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Many tourists come and go to Florence without even realising that this city is home to some spectacular pyramids of its own! Stay at a vacation rental in Florence and travel around to see some of these unusual gems.

Close to the Pavoniere pool in the Cascine Park of Florence is one such Egyptian style pyramid. It stands at ten metres tall and was actually used as a type of fridge to store ice and dairy products!

Passers-by might even mistake it for a tomb but its pyramid shape is plain to see.

The Palazzo Pitti is a vast and elaborate Renaissance palace in the city of Florence. Built on the south side of the River Arno close to the Ponte Vecchio, the original building here dates as far back as 1458 before later extensions were added.

Stay in a beautiful vacation rental in Florence where you can conveniently visit this majestic palace as well as many other cultural treasures of the city.

It was the luxury home of a wealthy banker called Luca Pitti who was once comrade with the other banking family, the Medici’s before they turned into bitter rivals in later years.

Palazzo Pitti was later bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the primary residence of the most prominent members of this banking dynasty based in Florence.

Whether or not you're visually impaired, there are some fantastic art museums in Tuscany that let you get up close and personal with the artwork to explore the art and sculpture by hand to appreciate the artistic techniques in a whole new way!

Stay in a beautiful holiday villa in Tuscany and head off on some intriguing tourist adventures to these venues.

Get up close and personal with exquisite works of art at the Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi in Pistoia. It’s suitable for all visitors but especially those with sight impairment.

Continuing on from our fun opening article on how to throw in some culture into your Tuscan vacation along the coast, here are some more museums to check out beside the sea! Stay in a stunning villa rental in Porto Santo Stefano where some of the following museums are located!

The Mediterranean Aquarium in Porto Santo Stefano is a fascinating place which consists of seventeen tanks filled with marine life from the Tuscan coast. Get up and close with fascinating creatures like sharks, octopuses and seahorses and learn more about their way of life as well as the state of the art technology used to track their movements.

Book a fabulous vacation along the Tuscan coast and mix some visits to fascinating museums along the way! Stay in a stunning villa by the sea and be treated to some magnificent views of the rugged Tuscan coast.

Include a trip to the unusual Casa Rossa museum, originally an ancient sluice gate factory that now provides excellent detail of the surrounding Diaccia Botrona wetlands.

This interesting cultural hotspot is located beside the coastal town of Castiglione della Pescaia.