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Advantages: Beauty. History, Culture. Good food and wine Disadvantages: Expensive. Crowded with tourists.
, the Accademia houses a vast collection of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 16th centuries including works by Giovanni do Milano, Pontormo, Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. The horendously long queues that form outside the gallery are, however, to witness the genius that was Michelangelo. Dominating everything is his world renowned David; this colossal statue over 4 meters in height was sculpted from a single block of marble. There are other masterpieces of the great master including four "unfinished" statues of the four slaves, and the Palestrina Pieta.
Still on the trail of art treasures we can move along to the GalleriaDegliUffizi which has one of the most important collections in the world. It was started by Francis I de' Medici and his collection was subsequently enriched by Ferdinand I, who transferred various sculptures from ...
Advantages: Amazing value, first class hotel Disadvantages: Absolutely none
Subotica is just a few miles over the Hungarian border and so gets quite a few visitors from there I expect. It's certainly a place worth visiting and with the nearby lake palic tourist area, there's no shortage of accommodation in the area.
We were only stopping there for one night on our way to Bulgaria and a quick search for a hotel threw up a wide variety of options but when we came across the Hotel galleria, it really was no contest.
Although the hotel is in the centre of town, it's really easy to find. It's just a couple of turns off the main drag and it's well signposted. Parking is free in an underground car park which is always a bonus.
The hotel is a modern building but sits well amongst its surroundings and blends in nicely. It's a six storey building set around a central atrium which houses a shopping centre and some ...
Advantages: More art than you can wave a brush at Disadvantages: The crowds...oh, and the crowds
I had read so many guidebooks, online guides and reviews about Florence, that I wasn't sure I actually needed to visit in person. However, since we were in Tuscany anyway, and the hotel we were staying in was a mere 40km distant, I though it would be somewhat amiss not to see the city and all its glories.
Florence is a dream destination for art-lovers - some of the planet's most famous works of art jostle for position in some of the greatest galleries of the world. I'd like to tell you a bit about some of these treasures, but I'm not going to.
Not because I don't want to, but because I can't. I didn't see any!
I'm afraid I wasn't willing to queue in blazing sunshine and temperatures in the mid-30's just to see some old paintings. Call me uncouth and uncultured if you will, just don't call me at 3am!
So, if you're looking ...
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