Love, Loss & Lunch in Medieval Florence
Medieval Florence was a city of passionate love affairs, devastating heartbreak, and elaborate courtship rituals that played out over intimate lunches in hidden courtyards and ancient taverns. Experience the romantic stories that inspired Dante's poetry and Boccaccio's tales, while savoring the same traditional dishes that brought lovers together and tore them apart in the cobblestone streets of this timeless city.
Created by Isabella Conti
A licensed tour guide for over 10 years, Isabella offers walks that feel like conversations—and sometimes confessions. She specializes in Renaissance art, Baroque architecture, and Jewish-Roman history, curating tours through the tangled heart of the city with both authority and intimacy. Though Isabella was born in Rome, she spent most of her schooling in London. She returned to Rome in her twenties, bringing with her an English elegance, a suitcase full of notebooks, and a storyteller’s instinct. “London gave me the words,” she likes to say, “but Rome gave me the stories worth telling.”