Palazzo Pitti or is that Pizza Palace?

Florence doesn't disappoint

We are finding that the amount we can do in any given day is limited by how much walking our feet can take.  Yesterday was the Ufitzzi, today was the other one, the Palazzo Pitti.  Our apartment is reallly close to this one but we started off with a long walk through the Boboli Gardens, a large ornamental garden with a full set of fountains and ancient statues in the grounds of the palace.  That took us up to lunch time and then a tour of the palace.  There was a bit of a panic as I managed to loose my phone but the staff at the palace were great and found the lost phone in record time.

This is the palace - pretty large and this is just the front elevation.    The collection of art is quite astounding both in quality and quantity.  Far too much to take in but we did see our fair share of work by Canaletto, Tintereto, Carivaggio.   The modern art gallery on the top floor has a good display of impressionist work though I have to confess that, by that stage, legs and feet were not to happy.

In addition to the art there was an exhibition about Speed, a celebration of Italian automobile racing and cars. 

This link will take you to the actual archive.   The photographs are excellent and capture an age where the machines and characters were really exciting and elegant.  A far cry from today's sanitised F1 motorsport.   http://www.fotolocchi.it/it/

We have one more full day in Florence.   So tomorrows highlight is to visit the Duomo.  Leaving the best till last.