Spot a bistecca alla fiorentina
Find a bistecca alla fiorentina (giant T-bone steak) on a restaurant menu or table. Photograph the slab.
Spot a Brera courtyard
Walk into the Pinacoteca di Brera courtyard and find the bronze Napoleon statue in the centre. Photograph the courtyard.
Spot a Brera narrow lane
Walk into the Brera district and find a charming narrow lane with a cafe terrace. Photograph the street.
Spot a Burano colourful house
Take a vaporetto to Burano and find the row of brightly painted fisherman's houses. Photograph a colourful canal-front.
Spot a Cardinal's hat shop window
Near the Vatican, find a religious-supply shop selling cardinal's red hats, bishop's crooks, rosaries (especially around Borgo Pio). Photograph the window.
Spot a Chianti wine bottle
Find a Chianti bottle (with the black rooster Gallo Nero seal for Chianti Classico) in a shop or restaurant. Photograph the rooster.
Spot a cicchetti bar (bacaro)
Find a bacaro (Venetian cicchetti bar) with crostini and ombre wine glasses on the counter. Photograph the spread.
Spot a Cova or Marchesi pastry window
Find Pasticceria Cova in the Quadrilatero or Marchesi 1824 in the Galleria. Photograph the historic pastry window.
Spot a David replica
Find Michelangelo's David (a replica in Piazza della Signoria, the original in the Accademia or a souvenir-shop apron). The marble man is everywhere. Photograph him.
Spot a Fiat 500
Find a classic Fiat 500 (the round little 1960s version, or even the modern one) parked on a cobblestone street. Photograph the small body.
Spot a Florence carriage (carrozza)
Find a horse-drawn carrozza waiting near the Duomo or Piazza della Repubblica. Photograph the carriage.
Spot a Florence cobblestone
Find a Florence pietra serena cobblestone street. Photograph a stretch of the stone leading toward a landmark.
Spot a Florence gelato cone
Find a gelato cone with at least two flavours at a Florence gelateria (Vivoli, Gelateria dei Neri, Perché No, Carapina). Photograph the cone.
Spot a Florence street artist easel
In Piazza degli Uffizi find a street artist sketching tourists or selling watercolours. Photograph the easel.
Spot a Florence street lantern
Find a wrought-iron Florentine street lantern hanging from a stone wall in the centro storico. Photograph the lantern against the stone.
Spot a Florence terracotta-tile roof view
Climb to Piazzale Michelangelo or any high vantage point and photograph the sea of terracotta-tile roofs with the Duomo and Campanile poking out.
Spot a Florence Uffizi line
Walk to the Uffizi Gallery and photograph the queue at the entrance or the colonnade itself. Even from outside, the colonnade between the Arno and the Palazzo Vecchio is iconic.
Spot a Florentine pasta dish
Find a Tuscan pasta dish (pappardelle al cinghiale with wild boar, pici cacio e pepe, ribollita as a starter) on a trattoria table. Photograph the plate.
Spot a fritole or frittelle
Find a tray of fritole (Venetian doughnut balls with cream or raisins) in a bakery window or on a café tray. Photograph the powdery balls.
Spot a fritti misti or sarde in saor
Find a Venetian classic plate (fritto misto of seafood, sarde in saor sweet-and-sour sardines) in a trattoria or bacaro. Photograph the plate.
Spot a gelato cone
Find a gelato cone with at least two flavours in someone's hand or stacked behind glass at a gelateria (Giolitti, San Crispino, Old Bridge). Photograph it before it melts.
Spot a gondola
Find a gondola moored on a canal or in motion, the long black boat with the iron prow. Photograph it.
Spot a leather shop
Find a Florence leather shop with jackets, bags or wallets in the window (the San Lorenzo market and the Oltrarno have dozens). Photograph the leather.
Spot a Milan aperitivo Negroni
Find a Negroni (red, with orange peel) on a Brera or Navigli aperitivo table. Photograph the glass.