Area identity
Treat Oltrarno as a working part of the city: Palazzo Pitti, Boboli Gardens and Brancacci Chapel have different jobs, not equal checklist weight.
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Oltrarno
Plan your visit around Palazzo Pitti; Boboli Gardens; Santo Spirito.
Before your visit
- Time
- Flexible full day
- Crowds
- Varies square by square
- Effort
- Cobbles and hills
- Weather
- Mixed shade
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How this guide is prepared
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.
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Best for
Best when you want to connect Palazzo Pitti with Brancacci Chapel while keeping one main commitment and one genuine pause.
Main constraint
Plan around Boboli Gardens. Check access first and leave a buffer for the real crowd pattern: Varies square by square.
Role in the day
Use it as a Flexible full day block. Protect the final stop instead of adding another distant pin.
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Build the visit in four moves
The order is a planning tool, not a demand to complete everything.
01 · Start here
Palazzo Pitti
Begin with Palazzo Pitti; it gives the clearest orientation before the day becomes crowded.
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02 · Main decision
Boboli Gardens
Make Boboli Gardens the main commitment. Verify official access, tickets or opening hours before fixing the rest.
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Santo Spirito
Use Santo Spirito to lower the pace. It should absorb delay, hunger or weather rather than create a second deadline.
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04 · Finish here
Brancacci Chapel
Finish at Brancacci Chapel. If energy drops, this is the stop to protect while trimming earlier extras.
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Oltrarno
Plan your visit around Palazzo Pitti; Boboli Gardens; Santo Spirito.
1Palazzo Pitti
2Boboli Gardens
3Santo Spirito
4Brancacci Chapel
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Route logic: what works and what does not
Works well
- Fix the one timed or official anchor first.
- Use Santo Spirito as a recovery point, not another major commitment.
- End at Brancacci Chapel; do not cross the whole city again.
Avoid this squeeze
- Do not treat all four stops as equal priorities.
- Do not promise yourself quiet during Varies square by square.
- Do not ignore Mixed shade; it changes the useful order.
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Save a coherent version of the day
Keep the main anchor, a real buffer and a finish you can still enjoy.