Monuments in Florence

Our favorites

Historic center

Duomo: the cathedral (favorite)

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (favorite)

Loggia and Bigallo Museum

San Giovanni Baptistery (favorite)

San Carlo dei Lombardi Church

Orsanmichele Church (favorite)

Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino (favorite)

Dante's House

Badia Fiorentina (favorite)

Bargello National Museum (favorite)

Piazza San Firenze

Piazza della Signoria (favorite)

Palazzo Vecchio (favorite)

Uffizi Gallery (favorite)

Santo Stefano Church

Loggia del Mercato Nuovo

Palazzo Davanzati

Santa Maria Maggiore Church

 

From Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Piazza Santa Maria Novella

Santa Maria Novella Church (favorite)

Santa Maria Novella Museum (favorite)

Piazza degli Antinori

Palazzo Strozzi

Santa Trinita Basilica (favorite)

Palazzo Corsini

Piazza and church of Ognissanti

Ponte Santa Trinita

Santi Apostoli Church

 

From San Lorenzo to San Marco

Mercato Centrale

Medici Chapels (favorite)

San Lorenzo church and square

Biblioteca Laurenziana

Palazzo Medici Riccardi (favorite)

Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia

Chiostro dello Scalzo

San Marco Church

San Marco Museum (favorite)

 

Around Santissima Annunziata

Piazza Santissima Annunziata

Santissima Annunziata Church (favorite)

Spedale degli Innocenti

Archaeological Museum

Portico of the Servites

Galleria dell'Accademia (favorite)

 

Around Santa Croce

Piazza Santa Croce

Santa Croce Church (favorite)

Sant'Ambrogio Church

Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi Church

Casa Buonarroti

 

Oltrarno

Ponte Vecchio (favorite)

Santa Felicita Church (favorite)

Palazzo Pitti (favorite)

San Felice Church

Santo Spirito Church

Santa Maria del Carmine Church

Brancacci Chapel (favorite)

 

The hills above Florence

Piazzale Michelangelo

San Salvatore al Monte Church

San Miniato al Monte Church (favorite)

 

Visit program for four days

If you are in Florence for four days of sightseeing, we propose the program below, which will let you discover in depth its most famous monuments and also the lesser-known ones. An ideal length of time for discovering Florence. Note that the order of the visits takes the opening hours of the various monuments into account.

 

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

 

First day:

 

At the start of the day, go to the Bargello National Museum to visit it.

 

Continue the visit with the Oratory dei Buonomini di San Martino.

 

You can then discover the church of Orsanmichele (Via dei Calzaiuoli), which is near the Duomo (cathedral), to discover its interior and exterior.

 

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

 

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

 

To finish, go to Piazza della Signoria to discover the monuments that border it, in particular the Loggia dei Lanzi.

 

Visit program for Florence, 1st day
Day 1 of the visit

 

Second day:

 

Start your day with a visit to the church of Santa Trinita.

 

Continue your circuit by going to see the Palazzo Davanzati.

 

Continue by going to Piazza della Signoria to visit the Palazzo Vecchio.

 

Then go to the Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) for a thorough visit (reservation of the tickets and of the time slot is strongly recommended).

 

End the day by going to the banks of the Arno to see the Ponte Vecchio.

 

Visit program for Florence, 2nd day
Day 2 of the visit

 

Third day:

 

Start your day by going to Piazza San Marco to discover the San Marco Museum.

 

Continue with the complex of San Lorenzo, located on the square of the same name. There you will discover the church of San Lorenzo, the Medici Chapels as well as the biblioteca Laurenziana.

 

Then go to the Palazzo Medici Riccardi to visit it.

 

End the day by going to discover Piazza Santa Maria Novella, so as to see it as well as the church and the museum of the same name.

 

Visit program of Florence, 3rd day
Day 3 of the visit

 

Fourth day:

 

To start your day, go to Piazza della Santissima Annuziata to discover the square and also the church and the cloisters della Santissima Annuziata.

 

Continue the visit with the Hospital of the Innocents (Spedale degli Innocenti), also located on Piazza della Santissima Annuziata.

 

Then head toward the river Arno as far as Piazza Santa Croce. From the square you reach the church of Santa Croce.

 

Then cross the Arno to reach Piazza Santa Maria del Carmine, to visit its church and the Brancacci Chapel.

 

To end the day, go to the Palazzo Pitti to visit it.

 

Visit program for Florence, day 4
Day 4 of the visit