Trip to Florence 2023

This page is intended to provide up-to-date information on the forthcoming Trip to Florence for participants who have booked their places on the trip.

Trollope Society Itinerary

For up-to-date information download the current version:

Trip to Florence – Itinerary v11 (updated 24 March)

Trip to Florence WhatsApp Group

If you would like to discuss your plans and keep in touch regarding the Trip to Florence with other participants you may like to join the Trip to Florence WhatsApp Group. Please note the group is only open to participants who have booked a place on the Trip to Florence. The Trollope Society will not use the group to communicate information about the trip or the itinerary. You can leave the group at any time.

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Flights and accomodation

To provide flexibility and ensure the best value air fares and hotel rates, members are asked to make their own arrangements for travel, accommodation and insurance.

Committee members of the Trollope Society who are organising the trip will be staying at Hotel Degli Orafi, Lungarno degli Archibusieri, 4, 50121 Florence. If you would like to stay at the same hotel, visit www.hoteldegliorafi.it

Meetings, seminars and lectures

Meetings and lectures will held at central venues and at the British Institute of Florence.

Maps

Map of all locations included in the Trollope Society Itinerary.

For individual maps of each location see below:

Hotel Degli Orafi

Hotel Degli Orafi, Lungarno degli Archibusieri, 4, 50121 Florence

Villa Trollope

Via Vincenzo Salvagnoli, 1, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy

Horticultural Society of Tuscany

Bolognese Street, 17 – 50139 Florence

British Institute of Florence Library

Biblioteca Harold Acton del British Institute of Florence, Lungarno Guicciardini, 9, 50125 Firenze FI

English Cemetery

Cimitero degli Inglesi, Piazzale Donatello, 38, 50132 Cimitero, Florence

Restaurant Alla Torre De’ Rossi

Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio, Borgo S. Jacopo, 3/R, 50125 Firenze FI

Stibbert Museum

Via Federico Stibbert, 26, 50134 Firenze FI,

St Mark’s Anglican Church

Via Maggio, 16, 50125 Firenze FI,

Trattoria Del Carmine

Piazza del Carmine, 18, 50124 Firenze FI, Italy

Free time

The trip includes free time for you to explore the city and its many attractions including the magnificent Duomo, the world-famous Uffizi Gallery and dozens of other museums and sights.

To avoid queues we recommend that you book tickets in advance, you can purchase a combined ticket valid for five consecutive days which offers one single admission (with priority) to all the museum sites of the Uffizi, Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens, in addition to the National Archaeological Museum and also the Museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.