Spending a weekend in Florence doesn’t have to mean rushing from one museum to another or following the same well-worn routes everyone else takes. There are many things to do in Florence – especially if you’re willing to experience it at a different pace.

Spending a weekend in Florence doesn’t have to mean rushing from one museum to another or following the same well-worn routes everyone else takes. There are many things to do in Florence – especially if you’re willing to experience it at a different pace.

For a long time, Florence has been known as an immobile city, crystallised around its historic centre. A magnificent place, without question – but often experienced more as a backdrop than as an everyday living space.

Florence is a city that talks a lot about food. Restaurants everywhere, historic trattorias, new openings, menus promising tradition and authenticity. But if you truly want to understand Italian cuisine — the everyday kind, the one that starts with ingredients — you need to take a step back. You need to start from Florence food markets.

Studying in Florence is a privilege, but it’s also a daily challenge. Classes spread across the city, crowded libraries, improvised lunch breaks, long days that start early and end late: finding balance is anything but automatic. Whether you’re a university student, an international student or an Erasmus, sooner or later you realise that knowing what to study isn’t enough. You also need to understand where to focus, where to eat

Planning a dinner with friends in Florence sounds easy. In reality, it often isn’t. Groups are larger than expected, arrival times don’t match, tastes are different, someone wants to eat light, someone else is really hungry.