Travel expert Rick Steves deems this Italian city the "Cultural Capital of Europe" due to its rich history and artistic ...

(Related: Everything you should know about Florence Italy.) At first ... Ruggiero, a professor in Italian art and architectural history, states it should come as no surprise at all.

Italy’s cultural trove has been attracting aesthete and art-curious tourists from across ... Rome, Venice and Florence and their respective concentrations of riches have been the particular ...

The best time to visit Florence is between May and September when warm weather ushers in art festivals, open-air dining and the kind of Italian sunshine that inspired the Renaissance painters.