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After a busy day of monuments and museums, enjoy a pleasant evening stroll through the Piazza della Signoria or the Piazza della Republica. For restaurants with typical Tuscan dishes, though, leave the tourists behind and go a block or two off the main track where adventures in typical Italian dining await. Ask for the zuppa di cipole (onion soup) or the pappa al pomodoro (bread and tomato soup). The bold can try trippa al Fiorentina (tripe) for a main course, or perhaps a bistecca Fiorentina – the famous local version of the classic T−bone steak.

1 FLORENCE TO SANTUARIO DELLA VERNA

Views of vineyards and mountains beyond from just below Diacceto (Stage 2)

Standing at the edge of the Late Middle Ages, a time of the dominion of religion and the Church, Michelangelo and his fellow artists looked within Biblical stories for the classic and timeless beauty in their subjects. Their work gave rebirth to the Classical Era, and foreshadowed the Enlightenment and its love of science and nature.