Love, Blood and Exile: A Self-Guided Dante Tour of Florence

Highlights

• In Dante's footsteps
• Starting at the Baptistery
• Explore with the app

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   Pass by

   Begin your tour at the Baptistery of San Giovanni, the building Dante called "my beautiful San Giovanni" and dreamed of returning to until his dying day. Please note that admission to the interior is not included in this tour.

2. 2

   Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi

   Pass by

   Pass the small Church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi, traditionally linked to Beatrice Portinari. Examine what Florence actually knows about the woman Dante transformed into a literary ideal, and what it invented.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   Pass by

   You'll pass by the House of Dante, built on the spot where tradition claims the poet was born in 1265. Please note that admission to the museum inside is not included in this tour.

4. 4

   Church and Museum of Orsanmichele

   Pass by

   Visit Orsanmichele, where guild statues reveal the commercial power that controlled access to government. Please note that admission to the museum interior is not included in this tour.

5. 5

   Ponte Vecchio

   Pass by

   Discover how a murder at Ponte Vecchio became the symbolic beginning of Florence's civil wars. Take in this iconic bridge, still carrying the weight of that turbulent history.

6. 6

   Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi

   Pass by

   You'll pass by the Uffizi Galleries, commissioned in 1560 by Cosimo I de' Medici to house the offices of Florentine magistrates before becoming one of the world's great art museums. Please note that admission to the galleries is not included in this tour.

7. 7

   Piazza della Signoria

   Pass by

   You'll pass through Piazza della Signoria, the political heart of Florence since the 13th century. Take in this open-air gallery of statues, still the city's most iconic public square.

8. 8

   Palazzo Vecchio

   Pass by

   Discover the Torre della Castagna, where Florence's Priors cast votes using chestnuts before Palazzo Vecchio existed. Please note that admission to the palace interior is not included in this tour.

Before you go

Location