Recently I was lucky enough to attend a university trip to
Florence, Italy. Our stay was only for a few nights but the sights and a weather,
which made such a short trip so much more worthwhile. The hotel we stayed in
was the Leonardo da Vinci hotel which was very contemporary inside and was only
a short walk from the Piazza del Duomo which is a central point of
Florence.
The 8th picture featured is the view standing on the Ponte
Vecchio, if you keep on walking over the bridge you will see an abundance of
jewellery and boutique style shops. Whilst visiting the city you will never be
shy of authentic Italian restaurants and various flavours of 'gelato' which is
ice cream or sorbets, but if you are not a fan of Italy food there is also
alternative restaurants available.
Whilst visiting the city we were given the opportunity to visit the
Gucci Museum and the Salvatore Ferragamo Musuem, unfortunately you are unable
to take pictures in both galleries however it was still such an amazing
experience and comes highly recommended. Within the centre of Florence there
are quite a few places to grab a drink or cocktails and when looking in the
right places most bars have cocktail offers Fri-Sat. However, I personally
found that there were not many 'clubbing' places and if so they could be quite
costly.
Florence is an absolutely beautiful and highly historic city with amazing views and food. I would definitely recommend visiting the city when wanting to travel to Italy, I would love to visit the city again!