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Caldarroste!!!

Have you ever noticed, during wintertime, people eating roasted chestnuts, picking them from sheets of yellow paper, bought along the road in the center of Florence? Have you ever tried this particular kind of finger food? The humble, sweet chestnuts have long played an important part in Italian history and its related diet. Throughout the centuries, chestnut cultivation spread throughout the Itallian peninsula, being one of the few food crops that could be grown on steep mountain slopes, and also one of the few crops that could be expected to provide sustenance through the long winter months. Chestnuts, for example, helped sustaining....

Dj at the Museum – friday 27 november

Dj at the MuseumFriday November 27, 9pm till half past midnight Museo Stibbert (Via F. Stibbert 26, Florence)ENTRANCE + BUS SHUTTLE FOR FREE !!Dance to the tunes of DJ Albertino from Radio DJ, with special guest star Elenoir Casalegno, surrounded by the Stibbert Museum’s 50,000 pieces of armour and antiques.A unique and exclusive experience not to be missed: be part of the first event of this sort in Tuscany.There is a limited number of spaces available - sign up online now AND receive a FREE GIFT. And did we mention - the evening is totally... FREE!!! info:info@djalmuseo.com

The Citadel of the Carnival – Viareggio

The Citadel of the Carnival is the heart of the Carnival, where the great allegorical wagons born, thanks to a handicraft and artistic activity of great importance and originality.The Citadel of the Carnival comes to life and becomes a wonderful scenic structure of great value.Around the elliptic plaza the sixteen sheds are the structures where the great wagons of cartapesta, are built. In the citaldel there is also the Museum of the Carnival and hall of exposures.

First Baiana’s cultural week in Florence – 16/22 november

First Baiana’s cultural week in Florence …an unbelievable festival from Brazil… A week of cultures initiative, sports, and gastronomy to set against November’s cold the heat from the most colorful and enigmatic people in Brazil. A dive in to the thousands faces of the afro-brazilian culture typical from Savador Bahia in Brazil.

A Weekend in Venice – Supping on the “Spritz”

IMAGINE...Imagine a city where every road is water, and every car a boat...Imagine Venice!Being a city of water it was fitting that we arrived under the November rain. The incredible thing was that you almost didn't notice the dark winter shower for the brilliance of the buildings which filled every corner of every glance. VAPORETTO #1Apart from the forbidding yellow border at each ‘station’, gliding down the Grand Canal in vaporetto no. 1 in the early evening couldn't have been more of a contrast to rolling underground on the northern line after a day in the London office. After 40 minutes of dark waves, cold air and twinkling lights we arrived at Arsenale in the east of the city.INSIDE THE LABYRINTHThe streets were gentle and quiet and you could hear the sound of the waves lapping against the road edge. The impressive lack of smog throughout the city and the silence of the streets is an instant and very welcome sensation.Admittedly November will be quieter than the height of summer but I was aware of a lovely overall sense of calm which filtered the calle. Within a matter of seconds we were already immersed in the gorgeous narrow backstreets of this magical city. There is something quite tempting about surrendering yourself to the labyrinth and seeing where it takes you...this time however, we knew where we were heading and once over the first little bridge,

Tattoo convention 13/14/15 november

Over 100 renowned tattoo artists from all over the world. Historians and veterans of the tattoo Maurizio Fiorini and Herbert Hoffmann. Exhibition of surrealist artists of Huma Entertainment Show Bodypainting Performance by World Bodypainting Association and by HR Giger Museum And also burlesque shows, body modification performance, art exhibitions and live music with bands such as Senser and Di Maggio Connection

Firenze WiFi free hotspot

Service FirenzeWifi allows connection to the Internet wirelessly. Just a phone and a laptop or smartphone to surf, chat, exchange mail and access to the information services of the Province and Municipality of Florence. In this phase, all users have at their disposal every day 1 hour time navigation and traffic 300Mbytes

“Tasting Caruso “

The name Villa Caruso Bellosguardo derives from the incredible view it has thanks to its location in the Florentine Hills (Bello= nice, sguardo = view, look). The building actually dates back to its acquisition by the Pucci family in 1540!! They hired the architect and antiquarian Giovanni Antonio Dosio to transform what was essentially a farm into a noble home and park with natural and artificial aspects. At the end of the 19th century the villa passed into the hands of the Campi family; then in 1906 was purchased by the singer Enrico Caruso. At his death the villa changed hands many times, finally purchased by the Gucci family in 1990 and then by the city of Lastra a Signa in 1995.Dinner is on a late-fall theme and all food will be of course related to its perfect wine, chosen from amongst De Gustibus producers. Dinner will be held in one of the villa’s rooms and accompanied by a guitar duo playing tango and ethnic music.

Welcome to Buy Tourism Online! 16-17 november

BTO - Buy Tourism Online - is back in November, again at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, with two days in which training takes centre stage. Riding high on the great success of the 2008 edition, BTO - Buy Tourism Online presents itself with:* Forums * Training Sessions * WorkshopsUnder the BTO - Buy Tourism Online “hat”, lie a whole series of initiatives which will make November 16th and 17th the most important and absolutely unmissable appointment of the whole season.

It’s Vino Novello time!

It's new wine time, or Vino Novello, as we Italians call it. Vino Novello is the first of the crop; it goes on sale on...

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