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Article: Travel: Legs Florentine
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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IN FLORENCE the countryside is never far away; you can be
walking down quiet, rural lanes within a few minutes of leaving the
Ponte Vecchio. Our first walk is popular with the Florentines, who
like to stroll on a Sunday beneath the city walls and take in the
panoramic views that can be enjoyed from San Miniato al Monte and
the Piazzale Michelangelo. Fiesole, the setting for our second
walk, is 8km (5 miles) north of Florence. Once a powerful Etruscan
city, it was later eclipsed by Florence and is now merely a
village. Archaeological remains hint at its previous glory. On a
clear day, there are wonderful views across the red-
tiled rooftops of Florence and the cypress-dotted hills of the ...