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What to see in Florence
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Food & Markets
Markets, food streets, wine windows and practical eating rhythms.
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Views & Gardens
Viewpoints, gardens and breathing-room stops when the city needs air.
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Arrival & Transport
Stations, airport links, luggage reality and first/last-day basics.
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Quiet Florence
Softer churches, unusual museums, cloisters and low-pressure corners.
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Neighbourhoods
Districts, river edges, market streets and local city rhythm.
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All Florence guides and practical tools
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Duomo Complex
Florence’s biggest visual anchor — but not an easy “quick stop”.
Main anchorBook aheadHigh crowd
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Uffizi Galleries
Florence’s great art anchor — powerful, crowded, and much better when you do not try to see everything.
Major art anchorBook aheadMuseum fatigue
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Galleria dell’Accademia
Florence’s focused Michelangelo anchor — shorter than Uffizi, but not automatically easy.
Michelangelo’s DavidBook aheadFocused museum
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Ponte Vecchio, the bridge that moves the day across the Arno
A short, route-aware guide to Ponte Vecchio in Florence: when to cross, how to avoid the worst crowd flow, how to connect Uffizi with Oltrarno, Pitti and Boboli, what to know about the Vasari Corridor, and how to use the bridge without overloading the day.
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Palazzo Vecchio
Florence’s palace of civic power — not just another museum stop.
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Santa Croce, where Florence turns memory into stone
A practical, route-aware guide to Santa Croce in Florence: church, tombs, chapels, public memory, official-source planning, church clothing, piazza heat, luggage, accessibility and how it fits into a Florence day.
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Santa Maria Novella, where Florence begins softly
Plan Santa Maria Novella in Florence as a smart first cultural stop: basilica, frescoes, cloisters, station-side route logic, official links and practical frictions.
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Palazzo Pitti, where Florence changes scale across the Arno
A route-aware guide to Palazzo Pitti in Florence: how to fit the palace, galleries, Boboli Gardens, official tickets, luggage storage, museum fatigue and Oltrarno into a realistic Florence day.
Grand-ducal palaceOltrarno anchorBoboli connector
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Palazzo Medici Riccardi, where Medici power still feels close to the street
Before the Medici story became corridors, councils and grand-ducal theatre, it had a front door on Via Cavour. This is a compact palace stop with more meaning than size.
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First-Time Florence Icons
Choose Florence’s main sights to match your time, interests and energy.
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Medici & San Lorenzo
Follow the Medici story through the family palace, their parish church and the chapels built to preserve the dynasty's memory.
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Museum Heavyweights
Compare Florence’s major art museums by collection, visit length and booking needs.
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Exhibitions and city events with confirmed dates. Choose an event, then build the rest of the day around nearby places.
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Broken: The Power of the Fragment
A sculpture exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, connecting ancient fragments with modern and contemporary art.
Sep 25, 2026 – Jan 24, 2027Palazzo Strozzi
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Beyond the Renaissance: Dürer and Parmigianino
European prints and Mannerist experimentation at Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Sep 10, 2026 – Jan 5, 2027Palazzo Medici Riccardi
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Firenze Marathon 2026
A city running event that also matters when planning a day in Florence as a spectator or visitor.
Nov 29, 2026Firenze
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