Florence isprobably as famous for fashion as it is for Renaissance art and today’s tour willstart with the Ferragamo museum, situated above the flagship store in thePalazzo Spini Feroni. The museum was opened to the public in 1995 and displaysthe remarkable archive of this family firm. As well as photographs, sketches,books and magazines, you will see wooden lasts made for famous feet and acollection of over 10,000 models designed by Ferragamo. You will then head forthe Farmacia di Santa Maria Novella, a monastery where hand-made scents andcreams have been produced for centuries. This is one of the city’s best keptsecrets and you will be able to purchase them in the elegant shop. After that,visit the Palazzo Davanzati, a Renaissance merchants’ house, which has beenbeautifully restored and furnished to depict every-day life in the 14thcentury.
