Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Florence, Italy

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 12.1 km
Ascend 332 m
Descend 328 m

Explore Florence in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in Florence

Sight 1: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo al Gignoro

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The church of San Bartolomeo al Gignoro is located in Via De Robertis in Florence, in the Coverciano area.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Bartolomeo al Gignoro (IT)

729 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Santa Caterina da Siena a Coverciano

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The church of Santa Caterina da Siena in Coverciano is a Catholic place of worship located on Via del Mezzetta in Coverciano, a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Caterina da Siena a Coverciano (IT)

872 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: San Pietro a Varlungo

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San Pietro a Varlungo is Roman Catholic church located on via di Varlungo in Florence, Italy. It was located outside of the former late-medieval walls of Florence.

Wikipedia: San Pietro a Varlungo, Florence (EN)

1181 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: 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, Italy.

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

860 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

897 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia

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The church of the Holy Family is a place of Catholic worship located in via Gioberti, in Florence; On it insists the homonymous parish, belonging to the Archdiocese of Florence and entrusted to the priests of the Salesian company of San Giovanni Bosco.

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

1593 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Ricorboli

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The church of Santa Maria a Ricòrboli is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Carlo Marsuppini in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria a Ricorboli (IT)

1361 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 8: 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 9: Chiesa di San Salvatore a Monte

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The church of San Salvatore al Monte is a Roman Catholic church in Florence, Italy, 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)

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Museo Casa Rodolfo Siviero

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

Wikipedia: Museo casa Rodolfo Siviero (IT)

569 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa evangelica luterana

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

Wikipedia: Chiesa evangelica luterana (Firenze) (IT)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

598 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: 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 17: 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)

1228 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 18: Boboli Gardens

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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. The large green area is a real open-air museum with statues of various styles and periods, ancient and Renaissance that are distributed throughout the garden. It also has large fountains and caves, among them the splendid Buontalenti grotto built by the artist, architect, and sculptor Bernardo Buontalenti between 1536 and 1608.

Wikipedia: Boboli Gardens (EN), Website

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