Florence — Sights
Every lane ends with the Duomo's dome in view.
- Florence Cathedral (Duomo) & Brunelleschi's Dome — 463 steps up the dome to a sea of red roofs
- Giotto's Bell Tower — Climb here if you want the dome in your photo
- Baptistery of San Giovanni — The octagon with the gilded Gates of Paradise
- Uffizi Gallery — Where you stand in front of Botticelli's Venus
- Galleria dell'Accademia (Michelangelo's David) — Walk all the way round the 5-metre marble David
- Ponte Vecchio — A medieval bridge lined with goldsmiths' shops
- Piazzale Michelangelo — The hill where all of Florence turns gold at sunset
- Palazzo Vecchio & Arnolfo Tower — A fortress palace that's still the town hall, with a tower to climb
- Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens — The Medici palace, with a whole hillside for a garden
- Basilica of Santa Croce — Florence's pantheon, where Michelangelo and Galileo lie
- Medici Chapels — A dome lined in coloured stone and Michelangelo's tomb sculptures
- Mercato Centrale (Central Market) — Food market downstairs, food court upstairs till 11pm
- Piazza della Signoria — An open-air gallery of real Renaissance statues
- Pisa (Leaning Tower day trip) — Half a day to 'hold up' the tower in a photo
- Val d'Orcia & Pienza (Tuscany tour) — Cypress lanes and rolling hills, film-set Tuscany in a day
- Basilica di San Miniato al Monte — Hilltop Romanesque church with monks chanting
- Giardino Bardini — Terraced garden with Duomo and rooftops in one frame
- Basilica di Santa Maria Novella — Marble front by the station, Masaccio inside
- Brancacci Chapel — Masaccio and Masolino frescoes in a tiny chapel
- Basilica di Santo Spirito — Brunelleschi's plain church on a lively square
- Bargello National Museum — Donatello's David up close, without the queue
- Orsanmichele — A grain store turned church, studded with statues
- San Marco Museum — Fra Angelico frescoes in every monk's cell
- Giardino delle Rose — A free garden just below the big viewpoint
- Galileo Museum — Galileo's telescopes and antique globes in a compact museum