Florence 3-Day Renaissance Itinerary

Day 1 · The Duomo and San Lorenzo Duomo & San Lorenzo

1. 1. Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore) Wikipedia
   Best time: At opening · Admission: Cathedral free · dome, tower, baptistery on a combined pass — The free entry line is long — shortest at opening / Cover shoulders and knees
2. 2. Brunelleschi's dome (Cupola del Brunelleschi)
   Best time: Your booked slot · Admission: Paid · dome climb must be reserved — About 460 steps, no lift, with tight passages / See the Last Judgment frescoes up close
3. 3. Giotto's Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto)
   Best time: Sunset · Admission: Combined pass — About 410 steps — with Brunelleschi's dome right in front of you at the top / Usually a shorter line than the dome
4. 4. Baptistery of St. John (Battistero di San Giovanni)
   Best time: Morning · Admission: Combined pass — The east 'Gates of Paradise' are replicas — the originals are in the Duomo Museum / The golden ceiling mosaics are the highlight
5. 5. Basilica di San Lorenzo Wikipedia
   Best time: Morning · Admission: Paid — The Medici family church, with a library designed by Michelangelo / Surrounded by leather-market stalls
6. 6. Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee) Wikipedia
   Best time: Morning · Admission: Paid — Michelangelo's sculpted Medici tombs / Closed some days — check first
7. 7. Mercato Centrale
   Best time: Lunch · Admission: Free to browse — Produce market downstairs, food hall upstairs / Try lampredotto (tripe sandwich), a Florentine classic

Day 2 · David, the Uffizi and sunset at Piazzale Michelangelo Piazza della Signoria & the Arno

1. 1. Galleria dell’Accademia (Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze)
   Best time: At opening (timed) · Admission: Paid · timed booking recommended — Home to Michelangelo's original David / Usually closed on Mondays
2. 2. Piazza della Signoria
   Piazza della Signoria is a W-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Central Italy. Wikipedia
   Best time: Evening · Admission: Free — A David replica and the open-air sculpture gallery of the Loggia dei Lanzi / Next to Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi
3. 3. Palazzo Vecchio
   The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. Wikipedia
   Best time: Afternoon or evening · Admission: Paid (tower extra) — The Hall of the Five Hundred is the highlight / The tower faces the Duomo (closed in bad weather)
4. 4. Uffizi Galleries (Galleria degli Uffizi) Wikipedia
   Best time: At opening (timed) · Admission: Paid · timed booking recommended — Botticelli's Birth of Venus draws the biggest crowd / Usually closed on Mondays
5. 5. Ponte Vecchio
   The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy. Wikipedia
   Best time: Sunset · Admission: Free — Lined with jewellery shops / Photograph it at sunset from Ponte Santa Trinita
6. 6. Piazzale Michelangelo
   Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square) is a square with a panoramic view of Florence, Italy, located in the Oltrarno district. Wikipedia
   Best time: Sunset · Admission: Free — The classic panorama of Florence — arrive 30 minutes before sunset / Walk up or take bus 12 or 13

Day 3 · Santa Croce, the Pitti Palace and the Leaning Tower of Pisa Santa Croce, Oltrarno & Pisa

1. 1. Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence (Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze) Wikipedia
   Best time: Afternoon · Admission: Paid — The tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo are here / A leather school workshop is attached
2. 2. Palazzo Pitti
   The Palazzo Pitti (Italian:), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly in the Renaissance style, palace in Florence, Italy. Wikipedia
   Best time: Morning · Admission: Paid (may be separate from Boboli) — The Medici palace — the Palatine Gallery with its Raphaels is the core / Usually closed on Mondays
3. 3. Boboli Gardens (Giardino di Boboli)
   The Boboli Gardens (Italian: Giardino di Boboli /ˈbo.bo.li/) is a large park in Florence, originally designed as the garden of the Medici family's Pitti Palace in the mid-16th century. Wikipedia
   Best time: Afternoon · Admission: Paid — A hillside garden with lots of climbing / Countryside views from the top
4. 4. Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) Wikipedia
   Best time: Morning (timed) · Admission: Square free · climb paid (timed) — Climbs run in timed slots — book ahead; under-8s can't climb / About an hour by train from Florence

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