Fiesole

According to most of the guide books, the most important sight in Fiesole is the Roman theatre, but it is also home to Etruscan remains, various churches, villas...the usual stuff. Also the most affluent suburb of Florence and where people go to escape the summer heat and, in some cases, the plague. For it was here that Boccaccio set his Decameron, tales related by the Florentine refugees who chose to spend their isolation here. Appropriate then that I should spend the week in which COVID-19 struck Italy to attend a conference here. But my fondest memories are of previous summer visits where I could enjoy a wonderful meal on a terrace overlooking the city. For if there is one thing for which I will remember Fiesole, it is the stupendous views of the valley and city below.

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