Sesto Fiorentino

On the outskirts of the city of Sesto Fiorentino, in a beautiful landscape setting, is the park of Villa Solaria. The park covers an area of about 60,000 square metres and is characterised by large...

The earliest records date back to 868, and although the structures have been remodelled over the centuries, the parish church of San Martino still retains typically Romanesque features. The structure...

Cercina is a small locality on the slopes of Monte Morello. The parish church of Sant'Andrea, in a beautiful position in the countryside, is the centrepiece of the locality. The parish church has a...

Three centuries of artistic creation, social history, employment and work: it is the time when the Manufacture of Doccia has shaped since 1737 the territory of Colonnata and Doccia, two adjacent...

The church rises in the hamlet of Colonnata, in the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino. Originating in the 13th century, it was renovated in 1620. The most interesting aspect of this church is its...

The Ernesto Ragionieri public library in Sesto Fiorentino has very old origins and an evocative history, in fact it was born in 1886 out of the donation of books by French doctor Claude Henry Amédée...

Florence, as a shopping paradise: there is a wide choice among high quality handicraft, big brands, antique and art galleries. Whether you are hunting for bargains, or simply love shopping around, you...

The San Jacopo in Toscana Path was born with the intention of recovering the ancient transit and pilgrimage routes that led from Florence to Pistoia and Lucca, heading towards Santiago de Compostela...

In Doccia, near the historical Manifattura Ginori, ManInArte is a cultural association hosting artistic handicraft workshops and offering exhibition spaces for art shows and events.

Locally known as Terza Punta, the top of Poggio Casaccia (921 meters above sea level), is one of the three peaks of Monte Morello, the mountain massif that dominates in height the landscape of the...

‘ Podere La Querciola’ is a protected natural area that extends for about 56 hectares in the Florentine plain. Its public property portion was purchased by the Municipality of Sesto Fiorentino in 2008...

The Ring of the Renaissance (in Italian Anello del Rinascimento) is an amazing route to be taken on foot or by bicycle, a unique historical-artistic itinerary designed to unite the treasures of...

Why only stay in Florence when there’s so much more to see all around? The municipalities that make up Florence and the Florentine Area are excellent testimonials to the quality of the territory...

Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, located at the entrance of the town of Sesto Fiorentino, has been attested since the beginning of the 16th century by Simone Corsi. In the middle of the seventeenth...

Every district around Florence has its own character, even in the handicraft production. Although some of the traditional activities have definitely closed and their memory is preserved only in...

The perfect map and guide to discover the city and its surroundings with the little ones. You can find the whole Firenze for Families kit for free at the tourist info points in the city. The kit...

The complex includes a villa, a tower and a chapel dating back to the 13th century, belonging to a small group of tower houses. The villa has a courtyard and a park. On the street in front of the...

The cultural organization “Teatro della Limonaia” was born at the end of 1987 to manage the Intercity Festival project, presented for the first time in 1988 (Intercity New York). This is the beginning...

Since centuries in Quinto, on the slopes of Monte Morello, there rises La Montagnola (the little mountain) - a mound of earth which due to its regular shape, had long suggested an artificial origin...

The initial core of the museum of Doccia is made of pieces collected in the 18th century by the founder of the manufacture, marquis Carlo Ginori; added to these were the sets created over the...