The historical old town is a World Heritage Site and it is hard to decide which of the many churches, museums or places you should visit first. Anywhere you will meet the name Medici, a rich family that supported two centuries the art and architecture in Florence. When you get exhausted of such an amount of culture, you can just enjoy the simple but delicious Tuscan cuisine.
However, according to the UNESCO, 60 per cent of the most important artworks of the world are situated in Italy; Florence owns half of them. The renaissance was born in this city and many popular artists lived there, for example Dante, Bocaccio, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Besides tourism, the typical sweeties Cantuccini and wine are important items of trade.
