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Facilities
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just a few minutes drive away,offers all needed facilities. |
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this page you can find some useful telephone numbers and addresses
of public utilities, sport and fitness centers, restaurants, food
shops, markets and handicraft places. |
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can find also some suggestion for your entertainment and cultural
trip in Florence, Chianti, Tuscany. |
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Emergency
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Police |
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Carabinieri |
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Fire
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Ambulance |
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Carabinieri
of Impruneta |
055/2011027 |
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Anti-poisons
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055/4277819 |
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Doctors
in Impruneta |
9am-12.30pm/4-6.30pm
- Via della Fonte,5 |
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Pharmacy |
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- Farmacia
Puliti - Via Cavalleggeri, 1- 055/2011049 - 055/2312510
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Farmacia la Certosa
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Via Repubblica, 27 - Tavarnuzze
055/2374382
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- Farmacia
di Tavarnuzze-Via
della Repubblica, 116 - 055/2374382
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Taxi |
055/4390
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Car
garage |
055/2020376
(Mr. Nencini in Tavarnuzze) |
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Gas
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Shell - Via Imprunetana per Tavarnuzze
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- Shell
- selfservice h24 - Via Cassia 192 - Tavarnuzze - 055/2022646
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- Esso
- Via Cassia, 83 - 055/2374647
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Banks |
Impruneta,
Tavarnuzze, Galluzzo |
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Post Office |
Impruneta
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Carabinieri
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Impruneta |
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Public
phones |
Impruneta
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nearest Hospital is at Ponte a Niccheri, near Grassina. |
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Art
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Uffizi
055/23885 8:30 am-6:50 pm Sunday till 7 pm Monday Closed.
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Galleria
dell'Accademia 055/2388609 8:30 am-6:50 pm Sunday till 7 pm |
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Galleria
Palatina 055/2388614 8:30 am-6:50 pm Sunday till 7 pm |
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Cappelle
Medicee 055/2388602 8:30-5 pm Sunday till 1 pm Mon Closed. |
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Cappella
Brancati 055/2382195 10 am-5 pm Tuesday Closed. |
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Opificio
delle pietre dure 055/218709 8 am-2 pm Sunday Closed. |
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Palazzo
Vecchio 055/2768325 9 am-7 pm Mon & Fri till 10 pm |
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Bargello
055/23886088 8:15 am-5 pm Monday Closed. |
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Tennis
Court Impruneta |
055/2012111 |
Via
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Tennis
Court Pozzolatico |
055/208333 |
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Tennis
International |
055/2301130 |
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Swimming
pool and fitness |
055/2022888 |
Via Grandi, 2 |
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Centro Sportivo Zodiac |
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Horse
Riding Center |
055/2313883 |
Fattoria
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Centro
Ippico Ugolino |
055/2301289 |
Via
Oliveta, 12 - Impruneta |
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Circolo del Golf Ugolino |
055/2301141 |
Via
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Enoteca |
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well supplied wine shop with wine testing. Bacco in Chianti - Via
IV Novembre 126, San Casciano Val di Pesa Tel. 055/8290242 |
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virgin olive oil and Chianti wine- Janet and Stefano- Tel 055/2374180
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are usually open from Monday to Saturday morning, from 8 to 20.
The big ones don't close for lunch, while the small usually close
from 13 to 17.The nearest food shop is in Impruneta, (Alimentari
Piccini, Via Mazzini 23. Impruneta Tel 055/2011390) open Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning.
The nearest Supermarkets are in Florence Esselunga, via Pisana,
near Ponte della Vittoria open on Saturdays and also on Sunday mornings,
closed on Monday mornings; and SuperCoop in San Casciano (Superstrada
to Siena, exit S. Casciano - follow the signs -).
In Impruneta and in Tavarnuzze there are two small Coop shops.
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Restaurant
"Bellavista", at Impruneta, in the main square, with very nice panoramic
terrace.
Restaurant-pizzeria "I Cavallacci" (the pizza margherita con mozzarella
di bufala), on the road to Florence (reservation is recommended)
- Via Aldo Moro, 3. Tel 055/2313863.
"Taverna Machiavelli" , S.Andrea in Percussina, on the national
road to Siena (via Cassia) , deviating toward San Casciano/Spedaletto.
Nice historical place, where to have Tuscan food.
"Da Padellina", Tuscan Cuisine, Strada in Chianti - Corso del popolo
54 Tel 055/858388 (closed on Thursday). "Il Caminetto del Chianti"
- Via della Montagnola, 52 (on the Chiantigiana Road- Strada in
Chianti) Tel 055/ 8588909 (Closed Tuesday and Wednesday morning).
"Trattoria
del Contadino" - Via delle Terre Bianche, 32 Impruneta Tel 055/2011797
(Closed Monday).
Trattoria " Nello" - Via IV Novembre 64, tel 055/820163 San Casciano
Val di Pesa (Closed Wednesday evening and Thursday).
In
Chianti
"La
Cantoniera di Vescine" , Radda In Chianti (on the road between Radda
and Castellina). Tel 0577/741195
"Da Stefano" (only fish) - Via Senese 271 Galluzzo (on the road
to Florence). Tel 055/049105 - Closed on Sunday - excellent, expensive.
"Villa Borromeo"- Via Borromeo 119 San Casciano Val di Pesa Tel
055/8290118 (private parking).***
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Florence
"Le Fonticine" - Via Nazionale, 79 Tel 055/ 282106 ***
"Omero" - in Pian dei Giullari 11/r (near Arcetri and Piazzale Michelangelo),
famous (and expensive) for the Bistecca alla Fiorentina. Tel 055/220053
"Pane e vino" - Via San Nicoḷ 70/r Tel 055/2476956 (very good wines,sophisticated
and expensive).
"I Due G" - Via Cennini 6/R near the railway station Tel 055/218623
(Closed on Sunday).
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Ice Cream
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In
Impruneta there is a good ice cream at "Bar Italia", in the main square.
In Florence "Vivoli"- Via Isole delle Stinche, 7 Tel 055/292334 (Closed
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Markets |
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In
Florence, on Tuesday morning, there is a big, cheap and nice market
along the Parco delle Cascine (the main Park in Florence); it is just
across Ponte della Vittoria. Local markets are in Impruneta (Saturday
morning), in Tavarnuzze (Wednesday morning) and in Galluzzo every
mornings. |
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Entertainments |
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During
summer there are a lot of theater plays, films, exhibitions, concerts,
both in Florence and in nearby villages. Information on tourist information
offices, on newspapers and on specialized magazines. The open air
cinema in Impruneta. |
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Handicraft |
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You
can find a lot of handicraft places in Florence. Leather, straw, painted
paper are the most famous. Impruneta is very famous all over the world
for the Cotto. Many floors of houses are made by cotto, as well as
roofs (also the roof of the Cupola del Duomo di Firenze).There are
many Fornaci where they cook clay to have pottery, in Impruneta.They
make also the Orci that are very big pots where traditionally olive
oil was stored.These Fornaci are very interesting places to visit
(and where to buy something really fine), and usually people will
be very glad to explain you a tradition that goes back to hundreds
of years. Many of that factories are in Impruneta and on the road
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Florence,
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Florence
doesn't need any presentation. The part of Florence, less touristic
that we suggest to visit is the part called Oltrarno . From Porta
Romana, at the end of the road called SS 2 Cassia, to the Arno is
one of the most interesting area. Boboli, Piazza Pitti, S.Spirito,
Il Carmine (visit the church is recommended), Il Cestello, and the
little streets around are beautiful and usually neglected by the mass
tourism. Another nice part of Florence is the one around Piazza S.Croce.
It is a popular zone with beautiful buildings. Also Certosa di Firenze,
near Galluzzo, is beautiful and surely worth to be visited. Impruneta
has a beautiful piazza , with a basilica and a good museum. There
are a lot of places to visit in a day trip. Siena with Monteriggioni,
S.Galgano ( on the way to Grosseto); S.Gimignano; Volterra; Cortona
near Arezzo. The Chianti, the region of the Gallo Nero wine production.
Along the way called Chiantigiana Greve, Panzano, S.Leonino, Castellina,;
all of them are worth to be visited. From S.Casciano to Panzano Campoli,
Badia a Passignano, Montefioralle. Villa Demidoff on the national
road to Bologna (from Florence take via Bolognese for 10 Km to Pratolino),
usually open during the week ends. S.Quirico, Pienza, Radicofani,
Bagno Vignoni (thermal place, is possible to have a bath in thermal
waters), Montepulciano, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Sant'Antimo, Montalcino.
At a bit longer distance, on the way to Roma (SS 2 Cassia).South of
Siena, Val d'Orcia, Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Bolsena, Orvieto.
The Versilia sea is at 1 hour drive from Florence.Interesting is Forte
dei Marmi, near Lucca . Uccellina National Park, Castiglion della
Pescaia, Punta Ala, Monte Argentario near Grosseto. Marina di Castagneto
and Baratti near Livorno (take the "strada a grande comunicazione
S.G.C." to Livorno, then the motorway to Rosignano and then again
the "Aurelia" national road to Donoratico). There are very nice beaches.
The beautiful Tuscan isles like Elba (ferry from Piombino every hour)
or Giglio (ferry from Porto Santo Stefano). Lucca, Pistoia, Pisa,
Arezzo, all at 1 hour maximum from Florence. An interesting trip is
to the national park of "foreste casentinesi" (one hour and a half
from Florence, where Stia and its ponds on Arno river are). It is
a forested area with beautiful landscapes and nice walks. |
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