Buildings
Florence Cathedral and Brunelleschi's Dome
Florence
Florence's cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, with its marble façade of green, white and pink, and its huge red-brick dome by Filippo Brunelleschi, co…
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Attractions
Michelangelo's David, Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence
The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence is home to Michelangelo's David, the 5 m marble statue carved between 1501 and 1504, displayed under a skylit…
Attractions
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Florence
One of the world's great art museums, in a Renaissance building beside the Arno, with masterpieces such as Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera,…
Historic sites
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Florence
Florence's oldest bridge, a medieval stone bridge over the Arno lined with jewellers' and goldsmiths' shops built out over the water.
Places to stay
Villa Olmi Firenze
Bagno a Ripoli, Florence
An 18th-century villa turned four-star-superior hotel, set in its own park and gardens in Bagno a Ripoli, about 4 km from the centre of Florence.