Dante’s birthplace of Florence is another key destination for aficionados for this year and beyond.

Dante’s birthplace of Florence is another key destination for aficionados for this year and beyond. Private travel consultant and Italy expert, Merrion Charles has the ideal insider’s itinerary to the city with private tours and exclusive access to the Società Dantesca Italiana, which includes over 23,000 volumes and rare manuscripts related to Dante; the thirteenth-century Santa Margherita de’ Cerchi, where Dante’s muse Beatrice is said to be buried; and the Florence Baptistery, where Dante was baptized.