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Duomo Complex
Florence’s biggest visual anchor — but not an easy “quick stop”.
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Florence Icons
The big names, classic museums, churches, bridges and Renaissance anchors that shape a first Florence plan.
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Where to start
- Top sights for your first visit
- Choose Florence’s main sights to match your time, interests and energy.
- Museum Heavyweights
- Compare Florence’s major art museums by collection, visit length and booking needs.
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Terra Routes makes editorial selections and planning suggestions. Visit order, duration and effort are estimates, not a personal inspection of every place. Check current opening hours, prices, services and access conditions with the venue or operator before your visit.
Active guides
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Uffizi Galleries
Florence’s great art anchor — powerful, crowded, and much better when you do not try to see everything.
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Galleria dell’Accademia
Florence’s focused Michelangelo anchor — shorter than Uffizi, but not automatically easy.
MuseumDavidFirst timeShorter visit
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Ponte Vecchio, the bridge that moves the day across the Arno
The historic Arno bridge of jewellers' shops — a quick, classic photo stop that links the two halves of Florence.
BridgeArnoClassicLow effort
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Palazzo Vecchio
Florence’s palace of civic power — not just another museum stop.
PalaceCivic powerPiazza SignoriaTower
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Santa Croce, where Florence turns memory into stone
The Franciscan basilica where Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli rest — frescoes, tombs and a wide, quiet nave.
ChurchFrescoesTombsOld city
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Santa Maria Novella, where Florence begins softly
The station-side Dominican basilica with Masaccio's fresco, Ghirlandaio's cycle and a storied cloister.
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Palazzo Pitti, where Florence changes scale across the Arno
The grand Oltrarno palace of the Medici and the Palatine Gallery, paired with the Boboli gardens behind.
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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.
MediciPalaceChapelRenaissance
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Basilica di San Lorenzo, where Brunelleschi order meets the Medici story
Brunelleschi's Medici church with the Old Sacristy, Donatello bronzes and the heart of the San Lorenzo district.
ChurchMediciSan LorenzoBrunelleschi
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Medici Chapels, where dynasty becomes monument
Michelangelo's New Sacristy and the ornate Chapel of the Princes — the Medici's final, monumental statement.
MediciMichelangeloMuseumSan Lorenzo
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Bargello Museum, where Florence becomes sculpture
Florence's sculpture stronghold — Donatello, Michelangelo and Renaissance bronzes in a medieval palace.
MuseumSculptureRenaissanceQuiet
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San Marco Museum, Renaissance art at monastery pace
Fra Angelico's serene frescoes and Savonarola's convent — a quiet, devotional museum stop.
MuseumFra AngelicoFrescoesQuiet
Icon collections
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Top sights for your first visit
Choose Florence’s main sights to match your time, interests and energy.
First timeIconsClassicOrientation
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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.
MediciSan LorenzoHistoryCompact cluster
CollectionOpen collection
Museum Heavyweights
Compare Florence’s major art museums by collection, visit length and booking needs.
MuseumsArtBook aheadHigh focus
RouteOpen route
Medici Power Route
Trace the Medici from San Lorenzo and Palazzo Medici through the civic centre to Palazzo Pitti.
Full-day history routeFlexible interior choicesMy Trips ready
CollectionOpen collection
Churches & Frescoes
Choose Florence churches by frescoes, architecture, atmosphere and location instead of trying to visit every famous interior.
ChurchesFrescoesArtQuiet focus
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Bridge & River Icons
Connect Florence's bridges, Arno views and low-effort photo stops into a lighter walk between heavier sights.
BridgesArnoLow effortPhoto stops
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Renaissance Core
See how civic power, Medici patronage, architecture and art meet across Florence's essential Renaissance landmarks.
RenaissanceArtPowerOld city
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