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Itineraries
2 WEEKS
Classic Art Cities
The centre of the Renaissance and home to Michelangelo and Dante, Tuscany and Um-
bria's treasury of architectural styles and artistic expression have made them justifiably
world-famous. Start this two-week exploration with three days in
Florence
, where the en-
tire scooter-crammed centre is a World Heritage Site packed with Italy's finest booty of
Renaissance art. Climb to the top of Brunelleschi's arresting Duomo, lust after Michelan-
gelo's alpha
David
at the Gallerie dell'Accademia, and meditate on Botticelli's iconic
The
Birth of Venus
and
Primavera
at the Uffizi Gallery.
Decamp to
Pisa
to see the architectural ensemble that makes up the Piazza dei Miracoli
and then swap Renaissance for Gothic in
Siena
, spending at least two days exploring its
brooding streets, frescoed churches and sweeping Piazza del Campo. Tone your thighs and
