Time in Assisi/Florence/San Gimignano/Pisa

 

Assisi

• 3 Level Basilica of San Francesco - biggest montessori in the world 

• Tomb of St Francis 

• Lunch at La Nostra (authentic Italian Deli) 

• Stopped at Dell Umbria for some wine to send home & oils/balsamic 

Florence 

• Fattoria Di Maiano (dinner at a family owned Villa on 250 acres of Olive Groves & vineyards) 

• Galleria dell’ Accademia di Firenze (visited the Statue of David) 

• Baptistery of San Giovanni 

• Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore 

• Relias Piazza Signoria 

• Palazzo Vecchio 

• Piazza Santa Croce 

• The Gold Corner (Lope) 

• Peruzzi Leather Shop

• Osteria San Fiorenzo (lunch on 9/16/25) 

• Basilica of Santa Croce (Tombs of Michelangelo’s, Galileo, and many many more)

• Villa Machiavelli (dinner on 9/16/25) on over 600 acres of vineyards & olive groves 

• Piazza Michelangelo

• Ponte Vecchio (only bridge to stand through World War ll) 

• Tarrochi (dinner 9/17/25) 

San Gimignano 

• Gelato at Gelateria Dondoli (World’s most famous in 2024) 

• Palazzo Comunale & Torre Grossa (Tower we climbed) 

• Dad & Grandma stopped in a local italian grocery store named “Coop” 

• Shopped at many little boutiques 

Pisa 

• Cathedral Square

• Battistero di San Giovanni 

• Cattedrale di Pisa

• Leaning Tower of Pisa