Florence Attractions
Pisa
Sure, the Leaning Tower is great, but don’t sell Pisa short, with a cultural, historical, and architectural significance that is often overlooked, this city is ...
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Cinque Terre
For travelers who consider themselves to be hiking specialists, a trip to Italy’s Cinque Terre is well worth your time. ‘Five Towns’ in English, this region ...
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Livorno Cruise Port
Livorno is the ugly sister of the beautiful Tuscan city of Florence. Many tour itineraries will actually list Florence as the port of call because Livorno ...
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San Miniato al Monte
There are so many churches worth visiting right in the streets of central Florence that you might think it’s no big deal to skip San Miniato al Monte, sitting ...
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Ponte Vecchio
The ancient Ponte Vecchio bridge is as much a symbol of Florence as the red dome of the Duomo. Ponte Vecchio means old bridge, and indeed it dates back to ...
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Perugia
Perugia is the capital of Umbria, often called the “Green Heart of Italy,” and the region that lies next to Tuscany . Umbria is no longer the “undiscovered” ...
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Piazza della Signoria
Florence’s spacious Piazza della Signoria has long been one of the city’s main meeting points. The Palazzo Vecchio, which anchors one side of the square, was ...
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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Despite the name, Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo has nothing to do with opera music - “opera” also being the Italian word for creative works, in this ...
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San Lorenzo Market
Whether shopping is on your must-do list in Florence or not, you can’t miss a spin through the city’s outdoor San Lorenzo Market. Florence and the surrounding ...
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Basilica of San Lorenzo
A visit to the enormous Basilica of San Lorenzo leads to things you may not expect from a church. What ties the church to its unexpected turns, however, is ...
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Vasari Corridor
Built in 1564, the Vasari Corridor was designed to enable the Grand Duke Cosimo I de Medici to move between the Pitti Palace where he lived, the Uffizi where ...
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Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti)
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The Pitti Palace was built by rivals of the powerful Medici family in the mid-1400s. A century later, the Medicis took over the huge Renaissance palace, ...
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Piazzale Michelangelo
If you want to catch those iconic, sweeping views of Florence you've seen in postcards, head to Piazzale Michelangelo. From an elevated position overlooking ...
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San Gimignano
San Gimignano is famous for its towers. As you approach this small, walled town, the fourteen towers dating from the 13th century – there were once seventy-two ...
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Uffizi Gallery
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The Uffizi Gallery, or Galleria degli Uffizi, houses the world's most important collection of Florentine art, so unless you have Skip the Line tickets you'll ...
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