Farewell Florence
Florence - last day
On this our last day before heading on to Sienna we completed our tour of the city.
We abandoned the planned trip to the Duomo. The queues were huge, too long and too hot. We covered that church as the main part of our previous day trip to this city. We visited the other huge church complex, Santa Maria Novello, the one near the railway station. Again it didn't disappoint. The quality of art in these buildings is simply stunning. Some photos below taken by me don't begin to do justice to the subject. Follow the link to their web site for more info.
https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-churches/santa-maria-novella.html
We finished off with a late meal in a Trattoria located in a small side street. Looked a bit like the one in that Disney animation, Lady and the Tramp. The meal was great, then off to get ready for our next train journey, from Florence to Siena. Florence has been hard work. So much to see and also very hot. Not sure we will return to this city whereas Q has already been in touch with Guido in Venice about a return visit an an off season time of the year.
Florence was also so hot and humid. I know that's only to be expected here in July but would be happy if were a little cooler. Thanks to air conditioning we are coping OK.
Off to Sienna next for the excitement and spectacle of the Palio, the worlds oldest horse race run in the city since at least the 17th century.
On this our last day before heading on to Sienna we completed our tour of the city.
We abandoned the planned trip to the Duomo. The queues were huge, too long and too hot. We covered that church as the main part of our previous day trip to this city. We visited the other huge church complex, Santa Maria Novello, the one near the railway station. Again it didn't disappoint. The quality of art in these buildings is simply stunning. Some photos below taken by me don't begin to do justice to the subject. Follow the link to their web site for more info.
https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-churches/santa-maria-novella.html
We finished off with a late meal in a Trattoria located in a small side street. Looked a bit like the one in that Disney animation, Lady and the Tramp. The meal was great, then off to get ready for our next train journey, from Florence to Siena. Florence has been hard work. So much to see and also very hot. Not sure we will return to this city whereas Q has already been in touch with Guido in Venice about a return visit an an off season time of the year.
Florence was also so hot and humid. I know that's only to be expected here in July but would be happy if were a little cooler. Thanks to air conditioning we are coping OK.
Off to Sienna next for the excitement and spectacle of the Palio, the worlds oldest horse race run in the city since at least the 17th century.
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