Florence Author:Jack Altman The city of Michelangelo, Giotto and Botticelli - not to mention Macchiavelli and the Medicis - is one great revelation of the Renaissance. Florence has more eternal art per square mile than anywhere else on earth. You will want to take time out - strolling the Boboli Gardens, shopping on the Ponte Vecchio, sipping a cappuccino in the Piazza del... more »la Signoria, and digging into a steak alla fiorentina. Easy daytrips take you to the highlights of Tuscany - Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena and Lucca.« less