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The Uffizi Galleries will be issuing annual subscriptions starting 1 September, while seasonal rates will kick in on 1 March 2018 to encourage visitors to explore all of the Uffizi Galleries’ museums, with special incentives to visit the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Garden.
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Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery are connected again. On Wednesday, July 5, 2017, the gate of the elevated path over via della Ninna was opened.
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To discourage too many reckless tourists who don’t hesitate to climb on ledges of Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence, to take selfies, the municipality decided to install safety barriers. The railings have opened a debate.
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Wet sidewalks to keep tourists from sitting in the center of Florence, especially during the lunch time, Mayor Dario Nardella said.
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Liguria, with 27 locations, is followed, as last year, by Tuscany (19) and the Marche (17) for the regions with the most Blue Flag beaches.
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The new multimedia Florence guide named Experience Florence curated by the city of Florence and produced by Mus.e is online.
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The tourist tax suggested by Venice does not like other Italian cities and the Culture minister Dario Franceschini.
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New flights are available between Florence and the south France during the spring-summer 2017 season.
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The exhibition Secret Renaissance running from April 13 to September 3, 2017 is dedicated to the century between the mid 1400s to the mid 1500s.
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Botticelli and the Search for the Divine, at the Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, is the largest exhibition of Sandro Botticelli’s paintings ever to be shown in the United States.
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