Villa San Michele, a Belmond Hotel, is housed in a former Renaissance monastery and has refreshed rooms, a new spa, and ...

Florence has long been among Europe's most popular tourist destinations thanks to its historical significance, Renaissance art and museums, and sheer beauty. It’s the ideal of a wine-and-food-fueled ...

When my mother and I set out on a rail journey across central Italy, the place we were most excited to visit was Florence.

Florence, Italy, may be known for its Renaissance art and romantic old-world charm, but now there’s a bold new reason to book a trip to this historical Italian city. And no, it's not a new pasta dish ...

Among the many things I love about Italy is how the Renaissance can be spliced into your travels. Imagine: In Florence you can sleep in a converted 16th-century monastery that’s just a block from ...

Views from the 16th-century palazzo take in a "living stage" overlooking the historic Piazza della Signoria and the Tuscan Gothic architecture of the Palazzo Vecchio.

Greek scholars made numerous and vital contributions to Italy’s Renaissance, helping bridge Eastern and Western intellectual ...

FILE - People line up to enter in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File) (Domenico Stinellis, Copyright 2017 The ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — To protect the masterpieces at the Uffizi Galleries, the Florence museum’s director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee’s bicycle down at a sheet of glass specially made to ...

Some six centuries after ushering in the Renaissance, the Tuscan capital of Florence is once again ahead of Italy’s other major cities—this time it is thanks to its rising real-estate prices.