Carey Italy HomeEXCURSION IN FLORENCE
RENAISSANCE VILLAS AND GARDENS
Tour Code Type Duration
FLO023 Car + Assistant 10Hrs

Meeting with the driver and the assistant in hotel.
The close connection between Man and Nature is one of the defining concepts of the Florentine Renaissance. Explore this connection by visiting five celebrated villa and garden complexes: the Villa Gamberaia in Settignano with its "secret garden" and famed water parterres; the Villa Medici on the slopes of Fiesole, celebrated site of 15th century humanist culture and shelter to famous poets like Poliziano and Pico della Mirandola; the Villa Poggio a Caiano where generations of Medici brides stopped to prepare themselves for their ceremonial entries into Florence. Lunch will be in a typical restaurant (not included in the package) around  the little village of Artimino, and you can test the local wines that are from one of the great wine-producing areas of Tuscany. After lunch you will visit the vaulted wine cellars (entrance not included in the package) built under the town walls.
Return in hotel.
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