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A most amazing day cooking in an original kitchen of a true Tuscan Villa. Our Tuscan chef was just lovely, the food was the best we ate in over a month of travelling, and since we now have all the recipes, we can make the same dishes again when we get home!
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Morning
Book your Accademia tickets (see Florence’s Accademia) for 8:30am and spend a leisurely 90 minutes perusing the paintings and Michelangelo statues. On your way to the Duomo (see The Duomo Group, Florence), stop at Carabé, Via Ricasoli 60r, for a Sicilian gelato ; later you can compare this milk-based treat to the Florentine milk-and-yolk version.
Be at the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo around 10:30, then head for the Duomo itself: climb the dome for stupendous views. Pop into the Baptistry for its glittering Byzantine mosaics and bronze doors.
Stroll the Via dei Calzaiuoli and turn left onto Via dei Cimatori for lunch on-the-go from >I Fratellini , nibbling your sandwich and sipping wine while lounging on the cobbled street.
Afternoon
During riposo , when much is closed, trek over to Santa Croce (see Santa Croce) to pay your respects to the artistic luminaries buried there, and browse the leather shop. On your way back to the heart of town, stop at Vivoli, Florence’s best gelato parlour at Via Isole delle Stinche 7r, for a fortifying triple scoop.
Have Uffizi reservations (see The Uffizi, Florence) for 4pm: this will give you a good three hours to commune with the masters of the Renaissance. Overloaded with art, stroll across the Ponte Vecchio in the twilight, pause to gaze up the Arno, and plunge into the Oltrarno district to find a good restaurant for dinner.
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