. State museums in Italy are the most importants ones usually. In Florence you can go to the Academy of Fine Arts (David and other statues by Michelangelo) and to the Uffizi for free. It’s still advisable to book thought, so that you don’t have to stand in line. The booking fee is 4 euro.
Brunelleschi’s Workshop for Executives in Florence, 18-21 March 2010
Posted by Violetta Buti in CULTURAL EVENTS IN FLORENCE, Workshop for Executives in Florence on 19/12/2009
Take advantage of a great opportunity taking place in Florence on March 18-21 2010 by participating in this innovative workshop for Executives where you will be able to combine a great location as Florence, Italy, its art and museums while learning how to integrate innovation and strategy in your work - just like Brunelleschi did back in the Renaissance!
Please click here to see the program of the workshop!
To book please contact travel agent and planner Violetta Buti at Beauty In Italy or write to info@beautyinitaly.com
GIOTTO, EXHIBIT IN ROME & RE-OPENING OF HIS BIRTH HOUSE IN VICCHIO, TUSCANY
Posted by Violetta Buti in Giotto, painter and architect of the fourtienth century in Italy on 20/04/2009
Giotto represented a huge change in the XIVth century art. The first who used the ”chiaro-scuro” technique in painting and gave a modern look to the saints, madonnas, etc. that he painted in the cities of Assisi (Church of San Francesco), Padua (Cappella degli Scrovegni), Florence (Churches of Holy Cross and Santa Maria Novella).
We bring to your attention the EXHIBITION ABOUT GIOTTO taking place in Rome at the Vittoriano building until June 29th, 2009. The exhibit is a thorough desplay of paintings about this artist coming from the major museums in Italy and in the world. Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM – Fiday / Saturday from :30 AM to 11:30 PM – Sunday from 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM. Tickets cost 10 00 euro – discount tickets cost 7,50 euro – Telephone for information: 06 6780664.
We also draw your attention to the re-opening of GIOTTO’S BIRTH HOUSE in VICCHIO, Mugello (Tuscany) - Opening times: Thursday 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM, Friday/Saturday/Sunday 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM / 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Tel.: 055 8439224
In the museum you will be able to watch an extraordinary documentary film about Giotto, from his childhood in the Mugello to the major works he painted in Assisi, Padua and Florence. This film is already worth a visit! It is shown alternatively in Italian and English language and lasts 20 minutes. In the nearby room are three computers that enable the visitor to search about Giotto and his works. Another section of the museum is dedicated to the connection between Giotto and the territory, nature and landscape where he was born and that still surround his house-museum today. Thanks to the projection of a video we are introduced to this wonderful world and may better understand the connection between the painter and the subjects that he painted. At last, on the second floor of the house, an artist’s work-shop has been created so that children and teen-agers can directly use different coulors and paintings techiniques .
For guided tours, private tour guides and excursions throughout Italy please contact www.beautyinitaly.com
Tour Company and Travel Agency in Florence
Posted by Violetta Buti in CITY TOURS OF FLORENCE, ITALIAN WAY OF LIFE on 30/01/2009
 san gimignano volterra According to the American magazine “Travel & Leisure” Florence has been the number one preferred city to visit in the world! Many visitors have chosen to be accompanied by a licensed private tour guide: In fact, the decision to get to know Florence in the company of a personal guide is a very wise one.
“Beauty in Italy” is a tour company offering the assistance of private licensed guides for walking tours and sightseeing in Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Assisi, Venice, Rome, Vatican City, Naples, Pompeii and many other art cities and archaeological sites of interest in Italy. It seeks to avoid mass tourism: It specializes in focusing on small groups and individual travellers who desire to get to know and visit art cities in Italy. |
| We are a travel agency and customize trips for individual travelers , we book train tickets, hotels, etc. We also offer specialized services from professionals in tourism such as tour guides and drivers who will speak perfect English and will show you the different facets of our cities and regions.
Our clients are families, small groups of friends, members of companies, couples who just married or also a single person who doesn’t want to sightsee in Florence alone but would enjoy the company of a guide who speaks English. The purpose of this system of personalized tour guides is to offer a quality tourist service so that the visitor can enjoy the guided tours in English without hurry and being a part of a large group. We stay away from mass tourism.
Concerning Tuscany: In the whole Region of Tuscany, and surrounding areas of Florence, we can organize for you walking tours in important cities such as Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Arezzo, Pistoia, Prato, Carrara… all of them with outstanding art, landscapes, history, architecture, cuisine.
Environments: At the same time other so called “minor” towns that are not as well known by visitors from the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia…. like San Gimignano, Volterra, Montalcino, Bagnovignoni, Castiglion d’Orcia, Pienza, Montepulciano, Pietrasanta, Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi, etc., deserve to be discovered for their beauty and scenery: hills, mountains, coast, Tyrrhenian Sea.
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Our personalized services in English offer professionalism:
Services of counseling, tailor-made tours, information of special itineraries to enable the client to program any kind of walking tour, travel, personalized itinerary – with English speaking guides, tour leaders and drivers.
Licensed tour leaders with licenses granted by the Italian Municipalities who accompany you throughout Italy.
Licensed tourist guides with licenses granted by the Italian Municipalities who show you art cities in Italy.
Licensed drivers with licensed granted by the Italinan Municipalities driving Mercedes cars and other prestigious brands who can access the city centres because they hold a special permit where local drivers are not allowed.
Licensed hiking guides with licensd granted by the Italian Municipalities for walks, hikes, excursions for trips to rural areas in the middle of nature that are different from art tours in cities but still by specialized staff recognized by the Italian authorities.
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, German and all other languages on request.
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| We offer tourist services to individuals traveling to Italy who would like special attention to detail.
To capture the real soul of cities like Florence, Venice, Rome, or a country like Italy and to understand their true essence, it is worth it to choose quality services that we provide.
Why are you waiting to visit Italy? We are here for you! |
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