Italy 2008

A trip from April 10, 2008 to April 21, 2008, travelling to Florence, Rome
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Fri 04/11/08 (day 2) - Florence

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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
Fri Apr 11 12:00am
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Dating back to the Middle Ages, this hotel is adjacent to the ornate church fa??ade of Santa Maria Novella and …
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Grand Hotel Minerva
piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 16
Florence, 50123
Italy
055-27230
Fri Apr 11 11:00am - Tue Apr 15 2:00pm
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Florence, Italy
Fri Apr 11 1:00pm - Tue Apr 15 1:00pm
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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
Fri Apr 11 2:00pm - Fri Apr 11 4:00pm
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Sat 04/12/08 (day 3) - Florence

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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
Sat Apr 12 8:00am - Sat Apr 12 11:00am
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The building which contains the Bargello dates back to 1255. In the 16th century, it became the residence of the Bar …
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via del Proconsolo, 4
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8606
Sat Apr 12 12:00pm - Sat Apr 12 2:00pm
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Sun 04/13/08 (day 4) - Florence

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Originally the Summer apartment of the Grand Duke, this gallery houses a highly prestigious collection of gold, enam …
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piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 238 8709
Sun Apr 13 12:00am
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The Costume gallery is located on the top floor of the Palazzo Pitti. The exhibition illustrates the evolution of fa …
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piazza dei Pitti, 1
Florence, 50125
Italy
+39 55 238 8801
Sun Apr 13 12:00am
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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
Sun Apr 13 8:00am - Sun Apr 13 11:00am
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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
Sun Apr 13 12:00pm - Sun Apr 13 3:00pm
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Mon 04/14/08 (day 5) - Florence

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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
Mon Apr 14 12:00am
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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
Mon Apr 14 10:30am - Mon Apr 14 12:00pm
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This building was constructed between 1444 and 1460 by Michelozzo Michelozzi on the orders of Cosimo il Vecchio. It …
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via Camillo Cavour, 1
Florence, 50129
Italy
+39 055 276 0340
Mon Apr 14 1:00pm - Mon Apr 14 3:00pm
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Tue 04/15/08 (day 6) - Rome, Florence

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Housed in a building dating to 1850, this hotel is in the immediate vicinity of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and approximately …
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Golden Tulip Ambra Palace Hotel
via Principe Amedeo, 257
Rome, 00185
Italy
06-492330
Tue Apr 15 12:00am - Mon Apr 21 12:00am
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The Accademia Gallery is perhaps best-known for Michelangelo's David , removed after four centuries from Piazza Sign …
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via Ricasoli, 60
Florence, 50122
Italy
+39 55 238 8612
Tue Apr 15 8:15am - Tue Apr 15 11:15am
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City
Rome, Italy
Tue Apr 15 4:00pm - Mon Apr 21 12:00pm
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Tradition has it that throwing a coin over your left shoulder into the fountain guarantees a swift return to the wor …
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Fontana di Trevi
piazza di Trevi
Rome, 00187
Italy
Tue Apr 15 6:00pm - Tue Apr 15 8:00pm
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Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, restored by Domitian, and subsequently rebuilt by Hadrian (who added the dome), the …
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Pantheon
piazza della Rotonda
Rome, 00186
Italy
+39 06 6830 0230
Tue Apr 15 6:00pm - Tue Apr 15 8:00pm
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During the Christmas season Piazza Navona is packed with stalls selling toys, sweets and decorations for the Nativit …
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Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona
Rome, 00186
Italy
Tue Apr 15 6:00pm - Tue Apr 15 8:00pm
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An incredible, almost theatrical square with the lovely Spanish Steps leading up to the Chiesa di Trinità dei Monti …
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Piazza di Spagna
Spanish Steps
Rome, 00187
Italy
+39 06 488 991
Tue Apr 15 6:00pm - Tue Apr 15 8:00pm
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It is strange to think that this area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at …
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viale di Trastevere
Rome, 00153
Italy
+39 06 488 991
Tue Apr 15 8:00pm - Tue Apr 15 10:00pm
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Santa Maria in Trastevere is the first Rome church to be consecrated to the Madonna. Its foundations were laid in ap …
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Santa Maria in Trastevere
via della Paglia, 14
Rome, 00153
Italy
+39 06 581 4802
Tue Apr 15 10:00pm - Tue Apr 15 11:00pm
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Wed 04/16/08 (day 7) - Rome

Average Rating (61):
     
The Vatican is among the most important historical sites in the world. The seat of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, T …
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viale Vaticano
Rome, 00165
Italy
+39 06 6982
Wed Apr 16 9:30am - Wed Apr 16 12:00pm
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