What to See During Your Holidays in Mugello
If you have rented a country house in the Florentine province, a tour of the Majestic Medici villas is a must. You can start your day visiting Villa Demidoff and its beautiful park, a full blown jewel, with its fountains enriched by the water works and sculptures that scatter it. You can then stop at the Trebbio Castle and admire from its tower the view of the Mugello countryside. Finally an aperitiv at the Cafaggiolo Castle, one of the favourite mansions by the Medici, will end in great style your day.
If you are by San Piero a Sieve and you feel like take some nice picturese, go for the San Martino Fortress. although it is not possible to visit it inside, the view from up the hill is absolutely unique: wooded hills, green valleys scatterd with the typical Tuscan country houses.
You can countinue your tour visiting the Vicari’s Palace in Scarperia, where, besides the beautifully halls painted in frescos you’ll be able to enter the Museo dei ferri Taglienti ( Museums of the cutting blades).
One last suggestion to spend your holidays in Mugello? The Convento di Bosco ai Frati ( Bosco ai Frati Monastery) will be one of your major destinations not only because of its beautiful architecture, but for the precious wooden crucifix attributed to Donatello and now kept in the museum next to the monastery. Leave then your Mugello villa in the direction of the Convento di Bosco ai Frati, a destination that ha sto be on the listo f your must see of the Florentine province. If you are interested in a guided visit you have but call the monastery and the monks themselves will be your guides.
Finally stop at the Cafaggiolo Castle, one of the mansions dear to the Medici themselves, for an aperitiv in total relax, to conclude in great style your tour.
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