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Free museum entrance on Feb. 14th – March 8th – April 14th-22nd, 2012 – FLORENCE
Posted by Violetta Buti in CITY-BREAKS on 12/01/2012
- Next 14th of February 2012 on the occasion of St. Valentine’s day 2 visitors will be able to enter the Florentine State Museums by paying only 1 ticket. It will be possible to reserve the entrance to Uffizi and Academy galleries by paying a reservation fee.
- Next 8th of March 2012 on the occasion of Women’s day all women will have free entrance to all Florentine State Museums. It will be possible to reserve the entrance to Uffizi and Academy galleries by paying a reservation fee.
- Next April 14th-22nd 2012 on the occasion of the Week of Culture in Italy entrance to all Florentine State Museums will be free. It is advisable to book in advance as there will be lines to get in considering the high season period just after Easter. For booking of state museums a fee will apply.
WEEK OF CULTURE IN ITALY – APRIL 16-25, 2010
Posted by Violetta Buti in CULTURAL EVENTS IN FLORENCE on 15/02/2010
XII week of culture in Italy from April 16th to April 25th 2010!
Free entrance to Italian State Museums for all visitors from Italy and all over the world. Visitors intending to visit the most famous museums in Italy are still better off reserving the entrance otherwise they will have to queue for quite a long time (around 2 hours to museums such the Uffizi and the Academy in Florence).
For further information please contact Italian tour company based in Florence, Italy “Beauty In Italy“.
Guided tours available only in small groups. Visits are conducted by licensed tour guides in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and other languages on request.
Skype contact: “viagiotto”
2010 SEMI-PRIVATE WALKING TOURS IN FLORENCE, ITALY
Posted by Violetta Buti in CITY TOURS OF FLORENCE, Semi-private walking tours in Florence on 13/02/2010
These tours are the best choise and value for single travelers who would like to benefit from quality yet spend less money than hiring a private tour guide on their own. These tours are designed for visitors of Florence who will join other travelers forming a small group and still staying away from mass tourism. Tours run weekley from the month of May to the month of October 2010.
Sightseeing/Walking Tours in Florence – Cost is 55 euro per person
Florence for Beginners and the David Tour – description of the tour
A three-hour walking tour which aims to give you an in-depth understanding of the ancient city with its magnificent Cathedral, the Duomo, and the neighbouring Baptistery which boasts Ghiberti’s equisite bronze doors.
We visit the Duomo where we can admire the arhitectural techiniques used by Brunelleschi to build the dome. Next on the tour are some of the city’s most stunning piazzas, starting with Santa Croce and its awe-inspiring church, home to some of Giotto’s most beautyiful frescoes.
Then we go to Piazza della Signoria, the city’s political center, both ancient and modern, where the imposing Palazzo Vecchio stands. Next we walk down to the Ponte Vecchio and take in its magnificent views, before heading for the Accademia Museum to see Michelangelo’s David.
Note: Fees for the Academy and Santa Croce church are not included in the price of the tour. With us you skip long lines as we already have reserved the tickets. We guarantee the tour with a minimum of 2 participants
TRAVEL FAIR IN RIMINI, ITALY
OCTOBER 2009 TRAVEL FAIR AT RIMINI, ITALY
- THE FUTURE OF ITALIAN TOURISM AT TTG TRAVEL FAIR
THE LEADING B2B TRAVEL EVENT IN ITALY
The fair lasts 3 days and as I’m writing it’s still on. I was there yesterday, October 16th 2009. It’s considered the most important travel fair in Italy, it’s only open to the professionals operating in tourism: mainly tour operators, travel agencies, hotels. It is attended by thousands of business people: visitors, buyers, exhibitors. Exhibiting firms and buyers are from Italy and from many other countries around the world.
Here one also learns about the latest and most sofisticated sofware and technology to use.
There are conferences, interviews, clasees to attend for the travel agents who want to broaden their knowledge in tourism, novelties in the travel industry.
The financial crisis has hit heavily everywhere. Thanks to its incredible cultural heritage Italy will find a way out! CULTURE, ART, “ITALIAN WAY OF LIFE” are Italy’s best arguments and potentials for the coming years.
CULTURAL JEWISH EVENTS IN ITALY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th 2009
Posted by Violetta Buti in 2009 Summer Events, CITY TOURS OF FLORENCE, CULTURAL EVENTS IN FLORENCE on 30/08/2009
EUROPEAN DAY OF JEWISH CULTURE
JEWISH CELEBRATIONS AND TRADITIONS IN ITALY
DISCOVER THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL JEWISH HERITAGE IN TUSCANY, ITALY
The Travel Agency & Tour Company BEAUTY IN ITALY based in Florence, Italy, organizes private walking tours all year round.
Furthermore BEAUTY IN ITALY also customizes trips throughout Italy including accommodation, guided tours, museums bookings, drivers and excursions.
For the 10th time this year Italian authorities and Jewish communities dedicate the first week-end of September to the Jewish world and to all those who would like to learn more about the JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE in Italy.
“Scolanova” in the town of Trani, in the Puglia region, that had been ransformed into church for centuries, has gone back to beeing a synagogue again! This is also the reason why Trani is the starting point for the FESTIVAL OF JEWISH CULTURE that goes from September 6th to September 10th in the Apulia region (Puglia in Italian).
These are the events taking place in Florence on September 6th 2009:
10:00 am BRIDAL PROCESSIONin Piazza della Signoria and OPENING OF SYNAGOGUE & JEWISH MUSEUM in Via Farini, 6 – Tel.: +39 055 245252 – comebrfi@tin.it
10:30 am Welcoming speach by Jewish authorities
11:45 am Saldun Hall – Theatrical performance
12:00 pm Synagogue’s garden: Jewish cooking classes
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Jewish snacks and food typical of the Jewish Italian community
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Conversations about Hebraism
4:00 pm Synagogue’s garden: Presentation of some typical Jewish dishes / cooking classes
6:00 pm FINAL CONCERT in the Synagogue’s garden
DURING THIS DAY FROM 10:00 am to 5:30 pm:
Free guided tours through the Synagogue and the Jewish Museum of Florence
Documentary films about Jewish celebrations and traditions
Exhibition “Saperi e Sapori” cuisine in the Jewish cuisine
Bookshop
Stand with Jewish Music
Gift shop inside Synagogue
Stand with Jewish specialities
GUIDED TOUR TO THE MONUMENTAL JEWISH CEMETERY FROM 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Shutlle from Synagogue every half an hour
5:00 pm Ehibition about the project concerning the restauration of the monemental Jewish Cemetery
12:00 pm & 4:00 pm PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
SIENA
SYNAGOGUE in via delle Scotte, 14 – Tel.: +39 055 245252 – comebrfi@tin.it
JEWISH CEMETERY in Via del Linaiolo 17 – free guided tours to cemetery from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
PISA
SYNAGOGUE & CEMETERY in Via Palestro 24 – Tel.: +39 050 542580 com_ebraicapi@tin.it
Short-break in Florence, Italy
Posted by Violetta Buti in HOTELS IN FLORENCE on 07/02/2009
_The Dome of Florence seen from Republic Square
Greetings from Florence, Italy!
We have here a very interesting offer for a stay in one of the nicest boutique hotels in Florence situated in the chic street via Tornabuoni.
Tornabuoni, by the way, was one of the most important families in the XIVth century, that is the Reneaissance time. They were patrons of art and artists. As an example Giovanni Tornabuoni had the painter Domenico del Ghirlandaio paint in their altar chapel in the church Santa Maria Novella two cycles of paintings: One is dadicated to the life story of St. John the Baptist (patron saint of Florence and name of Tornabuoni) and the other one to the Holy Vergin Mary. In the scenes you can see people of the time and members of the Tornabuoni family (of course, they were paying and they wanted to be painted surrounded by holy people!). Check out what wikipedia has to say about the Tornabuoni family.
This is the offer for 2 persons in Florence, Italy:
2 nights in in our Hotel in the via Tornabuoni – 1 double room – + one dinner for two persons at Harry’s Bar (one of the most elegant and trendiest restaurants / bars in Florence)- Cost 290 Euro.
Or
3 nights in our Hotel in the Via Tornabuoni – 1 double room – + one dinner for two persons at Harry’s Bar (one of most elegant and trendiest restaurants / bars in Florence)- Cost 380 Euro.
To book or find out more please contact Violetta Buti and her organization Beauty In Italy
Also, a good idea for a short stay in Florence, is to add a walking tour with a licensed private guide!
Go for it and see you here!
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