The Italian Ministry has announced an initiative for the forthcoming week end called innamorati dell’arte

To celebrate St Valentine’s day, couples visiting national museums receive a 50% discount – 2 entry tickets in any national museum for the price of one.

Further information and contact information can be found here.

In Florence you can choose from a long list of interesting museums:

• Gli uffizi
• Il Giardino di Boboli
• Le Cappelle Medicee
• La Galleria dell’Accademia (featuring the Davide of Michelangelo)
• Il Bargello
• Il Museo di San Marco

In Siena:

• Museo Archeologico
• Pinacoteca Nazionale

But there is so much more to see in other locations in Tuscany – Grosseto, Arezzo, Lucca …

Celebrate St. Valentines day and take advantage of the Hotel Relais St. Valentine’s day special offers in Florence.

If you’re in Tuscany or traveling to Tuscany in the next few days, don’t miss the opportunity to visit Palazzo Vecchio in Florence by night on August 26th.

The event is scheduled to start at 8:00 PM visitors of all ages are invited. Booking is obligatory.

For bookings call +39.055 2768224 – +39.055 2768558

During the month of August Tuscany features the extraordinary opening of numerous museums – an initiative called “Rinfrescatevi la mente” (Refresh your mind).

Special events allowing you to visit famous museums and less know ones you can easily integrate in your iteneraries and excursions in Tuscany, as there are many different locations and museums to visit:

• Florence
  • Museo Ragazzi di Palazzo Vecchio
  • Museo degl’Innocenti
  • Palazzo Strozzi
  • Horne
  • Stibbert
  • A special evening on August 26^th featuring a guided tour of Palazzo Vecchio
• Pistoia
  • Fortezza Santa Barbara
  • Monsummano Terme: city museum and of contemporary art

• Viareggio
  • Museum of the Marinera
  • Civici di Villa Paolina
  • Gallery of modern and contemporary art

• Siena
  • Santa Maria della Scala

• Chianciano
  • Archeological Museum

• Cortona
  • MAEC

• Vetulonia
  • Civico Archeologico

• Villafranca
  • (Massa Carrara), museo Etnografico della Lunigiana

• Calci (Pisa)
  • Museo di storia naturale

• Prato
  • museo del tessuto

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