Dario Nardella, the mayor, pictured, has had enough and has decided from today to deploy council workers armed with high-pressure hoses around the city centre. “We’ll be going around at lunchtime, targeting church steps as well as pavements in streets where there are lots of food outlets. There is a double objective – to clean the pavements but also to stop tourists sitting around. Within a few minutes it will dry out and the tourists will sit down again.”But when tourists tried to resume their places, they were moved on by police. Last year, Florence took action against on the burgeoning number of convenience stores and “mini-markets” crowding its medieval streets.

Source: National Post June 01, 2017 19:41 UTC