Top sights in Florence

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If you only have limited to to spend in the Cradle of the Renaissance, here are the top, must-see sights of Florence.

Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Uffizi, FlorenceThe Uffizi ★★★ - Renaissance painting 101, a cornucopia of Old Masters (Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, etc.), plus the über-famous paintings of Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Allegory of Spring. One of the world's top galleries, and an absolutely un-missable Florence sight... » more

The cathedral of FlorenceThe Duomo ★★★ - The cathedral of Florence its ingenious and noble dome by Brunelleschi, the baptistery's Gates of Paradise, and a museum of statues by Michelangelo and Donatello... » more

Piazza della Signoria, FlorencePiazza della Signoria ★★★ - A lively, statue-studded square lined with cafés and home to the Gothically imposing, fortress-like Palazzo Vecchio, off which stretches the "U" of the Uffizi Galleries, Florence's great art museum... » more

Michelangelo's David at the Galleria dell'Accademia, FlorenceThe Accademia ★★★ - So much more than just Michelangelo's David (but, yes, that is here), this fine arts academy houses works by Botticelli, Giambologna, and Andrea del Sarto as well as several more Michelangelo sculptures that are, to many, more interesting than the David: a group half-finished Slaves that showcase the master's carving technique... » more

The San Lorenzo leather market in FlorenceThe San Lorenzo leather market ★★★ - The streets around the Medici family church are now filled with a daily outdoor market of leather goods, T-shirts, and other excellent Florentine souvenirs. I get much of my holiday shopping done here (who doesn't appreciate a leather wallet or belt straight from Florence?)... » more

The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in FlorenceThe Ponte Vecchio ★★★ - Hanging off either side of this ancient bridge over the Arno are strings of teensy shops selling gold and jewelry, some of them dating back to the Renaissance... » more

The Giotto frescoes in Santa Croce church, FlorenceSanta Croce ★★★ - This big ol' Franciscan barn of a church sports frescoes by Giotto, the tombs of many famous Tuscans—including Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini—and, oddly enough, has one of the city's finest leather school in the back... » more

The Bargello sculpture museum in FlorenceThe Bargello ★★ - What the Uffizi is to painting, the Bargello is to sculpture. It's packed with Renaissance statues and carvings from Donatello, Michelangelo, Luca della Robbia, Giambologna, and more, all of it evocatively installed in the stony halls of the city's medieval prison... » more

The Galleria Palatina painting museum in the Palazzo Pitti of FlorencePitti Palace ★★ - A half dozen museums (including a killer painting gallery called the Galleria Palatina that acts as a kind of "Uffizi: Part II," covering the late Renaissance and baroque eras) and the lovely landscaped Boboli Gardens. » more

Massaccio's Trinity in the church fo Santa Maria Novella, FlorenceSanta Maria Novella ★★ - A church containing some of the seminal works of the early Renaissance, including Masaccio's Trinità fresco, the first use of true perspective in Western art... » more

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