I’ve just been going through my photos of the time we spent in Florence before flying to Amsterdam on Saturday evening. It’s almost overwhelming, even for me. So much art! [And spoiler alert; I’m writing this on Monday evening, and we’ve seen even more world-class art in the last two days here in Amsterdam. 😳]
I think it might a little over the top to bombard you with a lot of this art, world-class as it is, so I’ll try to just give you the highlights. Contact me directly if you want to see more, I’m sure it can be arranged. 😁
Just so you know, here’s the list of museums, galleries & gardens we visited in Florence:
- The Galileo Museum
- The Uffizi Galleries
- Galleria del’Accademia (aka “The Academy”)
- Boboli Gardens and a tiny bit of the Pitti Palace
- The Leonardo da Vince Museum
- Giardino dei Semplici (aka the Florence Botanical Garden)
Phew, what a shocking amount of phenomenal art, architecture & landscapes in one relatively small city! I highly recommend a visit, if you’ve never been. Yes, the tourists have almost overrun the place, but we were able to skirt the hordes pretty well over the course of our three days.
Okay, on to the highlight reel of photos…
In between long stretches in museums and delicious Italian meals, I did manage to capture a couple of nice street scenes…
The next day began with a tour of Boboli Gardens, next to the Pitti Palace, across the River Arno to the south…
Then it was on to the “Academy”…
Lastly, we managed to squeeze in a visit to the Botanical Gardens, aka the Giardino dei Semplici, or “Garden of Samples”…
It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t post some flower shots too…
