A place worth to visit is certanly Florence which is only about 2 hours drive from hotel La Meridiana. To go to Florence you should follow directions Ravenna, then Bologna A14 and once you are in motorway A14 you have to follow directions Florence. Take A1/E35 following directions PISA NORD- PRATO. Exit FIRENZE NORD and then follow Centre Florence.

Florence is famous all over the world for its unique beauties. For many years Florence has been the cradle of culture and art as many of the most famous artists of the Renaissance were born there.
Florence signifies abundance or wealth; during the middle-age, thanks to the Medici family, became an important economic, cultural and artistic city.
The artistic patrimony of Florence is between the more important of the world. Famous Museums in Florence (Uffizi Gallery, Pitti Museum, Museum of the Bargello, Archaeological Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Work of the Dome). Great libraries (Laurenziana Library, Riccardiana Library, Marucelliana Library, Central National Library). The famous academies (Academy of the Bran, Academy of Cimento, Colombaria Academy). Large Parks and Gardens in Florence (Park of the Cascine, Garden of Boboli, Garden of the Iris). The Monuments in Florence constitute an artistic complex between the more important to the world: the Baptistry (with the gold doors by the Ghiberti and Andrea Pisano), the Fortezza da Basso, the Giotto Bell Tower, the Hospital of Innocenti. Important Churches in Florence: the Dome (or Santa Maria del Fiore) with the immense cupola of the Brunelleschi and the bell tower of Giotto, Pietà di Michelangelo, the church of Santa Croce, in which we found the rip of Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Alfieri, Foscolo and Rossini, the church of San Lorenzo, the church of Santa Croce, the church of Santa Maria Novella. Florence is rich of great work and Palaces in Florence like the Palazzo Vecchio, the loggia dell'Orcagna, the Spedale degli Innocenti of Brunelleschi, the Palazzi Medici, the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi (by the Vasari with the famous Uffizi Gallery), the Ponte Vecchio with the double row of little old shops, from the 1500 exclusive rights of the orafi. The splendid Public Squares in Florence like Piazza del Duomo, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Santa Croce, Piazza Della Signoria, Piazza Della Libertà, Piazza Dell'Indipendenza, Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Piazzale Michelangelo. The House of the Memory in Florence of Dante Alighieri, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Guidi.