Points of interest

Since 1251 the is the symbol of Florence: ever since 1954 this garden has been keeping and showing the most beautiful varieties of this flower and has 2.500 species. 2.5 hectares partly with olive...

***The garden is temporarily closed Formerly the garden of a Medici house, it became an Italian style garden in the XVII Century. At the end of the XIXth century the Director of the Museum of...

The garden is set up simply and rationally, with features evoking 15th-Century gardens. The wall fountain with the Riccardi Hercules is north, the loggia closed by the Riccardi family is south...

The park of the Stibbert Museum surrounds the building where Frederick Stibbert (1838-1906) lived and collected his precious items. Outside the villa there was a plain park which was completely...

This property was bought in the sixteenth century by Francesco Rinuccini and then sold to the Strozzi family that built the sixteenth-century building. In the nineteenth century, Prince Ferdinando...

Composed of a villa, a formal garden, a park, olive groves and a wooded area, the Villa Peyron complex at the Fontelucente Wood is located in a panoramic position overlooking Florence. The garden is...

Located on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, the abbey of San Salvatore and Lorenzo was founded towards the end of the 11th century, and inhabited by various religious orders, including...

The church of Santi Michele and Gaetano, more often simply called San Gaetano, is one of the most important examples of Baroque style in Florence. The church dates back to the 11th century and was...

The church of Santa Maria del Carmine leans imposingly with a rough façade in stone and brick in the homonymous piazza del Carmine. The church was founded in 1268 and finished in 1476. It houses the...

The church of Sant'Ambrogio is in the part of the city having this name. It is an old church rebuilt in the late 13th century. The interior has pretty Renaissance side altars. It is worth a visit for...