Paradise of Exiles

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Licensed tour guide in Florence featuring personalized tours: art and history, museums, markets, artisan workshops, and hikes. Join me and deepen your knowledge and appreciation of this extraordinary city!

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News: My travel memoir about my transformative long-distance walk on Italy’s ancient pilgrimage route has been taken on by Random House Germany! Find it on this link as well as a sampling of my published travel articles.

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About Chandi

Author, Florentine Renaissance Historian, and licensed tour guide in Florence, with an unplanned life-theme of adventure that shows no signs of slowing down.

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Thou paradise of exiles, Italy!  ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ciao Italy lovers!

After 30 years of being in love with Italy, in the spring of 2017, I made a move to the land that the poet Shelley called a paradise of exiles. I am a Florentine Renaissance historian and I lead personalized tours of the fabulous city of Florence.

By treating yourself to a tour with me, you can lose the overwhelm and enhance your knowledge of what makes this city so special, and have an expert dedicated to you who will give you an insider experience. 

Go to the Florence Tours page for more info, and if you are seeking info on moving to Italy there’s a link for that here too. If you want to get ideas about great places to visit in Italy, go the links under Exploring Italy and if you need trip planning services, there is a link for that too. I look forward to helping you have a superb time in Italy!

FEATURED POST The Renaissance Continues— Gorgeous Hotels in Florence’s Center

Florence has been known for beautiful design since the program to beautify the city began the 14th century, and lately, hotel designers in the city seem to be vying for the most elegant modern design with touches alluding to the city’s history. As you’ll see from my sampling below, this city of world-class art also boasts world-class artfully designed hotels. Helvetia Bristol photos courtesy of Helvetia Bristol An exceedingly handsome hotel,…

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Patiens at Ground Zero

Patiens at Ground Zero   I watch from my cold and mostly unfurnished apartment in Florence as President Conte announces, his discomfort visible, that we’ll be under lockdown the next morning. My breath falters on the exhale as Italy becomes the first democratic country since World War II to impose…

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The Kitchen Remodel (Part 2)

This is the second post about the kitchen remodel. Have a look first, at Part 1 to see how the kitchen looked originally. When I returned from California, having vacated the apartment for two months for the lavori pesante—the “heavy works” as my architect termed it—this is how the place…

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