Florence Wine Windows A Self Guided Walking Audio Tour

Spot the word "Vino" carved beside the door of this Renaissance palace. Learn how it marked the city address of a family's country wine estates.

Stroll down Florence's most elegant shopping street, lined with grand palaces. Watch for more small wine windows set into the stone walls.

Pass by the huge, fortress-like walls of one of Florence's grandest Renaissance palaces. Compare its size with the humble wine window of a neighbour, though entry to exhibitions inside is not included in this tour.

Catch a glimpse of this medieval merchant house, now a museum of Florentine home life. Picture the servants and storage rooms behind its walls, but please note admission to the museum is not included in this tour.

Walk under the arches of this 16th-century market loggia, home to the famous bronze boar. Find the pietra dello scandalo, the stone where debtors were once shamed in public.

Pass by this former grain market turned church, with statues set in niches around its walls. Learn how each niche showed off the status of a city guild, though entry to the church and museum is not included in this tour.

Pass by the palace of the Pazzi family, seized after their failed 1478 plot against the Medici. Hear how one bad gamble cost a powerful family its home.