Considering the Il Guelfo Bianco in Florence?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Florence:
Spend a few days!! This city... by sargentjeff
Spend a few days!! This city is so beautiful and interesting it deserves your time. My favorite italian city. Well, I love the south too, but for the rest, this takes the cakeWalking up the the Duomo and, well after an attempted pickpocketing, viewing the enormity of the building. It is absolutely incredible to look at. After all, it took 175 years to construct. That's like 10 generations in those days. :) And they didn't even have Black and Decker tools. Boy what a bummer.
HERE IS A GOOD MAP OF THE CITY
http://www.florenceitaly.net/pic/FLORENCE.PDF