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Planning a trip to Italy? My newest guidebook, "Rick Steves Rome, Florence & Venice," hits the shelves today! I've spent a lifetime exploring these cities, and this book includes all my favorite tips and discoveries, carefully designed so you can turn your travel dreams into smooth and affordable reality. If you're dreaming of Rome, Florence, and Venice, this is the book to get: https://store.ricksteves.com/shop/p/rome-florence-venice-guidebook Happy travels! | Rick Steves

I just wrapped up a research trip through Rome and Venice — and now I’m in Florence, working on my Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany guidebook. And just like in Rome and Venice, the tourists here are crammed into the two or three most famous sights, leaving other museums and galleries — which would be big hits in a lesser city — essentially empty. Today, I visited the Hospital of the Innocents, where a museum tells the story of the abandoned children who, beginning in 1445, were cared for here. Thi