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Florence:Beyond the Guidebook

This “talk about” tour will walk you through the city, highlighting sights and history that is often missed or passed over by the average tourist.  Sure you can stand in line at the Duomo and again to see Michelangelo’s David but on the way why not see the Petrified Woman or one of the [...]

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Essential Florence

This “talk about” tour will walk you through the historically Religious and Political centers of the renaissance city.   You’ll learn the history of some of the most important art work and architecture ever produced here as well as learn a few things most standard guidebooks leave out.
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Officina Profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella:Florence Italy,Come On In The Rose-Waters fine:

 
 
Often not found in guidebooks, Florence has a fragrant little treasure tucked away through a non-assuming door way near the main train station.  Take a minute out of your day and stop by one of the oldest pharmacies in the world.
You probably arrived in Florence by train or bus so finding the main train station [...]

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Eating Like A Local In Florence: do you know what trippa is?

 
It’s lunch time.  Florentine bricklayers, lawyers or working men in general make there way along cobble stone streets to grab a bite to eat.  Gathering around a small unassuming window or stainless steel food service cart they discuss the warm weather, yesterday’s soccer match or current politics and order pane di trippa. 

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