Firenzemarathon - Firenze (Toscana)
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FIRENZEMARATHON
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The wrapping glamour of centuries of art, history and culture accompanies you step by step along the 42 kilometres and 195 meters of the Florence Marathon. A unique emotion which can be told only by those who have run in Florence and which has made the classic race of Florence an appointment that cannot be missed by thousand of sportsmen and enthusiasts who each year punctually come from all over the world on the last Sunday in November. An event, which is not only a sport event, but also a custom and cultural enchanting appointment which has now reached full excellence as to its organizational level and which can boast an exceptional stage such as the city of Florence, unique in the world for its beauty and atmosphere. The Florence Marathon is the main road race event taking place in Tuscany, which together with Rome is rightly by now the most important international marathon in Italy and among the first 20 marathons in the world as far as quality and number of participants. The event inaugurated by Orlando Pizzolato, multi-winner of the New York Marathon, features a route that follows landscape views and monuments of singular beauty, which made the city famous worldwide. A route touching the most fascinating places in Florence, such as piazza del Duomo, piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio and many other roads and squares rich in history and culture, before ending in the solemn majesty of piazza Santa Croce. The path is fully surfaced and ramp-free, exception made for the slightly sloping stretch of road at the start. Those characteristics make it particularly flowing and appreciated by all the athletes. The Florence Marathon offers to athletes and companions the ideal chance to live the city as tourists, during the pre-Christmas time, with the possibility to avail oneself of a prompt service of hotel booking at competitive prices. This is a further reason which makes the Florentine event, with its ability to combine the tourist and cultural aspects with the agonistic side, attract an always increasing number of participants from all over the world.
