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Best of Florence Walking Tour
A 3-hour guided tour of Florence see the city’s best sights. Visitors will visit the magnificent Duomo and the Accademia Gallery – home to Michelangelo’s David and the unfinished Slave sculptures.
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Florence in a Day Walking Tour
This one-day walking tour of Florence gives sightseers the chance to take in all the city’s best sights. Landmarks include Piazza della Repubblica and Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia Gallery.
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Uffizi Tour & Palazzo Vecchio
A visit to one of the world’s oldest museums—the Uffizi Gallery—as a local guide sheds light on works by masters including Duccio and Giotto. The tour ends with a look around the beautiful Palazzo Vecchio.
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Entrance to Brunelleschi’s Dome With Terrace & Baptistery Tour
This exciting experience gives visitors the chance to climb to the top of Brunelleschi’s majestic dome and learn about the methods used by the great architect himself.
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Afternoon Florence Food Tour With Beer Tasting
A guided walking tour of the medieval Oltrarno quarter, showcasing Florence’s most celebrated artisan beers and traditional food pairings. Guests will enjoy cured meats and cheeses, cakes, specialty sourdough pizzas, as well as homemade food from a Florentine trattoria.
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Florence Bike Tour
A guided group bike tour of historic Florence taking in sights like the Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery, and Duomo. The tour also passes by the Arno River and includes free gelato tasting.
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Florence Bike Tour With Food Tasting
A cycling tour of the historic streets of Florence, with the chance to taste Italian pastries and traditional snacks like schiacciata all’olio bread. The tour passes iconic monuments like Ponte Vecchio.
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Florence Food Walking Tour
An exploration of delicious Italian food and wine including a visit to the famous San Lorenzo Central Market, a stop at a local wine bar, and samples of gelato, cheese, and cured Tuscan meat.
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Florence Segway Night Tour
This Segway experience showcases the beauty of Florence at night, as riders explore sights like Republic Square, Signoria Square, the Strozzi Palace, and the beautiful Duomo. A free gelato is also included.
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Palazzo Vecchio Tour
Dedicated to the civic history of Florence, this guided walking tour starts underground in the ruins of Florentia theater, before continuing in Salone dei Cinquecento and the Palazzo Vecchio tower.
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Florence Historic Center
In downtown
Our best advice for exploring the centre? Travel on foot. Pretty as the paintings that adorn its most illustrious galleries, Florence will charm you with stories and beg you to make your own. Get lost among the jewellery makers and trinket buyers of Ponte Vecchio; then tie your love to a lock on the bridge’s fence (for good luck).
Places to stay from $4 a night
Piazzale Michelangelo
1 miles from downtown
Hot, hungry, and dreaming of pecorino? Sounds like you made it through the tree-lined streets to the heights of Piazzale Michelangelo. The Duomo looms high above the terracotta rooftops. A few flights up, you’ll find the prettiest church in Florence called San Miniato. Picnic among the ornate tombstones of the church’s cemetery (if you dare).
Places to stay from $36 a night
Santa Croce
0.5 miles from downtown
Pay homage to Galileo and Michelangelo, both buried beneath this Basilica. But don’t pray and run. Giotto’s frescoes decorate the Franciscan church’s interior chapels. French writer Stendhal coined his syndrome of the same here (an illness of “awe” marked by symptoms of intense nervousness caused by seeing great art).
Places to stay from $22 a night
Santa Maria Novella
0.4 miles from downtown
Ready to cut your teeth on 20th century Italian art? Museo Novecento’s got just the collection. Afterward, let an espresso buzz you through Santa Maria Novella’s Gothic Basilica. Next door is Italy’s oldest apothecary and perfumery (1221), where aromatic elixirs steep in decanted bottles, and chemists still concoct colognes from the past.
Places to stay from $10 a night
Tornabuoni
0.2 miles from downtown
Gucci certainly approves of the high-fashion boutiques that abound in his hometown. Heels and cobblestone? Not a problem for the Florentine female. This block is a who’s who crash course of Italian high fashion–from Armani to Versace and everyone in between. Even the air smells expensive. Window-shop your heart out, honey.
Places to stay from $30 a night
Uffizi
0.2 miles from downtown
Both district and world-famous gallery. Art students stand agog in front of masterworks (ah, Botticelli) in the Uffizi Gallery. After a Renaissance morning, buy a gelato from “Perché no!" (the mozzarella with chestnut honey is a must!) and lick it all the way to Piazza della Signoria. Navel-gaze amidst pigeons, people, and sea-coloured statues.
Places to stay from $4 a night
Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, is also the capital of Italy's Tuscany region and a powerhouse of culture, architecture, and art.
The entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so you never have to look far for things to do. The Uffizi Gallery is home to masterpieces like "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli, as well as Titian's "Venus of Urbino," while the Accademia Gallery is home to Michelangelo's "David" and the unfinished "Slaves." If you have time, be sure to visit other great museums like the Bargello, the Gucci Garden, and the former palace of the famous Medici family.
In the old town's center, you'll find the city's wonderful cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (also known as Duomo di Firenze) and Giotto's Tower, which offers a 360º view of the entire city. Then make a visit to Mercato Central to try some Florentine cuisine. It's the city's oldest and largest food market, packed with fresh, local produce, and even a bookshop and culinary school. You'll find all the local favorites, from tripe panini and pasta to gelato and Florentine steak.
Florence's Amerigo Vespucci airport is close, only a 15-minute bus or taxi ride from the city center.
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| Most popular time to visit | June-August |
| Cheapest time to visit | January-March |
| Local currency | € 1 = $1.14 |
| Language | Italian |
| Average weekend price | $140 per night |
| Average weekday price | $141 per night |
| Average stay | 2 nights |
Santa Maria Novella
0.2 miles from downtown
“Allow at least three hours and get the video tour if you want to get more out of the visit”
Ponte Vecchio
0.2 miles from downtown
“Beautiful jewelry. BUT to purchase any jewelry over $155 tax free- you WILL need either your physical passport or a picture! Otherwise, they won't sell to you tax free. ”
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Via Faenza
0.4 miles from downtown
“Ate a good and very reasonably priced dinner there one evening . Pleasant route to reach San Leonardo's square from Via Nazionale. It runs parallel to the lively open market street but is much more manageable when dragging luggage behind you.”
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Ognissanti
0.4 miles from downtown
“A lot cooler than you would think. I didn't know anything about this church and just happened by purely on chance. Very beautiful, very free, and very free of other tourists. The chapels are fantastic and you are allowed to walk right up into them. Also take some time to find the right spot to view the ceiling mural. The perspective makes it look like the church breaks through the ceiling and to the heavens. It is a very charming effect.”
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Pitti Palace
0.4 miles from downtown
“Need a lot of time. The Boboli Gardens are beautiful The views spectacular ”
Palazzo Vecchio
0.2 miles from downtown
“Fascinating to walk round the sumptuous former residence of the Medici dynasty and imagine them looking out at life on the piazza”
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Artemio Franchi Stadium
1.6 miles from downtown
“I didn’t make it to an event there but did walk from the city to have a look at it. ”
Piazza della Signoria
0.1 miles from downtown
“Stop at Bar Preseo! Best bruschetta I've had in my life! Only place open early before standing in the queue (around 7:30-8:00) for Uffizi. Very hard to find restaurants of cafés which open early. The rest is blah! ”
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Basilica di Santa Croce
0.4 miles from downtown
“Information and pictures of the flood in 1966 and what it di to church and area very informative My favorite church in Florence. Very peacful”
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Piazza del Duomo, Florence
0.2 miles from downtown
“Avoid between noon and 4, crowds can be overwhelming. Lots to see and visit in and around.”
The food was wonderful.
November 14, 2018
The food was wonderful. The people friendly and helpful. The architecture, art, and museums beautiful. The views... be sure to go to Piazzale Michelangelo It is not easy getting around. Can be a little confusing. And the taxis are not allowed to stop for you. You must get a taxi at the taxi stands. Of course, the hotel staff can call a taxi anytime. We didn’t take the train but we heard it was very easy to get to many places
The city is beautiful, looks like a big museum.
November 10, 2018
The city is beautiful, looks like a big museum. The best way to experience the city is to go without a map, just to get lost in the streets. Florence has great architecture, many museums, plenty of lendmarks. Also great restaurants with delicious food and great Italian beer. We enjoyed it.
Car rental location and facility very substandard.
October 30, 2018
Car rental location and facility very substandard. Difficult location to find to return car. Car insurance costs and deductibles unclear and penalties for not bringing car back with full tank of gas. Location for start of bus tours is along walk and confusing route from the train terminal City central is beautiful and easy walk to key tourist sites. Gilli’s for lunch in Palazzo Repubblica
The locals are very kind.
October 29, 2018
The locals are very kind. The restaurants are reasonable. Mercato Centrale was indeed a go-to, for its variety. Honestly, it's a calmer less vibrant place than say Rome. If you're an art fan, it worth spending two days. I would not stay any longer than two. The only way, lI could survive it for three and a half is that I took a train to Rome for a day trip- then when I returned I could appreciate it more!
We’ve been before and love Florence.
October 29, 2018
We’ve been before and love Florence. Wonderful sights, wonderful history, great restaurants & shopping. Can be pretty crowded. Be sure to pick low seasons or times of day to avoid the massive crowds.
Great city but Graffiti has been an eyesore.
October 29, 2018
Great city but Graffiti has been an eyesore. Hope the Italian and European Union as a whole will act and punished vandalism. Historic sites are tainted with ugly graffitis all over the city . Local government needs to address this problem.
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