Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Florence, Italy

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Number of sights 41 sights
Distance 14.5 km
Ascend 440 m
Descend 438 m

Experience Florence in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in Florence

Sight 1: Sant'Antonino a Bellariva

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The church of Sant'Antonino in Bellariva is a Catholic place of worship located in Piazza Rosadi in Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Antonino a Bellariva (IT)

860 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: San Michele in San Salvi

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San Salvi, also known as San Michele a San Salvi, is a church in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Salvi (EN)

891 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia

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The Church of the Holy Family is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Gioberti, Florence; the parish of the same name, belonging to the archdiocese of Florence and entrusted to the priests of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco, insists on it.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia (Firenze) (IT)

641 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Porta alla Croce

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The Porta alla Croce is a former gate of the Walls of Florence, locate east of the neighborhood of Santa Croce, in the Piazza Beccaria of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The gate was part of the fourth set of walls around Florence built in the late 13th century.

Wikipedia: Porta alla Croce, Florence (EN)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Nostra Signora degli Angeli

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77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Sede ACI

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The ACI headquarters in Florence is located in viale Giovanni Amendola 36, at the corner of via Giotto 57-59-61.

Wikipedia: Sede ACI (Firenze) (IT)

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Villino Coppini

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The Coppini villa is a building in Florence, located in via Pietro Thouar 2 at the corner of viale della Giovine Italia 1.

Wikipedia: Villino Coppini (IT)

595 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Santi Crispino e Crespiniano

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The oratory of the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Neve, also known as Saints Crispino and Crespiniano, is a Catholic place of worship located in Borgo la Croce 36 in Florence.

Wikipedia: Oratorio della Compagnia di Santa Maria della Neve (IT)

854 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Palazzo Ricasoli Scroffa

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Palazzo Ricasoli Scroffa, or Cambray Digny, is a historic building in Florence, Italy, located at Corso Tintori 23-25.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Ricasoli Scroffa (IT)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Museo Horne

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The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi, on via de' Benci number 6 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Museo Horne (EN)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Palazzo Fossi

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Palazzo Fossi is located in Via de' Benci 4 in Florence, overlooking Via Mozza.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Fossi (IT)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Oratorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie

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The oratory of Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Florence, located on the Lungarno Diaz, near the Ponte alle Grazie.

Wikipedia: Oratorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie (Firenze) (IT)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza

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Museo Galileo is located in Florence, Italy, in Piazza dei Giudici, along the River Arno and close to the Uffizi Gallery. The museum, dedicated to astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, is housed in Palazzo Castellani, an 11th-century building which was then known as the Castello d'Altafronte.

Wikipedia: Museo Galileo (EN), Website

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Galleria degli Uffizi

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Galleria degli Uffizi

The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.

Wikipedia: Uffizi (EN), Website

675 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa evangelica luterana

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church is a religious building in the historic center of Florence, located on Lungarno Torrigiani, at the southwest end of the Martin Luther gardens.

Wikipedia: Chiesa evangelica luterana (Firenze) (IT)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Museo Stefano Bardini

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The Bardini Museum is a cultural institution in Florence, located in the Oltrarno district, with entrance in Via de' Renai 37 and exit in Piazza de' Mozzi 1.

Wikipedia: Museo Bardini (IT)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Piazza Nicola Demidoff

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Piazza Nicola Demidoff is a widening of the historic center of Florence, in the Oltrarno, overlooking the Lungarno Serristori and also from Via dei Renai. It is dedicated to the Russian ambassador Nicola Demidoff.

Wikipedia: Piazza Demidoff (IT)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di San Niccolò Oltrarno

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San Niccolò Oltrarno is a Roman Catholic church located on Via San Niccolò in the district of the same name in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The narrow district of Niccolò in Oltrarno is hemmed between the hills around San Miniato and the river.

Wikipedia: San Niccolò Oltrarno (EN)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Porta San Miniato

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The Porta San Miniato is a city gate part of the circle of walls of Florence, and is located in Oltrarno, in the area of San Niccolò, between Via San Miniato and Via Monte alle Croci. The name derives from the fact that the road to the church of San Miniato al Monte starts from here.

Wikipedia: Porta San Miniato (IT)

857 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 20: Basilica di San Miniato al Monte

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Basilica di San Miniato al Monte Benjamín Núñez González / CC BY-SA 4.0

San Miniato al Monte is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city. It has been described as one of the finest Romanesque structures in Tuscany and one of the most scenic churches in Italy. There is an adjoining Olivetan monastery, seen to the right of the basilica when ascending the stairs.

Wikipedia: San Miniato al Monte (EN)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di San Salvatore al Monte

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The church of San Salvatore al Monte is a Catholic place of worship in Florence located on the hill behind Piazzale Michelangelo, known as Monte delle Croci, just below the basilica of San Miniato.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Salvatore al Monte (IT)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Michelangelo Square

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Piazzale Michelangelo is a square with a panoramic view of Florence, Italy, located in the Oltrarno district.

Wikipedia: Piazzale Michelangelo (EN)

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Giardino delle Rose

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Giardino delle rose is a garden park in the Oltrarno district of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy. It is located below the Piazzale Michelangelo and offers a commanding view of the city.

Wikipedia: Giardino delle Rose (EN)

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 24: Torre San Niccolò

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The Tower of San Niccolò, once part of a gate or porta in the former defensive walls of Florence, is now located, isolated in Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, in the district of Oltrarno, Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The portal was first erected in 1324 and stands 115 feet tall, which can be accessed through 160 steps.

Wikipedia: Tower of San Niccolò, Florence (EN)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Museo Casa Rodolfo Siviero

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The Rodolfo Siviero House Museum or more commonly Casa Siviero is located on the Lungarno Serristori, in the Oltrarno district of Florence.

Wikipedia: Museo casa Rodolfo Siviero (IT)

664 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 26: Chiesa di Santa Lucia dei Magnoli

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Santa Lucia or Santa Lucia dei Magnoli is a Roman Catholic church located on via de'Bardi in Oltrarno district of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Lucia dei Magnoli (EN)

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa dei Santi Girolamo e Francesco alla Costa

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The church of Saints Jerome and Francis alla Costa is a Catholic place of worship located along the steep San Giorgio coast, a street that climbs to the Belvedere fort from the Ponte Vecchio in the center of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Girolamo e Francesco alla Costa (IT)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Chiesa di San Giorgio alla Costa

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The church of San Giorgio alla Costa, called in earlier times also dei Santi Giorgio e Massimiliano dello Spirito Santo is a small historical church in the Oltrarno district of the centre of Florence, situated on the steep slope of via Costa San Giorgio which runs uphill from Ponte Vecchio to Forte di Belvedere.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio alla Costa (EN)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: Giardino Giuliani

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The Giuliani garden is a private urban space in the historic center of Florence, with entrance on Costa Scarpuccia 7.

Wikipedia: Giardino Giuliani (IT)

477 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 30: Giardino Bardini

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The Giardino Bardini is an Italian Renaissance garden of the Villa Bardini in the hilly part of Oltrarno, offering views of Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Bardini Gardens (EN)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 31: Villa Bardini

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Villa Bardini, formerly Villa Manadora, is located on the San Giorgio 2 coast in Florence. Today it is an exhibition center that hosts temporary exhibitions and the Annigoni Museum; until 2017 it also housed the Capucci Museum. The park of the villa is the scenic Bardini garden, which can now be visited separately with the same ticket as the Boboli Gardens. In addition, the "Bardinicontemporanea" space offers contemporary art exhibitions with free admission.

Wikipedia: Villa Bardini (IT), Website

185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 32: Porta San Giorgio

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Porta San Giorgio Francesco Bini / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Porta San Giorgio is a medieval gateway located on the south-east end of the Oltrarno walls of Florence, Italy. Ramparts of the Belvedere fortress, begun in 1590, stand adjacent to the gate. The road away from Florence soon passes the church of San Leonardo in Arcetri.

Wikipedia: Porta San Giorgio, Florence (EN)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 33: San Leonardo in Arcetri

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San Leonardo in Arcetri is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via di San Leonardo #25, a few hundred meters southeast of the Porta San Giorgio of Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Leonardo in Arcetri (EN)

508 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 34: Forte di Belvedere

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The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere is a fortification in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Belvedere (fort) (EN), Website

548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 35: Porcelain Museum

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Porcelain Museum

The Porcelain Museum is located in the Casino del Cavaliere, one of the highest points of the Boboli Gardens at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Porcelain Museum (Florence) (EN)

38 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 36: Giardino del Cavaliere

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The Boboli Gardens is a historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts. Statues of various styles and periods, ancient and Renaissance, dot the garden. It also has large fountains and artificial caves, notably a grotto built by the artist, architect, and sculptor Bernardo Buontalenti between 1536 and 1608.

Wikipedia: Boboli Gardens (EN)

604 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 37: Fontana dell'Oceano

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The Fountain of the Ocean, the work of Giambologna, is located in the Boboli Gardens in Florence.

Wikipedia: Fontana dell'Oceano (IT)

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 38: Porta Romana

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The Porta Romana, once known as the Porta San Pier Gattolino was the southernmost gate in the 13th-century walls of the Oltrarno section of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. It stands at the confluence of a number of roads: accessed from north by Via Romana, Via de' Serragli, and Viale Francesco Petrarca. In addition, a central road along the Boboli Gardens begins near the gate, and allowed the inhabitants of the Pitti Palace to exit and enter Florence with minimal travel on city streets. Beyond the gates are the Via del Poggio Imperiale and Via Senese. The latter led to Siena and points south such as Rome, hence the name. When the majority of the defensive walls of Florence were razed in the 19th century, only a few, and sometimes partial gate structures were left standing including San Gallo Gate, Tower of San Niccolò, and this gate with a snippet of merlonated wall.

Wikipedia: Porta Romana, Florence (EN)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 39: Chiesa di San Pier Gattolino

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The church of San Pier Gattolino is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence on Via Romana.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Pier Gattolino (IT)

332 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 40: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista della Calza

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The church of San Giovanni Battista della Calza is a Catholic place of worship that is part of the Calza complex, founded in 1362 as the hospital of San Giovanni Battista, and is located in Piazza della Calza 6, opposite Porta Romana, in the Oltrarno district in the historic center of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista della Calza (IT)

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 41: Giardino Torrigiani

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The Torrigiani garden is located in Florence between Via de' Serragli, Via del Campuccio and the stretch of wall that runs along Viale Francesco Petrarca. It is a large park with a palace called Casino Torrigiani al Campuccio.

Wikipedia: Giardino Torrigiani (IT), Website

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