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Italy Summer '07

A trip from August 13, 2007 to August 22, 2007, travelling to Florence, Lucca, Pisa
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08/13/2007 to 08/22/2007
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Mon 08/13/07 (day 1) - Florence

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The Hotel Carolus is located near the historic city center, approximately three miles from Florence Vespucci Airport …
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Hotel Carolus
via Ventisette aprile, 3
Florence, 50129
Italy
055-264-5539
Mon Aug 13 5:00pm - Wed Aug 15 12:00pm
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Tue 08/14/07 (day 2) - Florence

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Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Rom …
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Giardino di Boboli
piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 238 8786
Tue Aug 14 10:30am - Tue Aug 14 2:00pm
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Wed 08/15/07 (day 3) - Florence, Lucca

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The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court in …
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Galleria degli Uffizi
piazzale degli Uffizi, 6
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8651
Wed Aug 15 10:30am - Wed Aug 15 2:00pm
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Lucca, Italy
Wed Aug 15 5:00pm - Fri Aug 17 12:00pm
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Fri 08/17/07 (day 5) - Pisa

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Pisa, Italy
Fri Aug 17 5:00pm - Wed Aug 22 9:00am
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Unscheduled - Florence

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Florence, Italy
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Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating German …
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Ponte Vecchio
ponte Vecchio
Florence, 50125
Italy
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Renowned for its panoramic views of Florence and the Arno valley, this terrace is a popular spot with locals and tou …
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Piazzale Michelangelo
piazzale Michelangiolo
Florence, 50125
Italy
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As the city's skyline symbol, the legendary Duomo is famous above all for its dome: Filippo Brunelleschi's Renaissan …
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Santa Maria del Fiore (Il Duomo)
piazza del Duomo, 17
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 21 5380
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Encompassing the Biblioteca Laurenziana and the Cappelle Medicee , this basilica is a testimony to the political pow …
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Basilica di San Lorenzo
piazza di San Lorenzo
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 21 6634
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Although the Baptistery's precise origins remain unclear, its foundations are known to date back to Roman times. The …
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Battistero di San Giovanni
via della Canonica, 1
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 055 230 2885
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San Miniato is one of the most striking examples of Florentine Romanesque architecture, characterized by its bicolou …
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San Miniato al Monte
via del Monte alle Croci, 22
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 234 2768
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The Basilica di Santa Maria Novella church was built in 1278 by architects Fra Sisto and Fra Ristoro, who were part …
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Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
piazza di Santa Maria Novella
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 21 5918
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The church can be found in one of the most lively piazzas in the Oltrarno. The scrolled plaster facade is from the 1 …
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piazza Santo Spirito
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 055 23 330
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Founded before 1000 C.E., this church was reconstructed in the 13th Century in Gothic style for the Vallombrosiani f …
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Santa Maria Maggiore
piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore
Florence, 50123
Italy
+39 055 23 320
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Halfway through the 15th Century Luca Pitti entrusted Brunelleschi with a large building project in the Boboli hills …
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Palazzo Pitti
piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 238 8692
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This restaurant is of a very high standard. It is one of the oldest in the city. In the 1920's it was very well …
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Viale Don Minzoni, 3r
Florence, 50136
Italy
+39 55 57 8291
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Located minutes from Santa Croce church, this busy trattoria-pizzeria has to be good because it attracts at least …
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via di San Giuseppe, 22
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 24 1773
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Renowned for its superb coffee and delicious cakes, this attractive cafe-bar's late 19th century wooden furnishings …
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via della Condotta, 56
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 28 9020
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This place is constantly packed with a relatively young crowd. Its location, opposite Santo Spirito church, makes …
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piazza Santo Spirito, 6
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 21 0437
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There are only the best products here, such as the work of Andrea Slitti, world champion of artistic chocolate-making …
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piazza Piattellina, 10
Florence, 50124
Italy
+39 055 24 4781
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The menu includes all the classic dishes of vegetarian cuisine from main courses to soups, puddings stewed seitan …
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via delle Ruote, 30
Florence, 50129
Italy
+39 55 47 5030
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This cafe is only a stone's throw away from the church of Santa Croce. It has won Italy's "Cafe of the Year" award …
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via dell'Isola delle Stinche, 11
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 28 9368
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