Points of interest

The museum, formerly the ‘Museum of the History of Science’ of Florence, is dedicated to the famous Tuscan scientist, Galileo Galilei, to whom we owe great astronomical discoveries and the birth of [...]

Open since July 2022, the museum collects the archaeological remains that were found in the archaeological site of Gonfienti, between the municipalities of Prato and Campi Bisenzio and is located [...]

The foundation stone of the Forte di San Giorgio, better known as Forte di Belvedere, was laid in 1590 , when Ferdinand I was Grand Duke, and it was built to a design by Bernardo Buontalenti. Besides [...]

Housed in the Palazzina Uzielli and the ancient castle of the counts Guidi, dating back to the 11th century. It is dedicated to Leonardo 's activities as a scientist, technologist and engineer. On [...]

The Rose garden is a green terrace right below Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking the historic centre of the city and enjoying a breath-taking view equal in beauty to that from Forte Belvedere. The [...]

The Franco Zeffirelli Museum in the building complex of San Firenze houses more than 250 works by the Florentine-born Maestro, including scene sketches, drawings and costume designs. It is an unusual [...]

Mensola Park covers an area of about 20 hectares between Settignano and Rovezzano, and connect the village of Ponte a Mensola with the Arno banks through a pedestrian cycle path and a walkway leading [...]

A new large green space has been created in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, between Giardino I Ponti and the settlement of Sorgane. This is the Sorgane Urban Park, which was opened on 21 March [...]

The Renai Park was created from a degraded area to create a completely natural green and blue oasis. The park includes a nature reserve developed in collaboration with the WWF and leisure areas that [...]

Villa Bardini, within the magnificent garden overlooking the skyline of Florence, was built in 1641 by Gherardo Silvani for Francesco Manadori, it recalls the Houses of Delight common in Florence at [...]