Lonely Planet is a name that is long and well-associated with all things travel and a key touchstone that many turn to when planning trips and thinking about future holiday destinations. As such, people tend to sit up and listen to what they have to say when they produce their famous annual, “Best In Travel,” guide and use it for inspiration when looking ahead to their own upcoming adventures. In the recently published 2022 edition of the guide, they have once again named some of their key travel destinations for the coming year and there was one Italian city that made the cut this time around – Florence! We, of course, are already well familiar with the various attractions and appeals of a vacation in the city and offer some incredible luxury villas in Florence but it is good to be reminded once more just how brilliant Florence well and truly is.
A perfect vacation destination where you will truly never ever find yourself running short of things to see and do, where you can pretty easily suit a variety of budgets, where you can eat incredibly well, where you can shop in some of the most beautiful stores, exclusive boutiques, and unique little family-run and traditional businesses, where you can see some of the most remarkable buildings and famous works of art in the entire world, where you can wander aimlessly for hours and still have a truly brilliant time, and much more besides: there are countless things to recommend Florence as a pick for your next getaway in Tuscany. However, Florence has made the cut as one of Lonely Planet’s picks this year according to their specific judging criteria that pertain to sustainability, community involvement, and the use of new itineraries and ways of viewing the city to breathe new life into it without leading to over-tourism or overwhelming the place (an important consideration in cities that are both so popular and ancient). With lots of new ways to experience Florence on offer today, beyond the well-trodden and the more expected, the birthplace of the Renaissance proves again and again that it can be rediscovered and reborn endlessly and that it is not merely stuck in the past.
So, even if you have been on vacation in Florence before and you think that you know well what it has to offer visitors, you should not fret. There will actually always be new sides of Florence that are just waiting to be stumbled upon, as if you are visiting a whole new place every time. Or, if you have never been before and you expect it to merely be a city so steeped in history that there really is little else to it, then Lonely Planet has backed us up and now pointed out to you all what we know to be true and love to point out to our customers: that Florence is utterly dynamic, completely full of unique and contemporary attractions, and does, indeed, pay tribute to its fascinating and wonderful past but is also always looking forward to an even better future... Come, then, and discover your own unique and personal itineraries in the city, discover the very old and the very new, discover the famous and the unknown wonders alike, and discover why Lonely Planet has chosen it as a Best In Travel destination for 2022. Discover all of this and more on your next getaway in Tuscany! Just get browsing our amazing selection of villas with pools in Florence and some of our holiday rentals in Florence today and then you can come and see your own version of the city with your own eyes.
