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April 30, 2021
Exciting news! Most of Italy’s regions “reopened” just 3 days ago, easing the restrictive measures that have characterized the past winter and spring months. Signs of falling infection numbers and the vaccine effort accelerating (over a quarter of all Italians have received their first dose, and nearly 5 million are now fully vaccinated) have led…
January 19, 2021
Finally, some happy news from the cultural front in Florence! I am so excited to report that between yesterday and today lots of Florence’s museums are now open (and others opening later this week). This is because we are currently a “yellow” zone – and museums will remain open dependent on whether we remain in…
December 31, 2020
Here in Florence, the last day of the year is full of expectation of the new year, we bundle up into jackets and head out to one of the main squares to hear some lovely music (music genres vary across the piazzas, so you can head to Piazza della Signoria for classical, to Santissima Annunziata…
November 6, 2020
Nationwide curfew and clamping down by region On Tuesday night, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a new presidential decree in an effort to curb the growing Covid-19 numbers throughout Italy. The Prime Minister explained these measures in a live address in the evening of November 4, with measures to go into force today Friday,…
October 30, 2020
A photographic exhibition by Massimo Sestini Santa Maria Novella, from October 29, 2020 to January 6, 2021 Update 2020-11-06: the exhibit is closed from November 6th, as are all museums and exhibitions nationwide. Don’t worry, you can still see the virtual tour of the exhibit (while it was in Rome) on Musefirenze’s website. In what…
October 17, 2020
UPDATE NOV. 16, 2020: As of today, the Cafe is also closed to the public for lunch and both the Family Bundles and Cinema are not available. We hope once Tuscany scales down from a “red” zone, the Cafe will once again offer special initiatives as this one. The Cafe is open for delivery, you…
September 4, 2020
Every year, as lifelong Queen fans, we love the special event the Hard Rock Cafe promotes to celebrate Freddie Mercury’s birthday. This year, given the current situation across the world, the celebrations have been changed and prolonged…. from a day to the entire weekend! From today until Sunday, September 6th, the Hard Rock has a…
August 29, 2020
Who says summer 2020 is canceled?! While many summer events here in Tuscany and Florence have been cancelled these months, there are also many that have gone on ahead with safety precautions in place…. or being completely re-imagined to adapt to the current bizarre world we are living in. Summer is music and thus we’d…
July 26, 2020
Happy belated birthday wishes! We are always on the lookout for positive initiatives after these strange months since the start of the pandemic and are happy to share ways in which to get back to living and celebrating life. Our blog will focus on these sort of events that will remind us to enjoy the…
June 23, 2020
This year, Florence is celebrating it’s patron saint’s feast day with “San Giovanni X 3“, a virtual festival that replaces the city’s usual June 24 celebrations given the safeguards Covid19 has imposed on everyone. “San Giovanni X 3” is a joint celebration organized by Florence, Genova and Turin, who share a patron saint in San…
