 Are you still uncertain where to spend your New Year’s Eve? How about Florence or some days in a farmhouse on the surrounding hills, so charming in these days under the snow? You may ask what’s on in Florence at this time of the year. |
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 Elephants, dogs, zebras, all of them colourful and irreverent. They are a few of the works of art, very simple but effective, created by the artist Mario Mariotti with his own hands. Never was a definition more fitting: Mariotti put make-up on, dressed and disguised his hands to make these colourful characters, |
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 Returning to Florence for the holiday season are I mai visti, the exhibitions dedicated to those “never seen before” works that are housed in the Uffizi Gallery, but usually not displayed. Saints poets navigators is the title of the 9th edition of the exhibition, held in the Sala delle Reali Poste, 16 December-31 January in Florence.
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 Oil and wine, two of the most prestigious and typical products of the Florentine countryside, are given full, 360-degree promotion by the Florence Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to the many initiatives which take place in the area, such as tastings and food-and-wine events, an important instrument, |
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Throughout December and January there are lots of good reasons for coming to visit Florence and getting to know the local area during the Christmas festivities. Markets, music, shows and guided visits to the most important places of interest.
