Florence Offers Free Museum Admissions During Spring Cultural Week

  • March 22, 2012
Florence Offers Free Museum Admissions During Spring Cultural Week
Florence will be overflowing with culture during this week long celebration and visitors will have the chance to experience Florence's historical treasures, arts and culture. ALL the State Museums will have FREE admittance, this includes the Uffizi and Academia galleries, Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens, the Museo di San Marco, the National Museum of Bargello and the Medici Chapels. During this period there will also be the opportunity to visit other attractions rarely open to the public along with unique exhibitions, guided tours and classical music concerts.

Gallery Hotel Art, owned by the Ferragamo family is the perfect place to stay located on the stunning Arno River walking distance from the Uffizzi Gallery, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Pitti (former home of the Medici's) and other key Florentine sites. Furthermore, for the same period, Gallery Hotel Art will host an exhibition in its restaurant lobby of work by jet set New York photographer, Slim Aarons, famed for photographing socialites, jet-setters and celebrities in the 1950s and 1980s.

For further information and reservations please contact the Lungarno Collection: Phone +39 055 2726 4000 or visit www.lungarnocollection.com

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PHOTO: Hotel Lungarno balcony view of Arno River