Florence & Tuscany: Renaissance Art and Rolling Vineyards

Florence is a city you can cross on foot and still feel you've time-travelled. This guide gets you to the David and the Uffizi without losing half a day in line, up to the Duomo dome and Piazzale Michelangelo for the views, and into the trattorias where the bistecca and ribollita are the real thing. Then it heads into Tuscany — Siena's shell-shaped square, San Gimignano's towers, and a Chianti winery afternoon — at the pace the countryside deserves. Bring an appetite and comfortable shoes.