Florence Renaissance & Medici Self-Guided Walking Tour: Art, Intrigue & Hidden Gems

Highlights

• Self-Guided GPS Route
• Multimedia Content
• Iconic Landmarks

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   10min

   A sunlit piazza where Florence begins. Markets buzz, history lingers, and the marble façade of Santa Maria Novella rises beside you. This is where the Medici story and the Renaissance quietly take root.

2. 2

   Piazza di San Lorenzo

   5min

   A plain façade hides powerful stories. Stand beside San Lorenzo as the Medici dome rises behind, and a quiet piazza hums with life, guiding you toward the next piece of Florence’s past.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   15min

   Florence at its most breathtaking. Stand in Piazza del Duomo, where marble, masterpieces, and Brunelleschi’s daring dome come together on the grandest stage of the Renaissance.

4. 4

   Piazza Della Repubblica

   5min

   A square rebuilt, a past erased. Stand in Florence’s “new” heart, where Roman roots, vanished streets, and Medici stories collide, and a frightened girl’s fate would reshape Europe.

5. 5

   Basilica of Santa Croce

   15min

   A square of stories and second chances. In Santa Croce, Florence honors its greatest minds, even the ones it once cast out, where power, genius, and legacy stand side by side.

6. 6

   Museo Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli Onlus

   5min

   Piazza San Firenze, framed by the Baroque façade of Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli Onlus, where history shifted from medieval church to courthouse and now a cultural tribute to Zeffirelli’s theatrical legacy.

7. 7

   Palazzo Vecchio

   5min

   Piazza della Signoria, centered by Fountain of Neptune and facing the fortress-like Palazzo Vecchio, whose towering stone walls and rising tower signal power, history, and the political heart of Florence.

8. 8

   Piazza della Signoria

   10min

   Piazza della Signoria, surrounded by landmarks like the Fountain of Neptune and the towering Palazzo Vecchio, where layers of political history, public spectacle, and Renaissance art unfold in one open-air stage.

Before you go

Location