Use Hotel Rewards Points for Florence Stay

This is an excerpt from the September 2013 issue of Dream of Italy: The best vacations are those where you can use loyalty points to for flights and hotels. In Florence your hotel choices are limited, but just this past year a new offering joined the short list — AC Hotel Firenze by Marriott. Marriott acquired the modern AC Hotel …

Madonna’s New Video Filmed in Florence and Tuscany Countryside

The video for Madonna’s new song “Turn Up the Radio” was filmed in Florence and Mugello, in the Tuscan hills above the city. She shot the video just a few weeks ago while staying at the St. Regis Hotel in Florence.  BFF Debi Mazar and her Tuscan husband Gabriele Corcos may have helped inspire the film locale; they have a house nearby. The megastar stopped …