In 1565, a simple, elegant hallway was built atop Ponte Vecchio (or the Old Bridge) in Florence. The passage was restricted to Florentine elites, who used it to easily traverse the Arno River without ...

Ann Henson, Assistant Managing Editor Originally, these beautiful gardens belonged to the Medici family; it wasn't until the late 18th century that the gates opened to the public. Today ...

The main stretch of the corridor, running from the Uffizi to the Boboli Gardens outside Palazzo Pitti, opened to the public on Friday. It’s the first time in history that regular people have ...

Years later they will recall al fresco dining by the Arno, crossing the sun-kissed Ponte Vecchio and meandering through Boboli Gardens all in the overexposed sepia of nostalgia. Yet memory is ...