Three times a month, a licensed Florence guide and 35-year Italy veteran helps you trade hit-and-run tourism for the kind of deep, unhurried Italy experience that changes how you see the world.
That promise comes from thirty-five years of Italy, starting at 19 with a backpack and ten dollars a day in the 1980s.
By the next year I was living there, learning the language. By the 1990s I was leading teenagers on summer abroad trips to Italy.
After creating my own wedding in Italy in 1998, I started a business organizing weddings in Italy for foreigners. Although I no longer do weddings, I’ve continued since 1998 to plan trips in Italy for clients.
When I was forty, I went back to uni to get a master’s in Florentine Renaissance history (which were among the best years of my life!) and soon after, I walked Italy’s pilgrimage route solo. This is great way to get off the beaten path in today’s world of over-tourism. Check out my memoir about it here.
In 2017, I moved to Italy for the third time. (I had two prior iterations living in Italy). And, I made it through (and passed) the challenging (understatement 😅) guide course, and I'm now a licensed guide to Florence’s museums.
Recently I went through a very interesting process buying an apartment in Florence and spending a few years remodeling it and boy, did I learn a lot. 😉
If you've feel like the Italy you love is disappearing behind viral TikTok queues, this is for you.
Advantages for subscribers:
Three in-depth articles a month on Italian history, culture, and slow travel
A quarterly personal letter from Florence, with inclusions about Italian politics, tourism changes, upcoming exhibits, new places to eat or stay in Florence that didn’t made it into an article.
PDFs of my walking guides to various Italian cities.
Be the first to know about online courses I’m offering or future Tuscan Salons I’m creating (the last one sold out quickly).
Welcome gift.
Paying subscribers are always eligible for a discounted tour with me in off-season.
Thank you for your support! 😍
Subscribe at the yearly rate of $45 to receive all of the above mentioned goodies. If you subscribe at the VIP tier, you’ll also receive a 1-hour video class on the special conditions in Florence prior to the 15th century, that helps explain why the Renaissance happened in Florence.
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