Tim

Just remembered that I never responded! A comprehensive history doesn’t really come to mind, but I love anything by Paul Ginsborg! He’s the expert in contemporary Italy (1850’s to today) and his writing keeps you interested even on the most boring of topics. I’m not a Renaissance expert so I don’t have any ideas there, sorry!

Enjoy your trip!
Laura

Thank you for very reply. Very complete and helpful!

On another subject altogether… Your academic background suggests you would be a great person to recommend some reading before we come to Italy. I am especially interested in history. Is there a good one volume history of Italy written in English? How about the history of the Italian Renaissance? Good fiction? Maybe this could be a subject for a post.

Grazie,

Tim

Thanks for reading! Tickets are sold in advance, but usually only 1-2 weeks before the game is played. So if the game is being played on April 10th, check the fiorentina’s website mid-march and they should post a date as the beginning of sales. From then you should be able to buy tickets online without a problem. Tickets do sell out for games against big teams, like AC Milan, however considering the atrocious performance of the Florence team this year I don’t think you will risk that at all! You should be fine buying tickets even a few days before, although it’s always better to be safe than sorry.

The tickets online are sold via TicketOne and as you’ll see here they generally have some info on the sale dates http://www.ticketone.it/EN/Sports/nr_id285456_Fiorentina-Cagliari-Tickets-on-sale.html

Hope this helps!

Laura

We are travelling from Vancouver BC Canada to Florence in April and April 10 Fiorentina hosts AC Milan. We really want to see the game but are having trouble getting advance ticket information from the Fiorentina team web site or any other information source. Are tickets sold in advance? Do games usually sell out? Any advice is much appreciated.

Grazie