Florence is universally recognised as the city of the Renaissance, as well as being one of the most beloved and admired ...

But also how ancient roots mean it’s hard to find any city in Italy, whatever the size, without a compelling historic heart.

By the time my kids, Mila and Joe, were tweens, they’d become pretty savvy travelers. We had traveled as a family all over Mexico and Central America, to French Polynesia, and a ...