Visit program for five days in Florence

If you are in Florence for five days of visits, we offer you the program below, which will let you discover in depth its most famous monuments but also the lesser-known ones. Note that the order of the visits takes into account the opening hours of the various monuments.

 

To download the visit program in pdf format (and make printing easier): Visit program (PDF in French)

 

First day:

 

Begin your day by going to the church Santa Maria Maggiore to visit it

 

After the visit, continue with the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo – (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral), located behind the cathedral.

 

Continue with the visit to the Duomo (cathedral, Piazza del Duomo) for the visit to the cathedral of Florence and its Baptistery, also located on the square.

 

Then go to the Bargello National Museum to visit it.

 

Continue on to Piazza della Signoria to discover the monuments that border it, in particular the Loggia dei Lanzi.

 

End the day with a visit to the Palazzo Vecchio, located on the same square.

 

 

Second day:

 

Begin your day by going to the Palazzo Davanzati.

 

Continue the visit with the basilica Santa Trinita.

 

You can then discover the square and the church of Ognissanti.

 

Then go to Piazza Santa Maria Novella to discover it and to visit the church of Santa Maria Novella.

 

Continue with the Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) for an in-depth visit (reservation of the tickets and of the time slot strongly recommended, for this day we advise you to arrive between 15:00 and 16:00).

 

End your day toward the banks of the Arno to discover the Ponte Vecchio.

 

 

Third day:

 

For this very full day, begin the visit so as to arrive from 8:15 at the Chiostro dello Scalzo (Cloister of the Barefoot).

 

Continue with the discovery of the Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia (Last Supper of Saint Apollonia).

 

The next stage takes you to the San Marco Museum.

 

Continue your day by going to Piazza San Lorenzo from which you will reach the different elements of the San Lorenzo complex. There you will discover the church of San Lorenzo, the Medici Chapels as well as the Biblioteca Laurenziana.

Then go to Piazza della Santissima Annunziata to discover it and also visit the church and the cloisters della Santissima Annunziata.

Then go to the Archaeological Museum.

 

Still on the same square, you can visit the Spedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents).

 

Continue with the Galleria dell'Accademia.

 

Finish the day by going to discover the Palazzo Medici Riccardi for the visit.

 

 

Fourth day:

 

To start your day, head to the church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi.

 

Continue the visit with the church of Sant’Ambrogio.

 

You can then head to the Casa Buonarroti.

 

Continue the discovery of the square and of the church of Santa Croce.

 

Then cross the river Arno and head to the church of San Miniato al Monte, situated on the heights. You can get there by public transport.

 

To end the day, head to the Piazzale Michelangelo for the view over Florence.

 

 

Fifth day:

 

To start your day, head to the Oltrarno district to discover the church of Santa Felicita.

 

Continue the visit with the Palazzo Pitti, which you will visit, as well as the Boboli Gardens, which are reached from the Palazzo Pitti.

 

Then head to Piazza Santa Maria del Carmine to visit its church and the Brancacci Chapel.

 

You can then discover the church of San Felice.

 

Continue the visit with the church of Santo Spirito.

 

Then make the most of the rest of the day to stroll through the streets of Florence and browse the shops.