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Rolling hills, endless vineyards, beautifully Florence in a day — How to spend the perfect day in Florence. If you're traveling by train you can take a train to Empoli from Florence or Pisa and then take a bus, currently line 49, to Vinci from Empoli Stazione FS to Vinci, see schedule on the Copit bus website in Italian.
Museo Leonardiano, the museum of Leonardo da Vinci, is easy to find in Vinci's small historic center. Exhibits are displayed in a new entrance hall where you'll see textile manufacturing machines and on three floors of the Castello dei Conti Guidi , a 12th-century castle. In the museum, you'll see many drawings and over 60 models, both small and large, for his inventions that include military machines and machines for travel. Check the Museo Leonardiano website for updated times and prices orari e tariffe.
It's 3 kilometers from Vinci in the locality of Anchiano follow signs. It can also be reached by a footpath through olive groves. Be sure to take the time to walk around Vinci's small historic center where visit Piazza Giusti where you'll see works by Mimmo Paladino. Leonardo is thought to have been baptized in the church of Santa Croce. Around the center, there are restaurants and bars, shops, tourist information, public restrooms, parking lots, and a park with picnic area. You can also visit the small Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci in the old castle cellars that have a private collection of documents and reconstructions.
The town of Vinci is nestled amongst the Tuscan hills, and has a population of just over 14, It is located 11km north of Empoli and can be easily be reached by bus in about half an hour, or, for the more adventurous, a 3 hour walk through the Tuscany olive groves and vineyards.
If you have the time, and the stamina, then it is well worth the walk. From Empoli take the Via Leonardo da Vinci, and then onto the Via Pietramarina and head north and before long you will be on the quiet country roads that lead all the way to Vinci.
There are only two hotels located within the actual town: the Mona Lisa and the Hotel Alexander. Did his dreams of flight stem from here? Did his young, curious mind first envisage his flying machine after watching the birds fly from this very tower all those centuries ago? The castle has now been turned into the Museo "Leonardino" - Museum of Leonardo.
Instead, it covers many of his other interests such as his war machines, his underwater breathing apparatus and even tries to answer the question; is it possible that Leonardo invented the bicycle more than years before Baron Karl von Drais would claim the idea in ?
The entrance to the museum is 6 euros which also includes a climb to the top of the bell tower. On leaving the museum a good stop is the tourist information office: just opposite. The Leonardo Museum is located right in the oldtown center of Vinci, a small hamlet of medieval origins at about 30km from Florence.
The ticket office which gives access to the Leonardo museum route in Vinci is located in Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, n. The two buildings housing the Leonardo Museum, Palazzina Uzielli and the Conti Guidi Castle , are both fully accessible for mobility-impaired visitors andare equipped with dedicated facilities.
The exhibition halls in Palazzina Uzielli are all on the ground floor of the building, whereas there is a lift available to reach the toilets, classroom and the hall for temporary exhibitions. In the Conti Guidi Castle , located a few hundred metres from the first part of the museum route,mobility-impaired visitors can use the dedicated entrance in piazza Guido Masi, where they can use the lift simply by ringing a bell and showing their entrance ticket to the museum.
The Leonardo Museum is in the historic centre of Vinci which is a pedestrian area normally only reachable on foot. If necessary, car access to the historic centre can be arranged by contacting the Vinci Tourist Office phone At the Museum are welcome guide dogs for the blind person and small ones as long as they brought in special bags or carriers.
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