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What to do in Florence: 1. Art. Trav. Florence may be “the Renaissance city,” but anyone who lives here or visits frequently will tell you that, while some things stay the same, every year presents a few worthy new openings and exciting new things to do – and some don’t have anything to do with Renaissance art! The past few years there have been more new museum openings than in the whole time I’ve lived in Italy; this is also a time of major turnover for restaurants, creating ferment on the culinary scene.

Add to this the revisiting of a few perennial favourites appreciated even by residents and you’re never at a loss for activities in Florence. If you’re a seasoned Italy- lover, this list is for you: my shortlist of 1. But this is also for you, the traveler who researches to find the best local advice before getting on the plane, who’s wondering what to do in Florence. It’s a mix of art museums, experiences and food. Enjoy – and let me know what you like best! Visit the new Innocenti Museum. The painting gallery at the Innocenti Museum.

The American Red Cross is assisting 44 people who were displaced after a 2-building fire in West Florence Saturday night. According to the West Florence Fire.

If you’re looking forward to a return visit to Florence after a few years away, you’ve probably already marked your calendar with this one – the “new Innocenti Museum” that opened in the Summer of 2. The Ospedale degli Innocenti, the first foundling hospital in Europe, always had a small museum called the MUDI, showcasing the paintings and a few artifacts from the institution’s long history. Few people visited it. They made the bold move to close for a major restoration and to open up a brand new museum of social more so than art history (as well as a conference centre). The museum’s researchers pulled out stories of the “innocentini” or children who were raised by the institution, which make for heartbreaking reading on the provided multimedia devices.

Extra bonus points: kids’ activities are available in English upon reservation and some do not require adult supervision. I had the fortune of visiting this museum during the press preview – read my full review here. Eat at the Mercato Centrale. Mercato Centrale Firenze view from above . Essentially a gourmet food court, it touts the best of Tuscan producers for cheese, meat, fish, vegetables, pizza and wine. It took me a while to warm up to this place that seemed maybe a bit too tourist oriented, but now I like it and go regularly.

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It’s not cheap, but the quality is good, and I highly recommend it to any visitors to the city. It’s also a good place to go with a group of people who want to eat different things (and pay for them separately).

Of particular note, the Chianti Classico Consortium runs a wine tasting bar where you can sample different labels by the glass to get to know one of Tuscany’s most famous exports. Climb the (other) tower.

The Torre San Niccol. It’s open only in the summer, from June through September, in the late afternoon until sunset – ideal, in fact, for sunset- watching. Avoid the hottest days as you will be walking up. Entry is timed and in small groups and there is an interesting framed view halfway up (see embedded Instagram), and then an open view of the city from the top. View on high. Even I can’t resist this view. An oldie but goodie, and free: walk up to piazzale Michelangelo and watch the sun go down, turning the Arno to gold (it’s such a nicer colour from up here!). Whenever my husband picks me up from work on the Vespa, which I try to make happen most days in order to avoid the bus, he asks me if we want to take the “high road or the viali”.

The high road takes us to our part of the city via piazzale Michelangelo, and since there are lots of trees, the air is cleaner but also a bit cold, so we favour this in the Summer and when it’s not raining. I love the view I get glimpsing between the trees as we whiz up the street, and often if the sun’s setting and the sky’s pink, I ask him to stop so I can take a picture from the piazzale. It’s a bit touristy (avoid buying gelato or anything up here), but it’s unquestionably beautiful. There are steps off to one side that are popular for picnickers and buskers, and there’s nothing wrong with picking up a sandwich and a bottle of Chianti and calling that dinner with a view. Opera del Duomo Museum. I cannot praise the newly renovated Opera del Duomo Museum highly enough. Directed and curated by the brilliant Monsignor Timothy Verdon, the museum opened in Fall 2.

Duomo Complex. The Opera del Duomo is the “building works”, the company that has always been in charge of the building and maintenance of the Cathedral. They are the proprietors of hundreds of works of art that, for various reasons, are not displayed in their original locations. Like the “Gates of Paradise” by Ghiberti: copies grace the Baptistery, and the restored sections were moved one by one into the OPD museum over almost two decades, finally assembled in the door frame itself. Or the many sculptures by Donatello and his contemporaries that were intended for the facade of the Duomo, which was never completed. The Gallery of Giotto’s Bell Tower – the new Opera del Duomo Museum.

The expanded museum has a triple- volume space, that was once a theatre, where they have created a life- size replica of the lower section of the front of the Duomo in order to put these works back into context. Worth entry just for this, you can easily spend a few hours here completing the in- depth circuit. Prepare for your visit with this walkthrough and review, and I also recommend that you download the free museum app and plan your visit on the official website www. Go see a concert at the Opera di Firenze. The new Opera di Firenze’s concert hall .

While not by a starchitect, the building – with its excellent and warm acoustics – received a prize the year it opened for the best new architecture in Italy in the previous 5 years. From symphonies to ballets, there are plenty of options starting at only . See the winter season programme here. Have a Hipster Aperitivo. Lego Ninjago (2017) Izle more. My husband’s favourite place to have an aperitivo in centro is Ambl. Tucked away in a hidden piazza near the Ponte Vecchio, it’s a jumble of vintage furniture and too- cool- for- school objects you wouldn’t put in your house, tumbling outside on to tables that look like they were stolen from an elementary school or a factory going out of business.

The city’s most bearded specimens sit here and look bored but beautiful. School Life (2017) Movie Trailers more. Order a standard spritz and a tramezzino tonno affumicato, capperi di pantelleria, citronette, radicchio and mayo (he chose that, not I).

Info: www. amble. They’ll act out Medici History for you. The Medici Dynasty’s setting is a small Baroque church.

Go to the Medici Dynasty Show, a theatre piece about the history of the Medici and the legacy the family left the city of Florence. Just over an hour long, the show runs every night in the Summer in the San Lorenzo area and is both educational and entertaining. Read my review. 9/ Bike on Water. You may not be able to walk on water just yet, but you can bike on it. One of the weirdest sports to crop up on the Arno last year is without a doubt water biking.

A standard mountain bike is mounted on top of two big floats. The pedals make a little propeller turn, and the handlebars steer the tiller. Steering and accelerating are of course much slowed down by the water. I went out to try this with We Like Tuscany, but frankly I had serious doubts and let my husband do it instead – simply because I am a really lame cyclist and tend to fall off. He said it was really fun to ride under the ponte vecchio.

And he’s Florentine. It starts out with the odd monkish preparations at the Farmacia Santa Maria Novella, which is a fantastic place to visit at any time.

Then, in their words: “We will imbibe with unique, potent concoctions and food pairings inspired by flavors of the Medieval and Renaissance periods.