The Imperial and Royal Apartments of the Pitti Palace are being reopened to the public after 5 years of refurbishment. Fourteen luxuriously decorated chambers which were occupied by the Medici, […]
Pitti Palace exhibition – ‘Buffoni, villani e giocatori’
‘Buffoni, villani e giocatori alla corte dei Medici’ Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace 9th May – 11th September 2016 Roughly translated as ‘Fools, Rogues and gamblers at the Medici […]
Pitti Palace exhibition – ‘Splendida Minima’
Silver Museum, Pitti Palace, Florence ‘Splendida Minima Piccole sculture preziose nelle collezioni medicee: dalla Tribuna di Francesco I de’ Medici al tesoro granducale’ 21st June – 2nd November 2016 An […]
Teatro del Silenzio, Andrea Bocelli, 2017
As we do each year we give you the chance to sign up for advance notice of ticket sales for this event, so, here below is the signup form for […]
Rome, Colosseum after-dark tours 2016
If you’d like to be informed as soon as we are able to take orders for after-dark tours of the Colosseum in Rome (2016), then please provide your email address […]
Andrea Bocelli ‘Teatro di Silenzio’ 2016
We’re now accepting orders for the 2016 edition of Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Teatro di Silenzio’ event in the heart of Tuscany. We’ll be adding more packages over coming days but are […]
Pitti Palace exhibition – ‘I doni e le collezioni del Re’
Florence, Palatine Gallery at the Pitti Palace Exhibition – ‘Firenze Capitale 1865-2015 – I doni e le collezioni del Re’ Until April 3rd 2016 One of the last events of […]
Florence, Pitti Palace exhibition – ‘Il rigore e la grazia’
Florence, Pitti Palace (various galleries) Until 17th May 20th June 2016 Il rigore e la grazia: La compagnia di San Benedetto Bianco nel Seicento fiorentino A large exhibition, spread across […]
Accademia exhibition – Carlo Portelli
Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia 14th December 2015 – 17th April 30th June 2016 Exhibition ‘Carlo Portelli, Pittore di Pregio’ Certainly meriting the description ‘relatively unknown’, Carlo Portelli was a most skilled […]
Rome, the reopened ‘Imperial Ramp’
Rome, the reopened ‘Imperial Ramp’ A splendid new addition to the list of Rome ‘must sees’ is the newly opened ‘Imperial Ramp’ – Rampa Imperiale di Domiziano’ – the route […]
Rome, Catacombs of Saint Callixtus
LE CATACOMBE DI SAN CALLISTO – CATACOMBS OF SAINT CALLIXTUS Located away from the centre of Rome (a roughly fifteen minute taxi trip), the ancient Christian catacombs are a regular […]