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After visiting the Boboli gardens in Florence, it was time to leave the city. The plane that would take us back home would fly from Pisa, for it was a cheaper flight than one from Florence itself. It would only leave at night so we decided to make a quick stop and see Pisa’s famous highlight.
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I fell in love with Florence the first second I layed eyes on the city. There’s just something magical about it. The gorgeous architecture, the amazing food, the gardens and museums that you just don’t want to leave… Time for some recommendations of the city, time for a guide to Florence!
I am so happy we bought tickets to the Boboli gardens when we arrived at Pitti palace and discovered that our tickets didn’t cover the gardens. The Pitti Palace was a bit of a bummer, but the Boboli gardens were quite the opposite. Blooming flowers, gorgeous trees, statues and fountains. We found a quiet place in Florence that you’ll definitely want to visit!
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Our last day in Florence was a short one. We had to leave the city and take a train to Pisa, for our flight departed from there. But, as we hadn’t really done much on the day before and we wanted to visit at least one other museum, we decided to spend the morning in Florence before getting on a train.
There were two museums we wanted to visit. I really wanted to go to Galleria dell academia but boyfriend had read some things about Pitti Palace so instead, we decided to go there. Unfortunately, it was kind of a bummer.
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We didn’t have a lot of time to plan our trips, so we only wrote down a few things we wanted to do in each city. By our third day, we had already done all the things we wanted to in Florence: We had eaten gelato, pasta and pizza, we had marveled at the Duomo, visited the Uffizi gallery, petted Il Porcelino and seen the view from the Piazzale Michelangelo. For our remaining days, we just wanted to wing it, see what we encountered and decide on the spot what we wanted to do. We decided to save the medici family…
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Happy Weekend! Today I wanted to introduce a new category, namely: Wanderlust Wonderland Favourites in which I’ll talk to you about products, hotels, apps or other things that I like and want to share with you. These might be ads, but they will always be relevant for the readers of this blog and sometimes they will even include a discount code. These won’t be weekly posts, just now and then whenever I find something I’m excited about.
Today’s favourite will shine a spotlight on our hotel in Florence. This is not an advertisement, I payed for the room, but, as I was super excited about the ambiance, the location and the rooftop bar, I wanted to share my experiences with you in this new category.
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We had started our second day in Florence with a sunny walk towards the Piazzale Michelangelo. It had been a lovely morning already and the day would even get better with our plans for the afternoon: a visit to the Galleria degli Uffizi!
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Our first day in Florence had been lovely. We had seen the Duomo, the Ponte Vecchio and Il Porcelino. For our second day, we had bought afternoon tickets for the Uffizi, for it would be too hot in the city to be outside. For the morning, we decided to cross the Arno and walk towards Piazzale Michelangelo.
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In my last post I told you about our first meeting with Florence. How I already fell in love with the city, its architecture and its food. The thing is, I hadn’t even seen the best parts of the city yet, which I want to talk to you about today: The Duomo, Piazza Vecchio and our first David.
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