Yesterday we drove into Florence early and went straight to San Marco the 14th century convent which is famous for the amazing frescoes painted by Fra Angelico and his school. The best known is his Annunciation but every one of the 40+ cells has one of his amazing devotional frescoes.
Then it was lunch at the highly recommended sandwich shop Fratellinis which serves a little glass of red wine with every sandwich then on to the Uffizi for an afternoon of Renaissance art. We had prebooked our tickets for 1pm – a great time saver – the other queue for tickets was over 2 hours. It is a real feast for the eyes – about 1700 works on display and another 1400 in storage. There are the huge Botticelli’s – Birth of Venus and Primavera- as well as the beautiful little Lippi’s Madonna and Child and Bronzino’s exquisite portrait of Bia Medici.
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