🏛️Top Attractions

The terracotta dome that opened the Renaissance, plus the campanile and gilded Baptistery doors.

Piazza del Duomo, Florence

Combined Duomo complex pass

2–3 hours

Dome climbs are timed and sell out — reserve first; 463 steps with no lift.

Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio in the Medici's own gallery.

Piazzale degli Uffizi 6, Florence

Timed ticket

3 hours

Book the first slot of the day; Tuesday mornings are quieter than weekends.

Michelangelo's David, with his unfinished Prisoners lining the approach.

Via Ricasoli 58/60, Florence

Timed ticket

1 hour

A reserved slot turns an hour-long queue into a five-minute wait.

A Moorish-revival masterpiece of 1882 in green copper and polychrome marble, with a Jewish museum.

Via Luigi Carlo Farini 6, Florence

Museum ticket

1 hour

Closed Shabbos and Jewish holidays; security checks at the gate, so bring photo ID.

The goldsmiths' bridge, and the artisan workshops of the left bank beyond it.

Ponte Vecchio, Florence

Free

1–2 hours

Cross early for photographs, then wander Via Maggio and Santo Spirito.

The classic panorama over the Arno, the dome and the Tuscan hills.

Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence

Free

1 hour

Walk up through the Rose Garden about an hour before sunset.