It is possible that when you plan the next holidays, your destination to know is Florence, a city full of charms that never stops amazing with its architectural and art works, its beautiful palaces and the great wealth of monuments that characterizes it.
This beautiful Tuscany capital, the pinnacle of the Italian Renaissance and declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1982, is definitely a must-stop for anyone who makes a tourist life in Italy.
Its imposing cathedrals and its most important monuments, such as: Piazza della Signora; Vecchio Palace; the Uffizi Gallery; the Door of Paradise; Vecchio Bridge; the Gallery of the Academy; the Archaeological Museum, among other places, make their beauty unique and become the cultural epicenter of Europe.
Visiting Florence means reaching the jewel of art and the Medicis, a very wealthy Italian family that played a vital and decisive role in the growth of the humanist movement, Botticheli’s Venus and Miguel Ángel’s David. The magic of this city, inspires love so much, that perhaps you do not want to return to your original destiny.
If you already delighted with all the artistic splendor that this city offers, you may want to enjoy other night attractions that it offers and that you can discover in it, since there are different options for both the tourist and the locals.
Enjoying an outing during the night, it will make you feel like a schoolgirl, because you will find the streets full of young students, who walk around the different bars that remain open until late hours of the morning. And it is that in Florence the best efforts are made, to try to please all who visit it.
About its gastronomy, you will not want to miss its fresh food from agricultural areas that are combined with other basic ingredients of Florentine cuisine. Among its typical dishes, it highlights a delicious crostino di fugato, which is nothing more than an antipasto, which consists of frying the bread and then adding a mixture of liver with chopped anchovies, onions and capers, this combination is very good as an entrance.
On the other hand, and as a second plate, there is the bistecca a la florentina, which consists of a thick cut of beef sirloin, similar to the ribeye, which is served medium (well roasted on the outside and bloody on the inside). It is cooked on the grill, (using chestnut embers), with salt, pepper and olive oil. And finally, you could not miss the delicious dessert the schiacciata alla florentina, which is a kind of sponge cake covered with vanilla and lemon-flavored sugar and served at Carnival.
Finally, the city of Florence is a five-star destination, which you can not miss. Everyone who visits it is imbued with its architectural and artistic treasures and its urban landscape.
ALFA