panoramic view

Basilica san Miniato al Monte (we call it “la Porta del Cielo”)

Piazzale Michelangelo (reachable via rampe del poggi or bus line 13 from the Santa Maria Novella station to piazzale and san miniato church)

Giardino delle rose (a real balcony overlooking the historic center)

Giardino villa Bardini (highly recommended during the wisteria bloom - end of April - or in summer with the open-air cinema)

Giardini Boboli

Cimitero San miniato a monte

Forte belvedere

Fiesole (reachable with bus line 7 from San Marco Square to Fiesole)

Cupola Brunelleschi

Torre Arnolfo

Torre San Niccolo (Agosto 2025)

Torrino della specola (with Specola museum in the upper octagonal room, you have an all-round view of the sky)

Campanile Giotto

Biblioteca Oblate (free library with a cafeteria open from breakfast to aperitif time)

Caffè del Verone (The loggia, built at the end of the fifteenth century and since then called "verone", was formerly the clothes drying room in use at the Ospedale degli Innocenti)

Palazzo Gondi (it is exclusive and necessary to contact the residence directly)

Panoramic lines: lines 6 and 11 cross the city from one side to the other

MUSEUMS

Galleria Uffizi

Galleria Accademia

Palazzo Pitti

Museo Bargello

Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Museo di Palazzo vecchio

Torre di Arnolfo e Camminamento di Ronda

Forte di Belvedere

Museo Novecento

Cappella Brancacci

Museo Stibbert

Complesso del Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore)

Cupola Brunelleschi

Campanile di Giotto

Battistero san Giovanni

Museo opera del Duomo

Museo casa Martelli a gem that can only be visited on Tuesdays and Saturdays in small groups by reservation

musei universitari :

La Specola

Giardino dei Semplici

musei privati:Palazzo Corsini al Parione and Gipsoteca dell’Istituto d’Arte di Porta Romana (su prenotazione)

MUSEUMS FOR CHILDREN

Il museo delle illusioni

H zero museo

Museo stibbert

Museo scienze naturali la specola

GARDENS

giardino delle rose

giardino di boboli

Giardino delle camelie (aperto solo aprile/maggio)

giardino dei semplici

giardino dell’orticoltura

giardino della villa medicea di castello

giardino di Villa Bardini

Giardino dell’Iris ( April 25 – May 20, 2026)

Villa Gamberaia

Villa Demidoff

Parco villa trecci

Giardino Torrigiani

Giardino degli iris (aperto 25/04 al 25/05)

Edv garden (su prenotazione)

LIBRARIES

BIBLIOTECA MARUCELLIANA (libera e gratuita)

BIBLIOTECA LAURENZIANA

BIBLIOTECA DELLE OBLATE (libera e gratuita)

Other LIBRARIES

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

BIBLIOTECA DELL’ACCADEMIA DELLE BELLE ARTI Access to the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence is permitted only to students regularly enrolled in the Academy's courses and to teachers in service at the Academy.

IN PALAZZO MEDICI Riccardi : La Biblioteca Moreniana Specialized in material on the history of Florence and Tuscany, open for study and consultation only.

Biblioteca Riccardiana (access by reservation only)

BIBLIOTECA DEGLI UFFIZI Access to the Library is reserved for those who request to consult the bibliographic and documentary heritage preserved there according to the times and on the days indicated above.

Largo Annigoni (every day)

S.Spirito in fiera (every second Sunday of the month. Suspended in August)

Fortezza antiquaria (third weekend of the month . Suspended in August)

Indipendenza antiquaria (third Sunday of the month. Suspended in August)

Savonarola antiquaria (first Sunday of the month)

Mostre Mercato Antiquariato e artigianato

Biennale internazionale dell'Antiquariato from September 26th to October 4th

Artigianato e Palazzo in the Garden of Palazzo Corsini second half of May and mid-September

FLOWER MARKET

via pellicceria Every Thursday, except holidays

FLOWERS MARKET EXHIBITIONS

Mercato dei fiori alla Società Toscana di Orticultura (from April 25th to May 1st and the first weekend of October)

Firenze Flower Show (27 28 September)

FOOD MARKET

sant’Ambrogio (from Monday to Saturday)

Mercato San Lorenzo (every day)

MARKET

Cascine (every Tuesday)

FIERUCOLE

(products from small family-run farms)

La fierucola piazza del Carmine (every 2nd Sunday of the month from 9am to 2pm)

La fierucola in Santo Spirito (every 3rd Sunday of the month from 9am to 7pmSuspended in August)

MANGIARE A FIRENZE

TRATTORIA

old-school, timeless classic (usually with a limited menu sometimes chaotic, seasonal simple dishes)

TRATTORIA CAMMILLO

TRATTORIA SOSTANZA

TRATTORIA SABATINO

TRATTORIA LA CASALINGA

ALLA VECCHIA BETTOLA (communal tables, simple, rustic)

OSTERIA DELLE 3 PANCHE

BUCA MARIO

COCOLEZZONE

OSTERIA SANTO SPIRITO

13 GOBBI

I’BRINDELLONE

DA BURDE

RESTAURANTS

IL SANTO BEVITORE

REGINA BISTECCA

LA GIOSTRA

LUNCH

CINQUE E CINQUE (organic restaurant)

IL SANTINO wine bar (ideal for an aperitivo and great for a quick lunch)

S.FORNO (forno with nice plates)

LIBRERIA BRAC (veg restauranti in a library)

BAR MARIANO (alimentari)

IL CARDUCCIO

FLORET

Loggia roof bar

Angel roof bar

Grandhotel cavour

Glance hotel in florence

Divina terrazza

Glance

The student hotel

Toscanizzo rinascente

B roof baglioni

Rooftop hotel continentale

Metti in risalto

**APERITIVO**
Procacci
Il santino
Bulli e balene
Amble
Volume
Vintage caffè
Bistro Santa Rosa ( for Lunch or aperitivo)
Simbiosi
Serre Torrigiani
Soul kitchen
Meze wild dining
Manifattura
Giacosa *(where Negroni was born)*

BISTROT

GILDA BISTROT

BARBAR

LUNGARNO 23

RIVARNO

STREET FOOD e sandwiches

Semel

tripperia pollini

Ino

Da Nerbone

Mariano

retrobottega firenze

ENOTECA

ENOTECA SPONTENEA

ENOTECA BRUNI

SIGNOR VINO

IL SANTINO

FORMAGGIOTECA

ROMANTIC DINNER

IL NUGOLO

ATELIER DE NERLI

BORGO SANTO PIETRO SAPORIUM

25 HOURS HOTEL

HELVETIA BRISTOL

TEATRO DEL SALE Fun, food & entertainment, at Teatro Del Sale you will be entertained by a show

BRUNCH

DITTA ARTIGIANALE

MELALEUCA (our fav cinnamon rolls)

COFFEE FOR WORK / STUDY

La menagere

Giunti Odeon

libreria enoteca bistrot todo modo

libreria brac

biblioteca delle oblate

manifattura tabacchi

santa rosa bistrot

GELATO

Gelateria della passera

VIVOLI (famous for his affogato “La gran crema al caffè”)

BADIANI (their most famous flavor: Bontalenti)

Gelateria La carraia

IF YOU LOVE FASHION

Museo Gucci and caffè gucci giardino 25

Museo Salvatore Ferragamo

Museo del Gioiello

Luisa via roma (food break at the first floor at Floret)

IF YOU LOVE BOOKS

libreria brac A bookstore with kitchen dedicated to contemporary art and food.

Giunti odeon A cinema-bookstore, an innovative space for books, films, and events

Todomodo is an international and Independent Bookstore - Natural Wines - Specialty Coffe - Bistrot - E-Shop

piccola farmacia letteraria Two psychologist booksellers who sell literary solutions to solve any type of problem

Metti in risalto

shopping **ART LOVER**
**Zecchi** colori belle arti restauro
**Pineider** *the first personalized printed letters in Italy were made here in 1774*
**Giulio Giannini e figlio carta** *Artistic bookbinding and hand decorated paper since 1856*
Legatoria la carta
Legatoria Abacus
Lo scrittoio firenze
Cartoleria vannucchi
Manzani
Zouganista

IF YOU LOVE (and make) ART visit Galleria Romanelli (it is an authentic sculpture studio, where the same family of artists has been carrying on its activity for almost two centuries and EtrastudioTommasi (It is a private gallery open for events check website)