
Lonely Planet author Leif Pettersen's Florence is the centre of the Tuscan universe. The city houses the greastest collection of Italian and Rennaissance art in the world and you often don't even have to walk into a gallery. But once you enter, you can spend hours exploring the Uffizi's endless Carravaggios or the Duomo's intricate fresco. Don't miss the view from the top of the Duomo. How you avoid the tourist masses? He's not sure it's possible.











