From Fiesole: bus departs from the Pensione Bencistà at 9:00 am and stops at the hotel Hotel Villa Fiesole at 9:10 am before proceeding to downtown Florence.

Form Florence: meeting point at the Hotel Villani at 9:00 a.m.
Duration: approx. 2 1/2 hours
Cost: free of charge
Reservation: please contact the Retreat coordinator at the registration desk or a staff member of Casalini Libri
Description: guided tour. Santa Maria Novella church and the Mercato Centrale (central market), a fine example of late 19th century steel and glass architecture.

Bus departs from Villa La Fonte at 2:00 pm for Monte Ceceri (Fiesole).

Duration: approx. 2 1/2 hours
Cost: EUR 5,00
Reservation: please contact the Retreat coordinator at the registration desk or a staff member of Casalini Libri
Description: cultural walk and hiking excursion. Walk through the park of Montececeri (Fiesole) with its stone quarries made famous by Michelangelo, and up to the hilltop site where the first human flight was attempted following Leonardo da Vinci's drawings.

Form Fiesole: bus departs from the Pensione Bencistà at 9:00 am and stops at the other hotel Hotel Villa Fiesole at 9:10 am before proceeding to downtown Florence.

From Florence: meeting point at Hotel Villani at 9:00 a.m.
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Cost: EUR 8,00
Reservation: please contact the Retreat coordinator at the registration desk or a staff member of Casalini Libri
Description: guided tour. Sightseeing in the historic city centre of Florence.