Florence and Palazzo McBeath

Bucciolini Palace

We are now sorted for Florence. 

Our apartment is in a large old Palazzo a short walk from the river Arno.  The building is pretty remarkable.  Access from the street is via a pair of large wooden doors.  The apartment which is on the first floor, is furnished with antiques.  The living room has frescoes on the ceiling and the two side walls.  The weather today is hot and sunny however the apartment, with it's high ceilings and thick stone walls is cool and quiet.

This morning we made the tour of the Ufizzi gallery.   A huge collection of art covering many centuries and styles.  Works by Tintoretto, Caravagio, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci abound.  To minimise queues we had bought out tickets at home and had booked an 8.30 arrival.  Once in we headed past most visitors and sort of toured in reverse.  That worked pretty well and we managed to see pretty well all the exhibition rooms over the course of the morning.

We have a few days here so plenty of time for the other sights.  Palazzo Pitti tomorow!