http://wandermelon.com Updates and insights on the world's best experiences. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/guide-florence/ http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/guide-florence/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:18:04 +0000 Terena Thyne Eisner http://wandermelon.com/?p=7011 No other city in Italy offers such fabulous Renaissance art, stylish boutiques, and cozy trattorias as Florence.  But nothing ruins a view of Michelangelo’s David like hordes of tourists cramming around this Renaissance masterpiece.  Which is why we prefer visiting during shoulder season, particularly in May, October, or November, when ...]]> No other city in Italy offers such fabulous Renaissance art, stylish boutiques, and cozy trattorias as Florence.  But nothing ruins a view of Michelangelo’s David like hordes of tourists cramming around this Renaissance masterpiece.  Which is why we prefer visiting during shoulder season, particularly in May, October, or November, when ...]]> http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/guide-florence/feed/ 0 http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/florence/ http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/florence/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:59:34 +0000 Terena Thyne Eisner http://wandermelon.com/?p=7006 Sleep Four Seasons (Borgo Pinti, 99; +39 055 26 261) It feels like you’re staying in a museum at this sprawling new resort situated just minutes from the center of the city.  After an extensive renovation, the 15th century Palazzo della Gherardesca and the ‘Conventino”, a 16th century Palazzo, have been restored ...]]> Sleep Four Seasons (Borgo Pinti, 99; +39 055 26 261) It feels like you’re staying in a museum at this sprawling new resort situated just minutes from the center of the city.  After an extensive renovation, the 15th century Palazzo della Gherardesca and the ‘Conventino”, a 16th century Palazzo, have been restored ...]]> http://wandermelon.com/2009/11/12/florence/feed/ 0 http://wandermelon.com/2009/10/27/room-with-a-view/ http://wandermelon.com/2009/10/27/room-with-a-view/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:24:50 +0000 Terena Thyne Eisner http://wandermelon.com/?p=6660 Tucked amid Tuscany’s rolling green hills, Florence reigns as Italy’s cultural capital. From Michelangelo’s David to Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, the city is a shrine to the Renaissance, brimming with over a million works of historical paintings, sculptures, and frescoes. Now visitors to this historical city have the chance to own ...]]> Tucked amid Tuscany’s rolling green hills, Florence reigns as Italy’s cultural capital. From Michelangelo’s David to Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, the city is a shrine to the Renaissance, brimming with over a million works of historical paintings, sculptures, and frescoes. Now visitors to this historical city have the chance to own ...]]> http://wandermelon.com/2009/10/27/room-with-a-view/feed/ 0