Florence

It was the cradle of the Renaissance and the world capital of art in the 15th century. It flaunts one of the most historic centers and some of the most famous museums in the world. All around it has one of the most iconic and distinctive landscapes on the planet. Everything in Florence is spectacular: from the stores to the streets leading up into the hills immediately behind the more touristy areas, from the more genuine and popular neighborhoods that rise just outside the historic center to the monuments that tell its soul.