April 25, 2013 – 10:00 AM
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera and arts festival held in Florence at two exciting venues; The historic Teatro Communale and the brand new Teatro dell’Opera di Firenze. This year the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival will take place from the 2nd of May to the 25th of June. The first Maggio Musicale [...]
August 19, 2011 – 11:32 AM
This stunning photograph by Ruth Orkin, of a tall American woman walking down a street in Florence in the early 1950s, is one of the better known photographs of the 20th century. If you’ve never seen it before, you have to agree it’s a work of art, one that generated controversy for the obscene gesture [...]
August 11, 2011 – 10:25 AM
So the Jersey Shore does Florence! We thought we’d let the Jersey Shore Season Four get off the ground before commenting on what it’s like seeing this group on the ultimate Italy vacation. As it turns out, last week’s season debut got the highest ratings ever. We know part of the reason is that the [...]
We wanted to update Tour Italy Now readers with the latest on the so-called bed tax that goes into effect in Florence on July 1. The tax is pegged to a hotel’s star rating, one euro per star. The math is simple enough. Two nights in a four-star hotel in Florence will include a tax [...]
If anyone knows that Italians are hospitable, it’s Tour Italy Now readers. Here’s a news story that demonstrates anew the bottomless hospitality of Italians: The City of Florence has opened its newest sparkling water fountain, the ninth in the city. This one is located at the Piazza della Signoria, one of Florence’s most popular tourist [...]
Head’s Up: Rome With New Bed Hotel Tax! Florence and Venice are following Rome’s lead and will start levying visitor taxes on hotel guests starting July 1. Rome introduced the so-called “bed” or “accommodation” tax this past January 1; it applies to all guests, business and leisure travelers, Italians and non-Italians. Tour Italy Now is [...]
Love gelato? Who doesn’t! Every year towards the end of May the beautiful Renaissance city of Florence hosts a Gelato Festival. This successful event has been has been going from strength to strength since 2010 and is now one of the most anticipated dates in Italian food lovers diaries. For 2013 there is the additional [...]
WARNING: Jersey Shore in Italy! This post may make you not want to go on a tour of Italy this spring! It’s happening, the Jersey Shore is headed to Florence to start taping Season Four next week. They were slated to go this week, but delayed their arrival so as not to get caught up [...]
There is nothing in this world better then Italian Gelato! When I was on vacation in Bologna a few years ago, I asked my host and his girlfriend to recommend the best gelateria inthe city. Of course I got two different answers! And there was one that I ended up loving most right across the [...]
April 26, 2011 – 12:05 PM
Tour Italy Now wanted to highlight two exhibits underway at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Picasso, Miro and Dali: Angry Young Men runs through July 17. Yes, these are three Spaniards, but their influence touched Italy, too. A show of emerging Italy artists is also underway. Here’s how the Tuscany’s Regional Tourism website described the two [...]
