Blog – Page 2 – Splendor Of Florence

Three Days in Florence

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge June 13, 2018

Here are a few suggestions if you only have three days in the Renaissance City.

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge February 10, 2018

...Shake with the Right and Cover Nose with the Left!

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge October 04, 2017

As soon as I arrive in Florence, the first thing I usually do is drop my bags and walk over to the Piazza Signoria. That’s, for me, the center of ...

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge August 12, 2017

Very excited to be in our first retail store in Florence. RAPISARDI is located on via dei Tosinghi -- just off the Piazza della Repubblica.

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge July 17, 2017

Splendor of Florence July 05, 2017 During Christmas last year, as my sister, brother-in-law, and I were catching up, they t...

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge July 05, 2017

I have somehow become the unofficial travel agent for my family, friends (and friends of friends). Especially when it comes to Italy, where I spe...

by Joyce Rudge June 14, 2017

Early morning walk past the amazing Baptistry #splendidflorence

by Joyce Acciaioli Rudge June 12, 2017

Splendid Matera.....there is no place like it on earth. Ancient cave dwellings from the Paleolithic era and "more modern" cave dwellings that wer...

by Cindy Barclay November 21, 2016

We now offer candles in our passeggiata collection, available in white or black.

by Joyce Rudge November 21, 2016

I come to Florence every year in search of magic. There is so much of it in every direction I look— the centuries of art, the creations of the ...

by Joyce Rudge November 21, 2016

People come from all over Europe to buy carved trees from this garden center just outside Florence, the Renaissance city!