Florence 3-day itinerary
3 days in Florence, planned the tabi way — one neighbourhood per day, gapless timing, every stop chosen from 36 human-verified places across 6 curated neighbourhoods. Open it offline and follow it street by street, or make it the starting point for your own plan.
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Duomo & Signoria & nearby — a sights day
The monumental heart — Brunelleschi's dome, the Uffizi and the statue-lined Piazza della Signoria packed into a few pedestrian blocks. Crowded by mid-morning; the trick is timed tickets and early starts.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastPick a spot nearby — not booked yet
- 08:3009:10MarketMercato di Sant'Ambrogio40 min
Florence's working neighbourhood market, a calmer and far less touristy alternative to Mercato Centrale — fruit and vegetable stalls out front, a covered hall of butchers, fishmongers and delis inside, and a handful of lunch counters (including Trattoria da Rocco) tucked among the produce. Open Monday to Saturday, 7:00–14:00; closed entirely on Sundays, and quietest right after opening or approaching closing time. No entry fee — just come hungry and bring some cash for stalls that don't run card machines.
marketfood marketlocal life - 09:10~15 min walkroute
- 09:2510:55Historic site90 min
Florence's still-functioning town hall, fortress-like from outside and frescoed wall-to-wall inside — the Salone dei Cinquecento alone is worth the ticket, a hall built for a 500-strong council and later reworked by Vasari with monumental battle frescoes for the Medici. Full museum ticket is €18 (€12 reduced 18-25/students, free under 17); open daily 9:00-19:00 except Thursday, when it closes at 14:00 — plan around that if Thursday is your only slot. A separate ticket (€20 full, €13 reduced) climbs the crenellated Torre di Arnolfo for the best rooftop view over the Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, on the same daily schedule as the museum but closing at 17:00 (14:00 Thursdays); the tower shuts to visitors in the rain. Arrive 15 minutes before your booked slot.
Cards OKhistoricallandmarkmuseum - 10:55~5 min walkroute
- 11:1011:50LandmarkPiazza della Signoria e Loggia dei Lanzi40 min
Florence's outdoor sculpture gallery and civic stage, free and open around the clock — a copy of Michelangelo's David stands where the original once did outside Palazzo Vecchio, Cellini's bronze Perseus holds Medusa's severed head, and the open-air Loggia dei Lanzi shelters more Renaissance and Roman statuary under its arches, also free, no ticket or booking. Café tables ringing the square charge tourist prices for the view — a coffee here costs several times what you'd pay standing at a bar counter a few streets away. Come early morning or after dinner to actually see the statues without a wall of phone cameras; by day this is the most crowded square in the historic centre.
Step-freepiazzalandmarkfree - 11:50~5 min walkroute
- 12:0513:05LunchSuggested
- 13:0515:35GalleryGalleria degli Uffizi150 min
The world's finest collection of Renaissance painting — Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera, Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, work by Leonardo, Titian and Caravaggio, in the Medici family's own former administrative offices. Ticket prices split by season: €25 in high season (March-October), €12 in low season (November-February), plus a non-refundable €4 online booking fee either way; since 1 January 2026 a discounted €16 afternoon ticket covers entry from 16:00. Booking isn't strictly mandatory but is close to it in practice — walk-up tickets sell out and queues can run 1-2 hours April-October, while November-March before 10:00 or after 16:00 is usually fine without a reservation. Closed Mondays; the first Sunday of every month is free entry for everyone (arrive early, it's the busiest day of the month) and afternoon crowds thin noticeably after 16:00.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumgalleryclosed this day — verify before going - 15:35~5 min walkroute
- 15:5016:50MuseumMuseo Nazionale del Bargello60 min
Florence's medieval town-hall-turned-fortress holds the city's great Renaissance sculpture collection — Donatello's bronze David, Michelangelo's early Bacchus, and Ghiberti and Brunelleschi's competing Baptistery-door panels displayed side by side. The museum simplified its notoriously confusing calendar in March 2026: it's now simply closed every Monday and open Tuesday–Sunday 8:15–18:50 (last admission 18:00) — many older guidebooks still list the previous alternating 1st/3rd/5th-Monday and 2nd/4th-Sunday closures, so ignore those. The standard ticket is €12, valid 48 hours. Ground-floor rooms are wheelchair-accessible via ramp and lift, with staff assistance for raised thresholds between rooms; only the Chapel and Sacristy are excluded.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumsculptureclosed this day — verify before going - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
San Niccolò & Piazzale Michelangelo & nearby — a sights day
The sunset quarter — climb past rose gardens to Piazzale Michelangelo's postcard view, catch the Gregorian vespers at San Miniato, then descend to wine bars built into the old city gate.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastPick a spot nearby — not booked yet
- 08:3009:00Viewpoint30 min
The classic postcard view of Florence — the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio and the Arno's bridges laid out below a bronze replica of Michelangelo's David. Free, no ticket, open all day and night; sunset is the famous time to come and it gets genuinely crowded April–October, so arrive at least 30 minutes early to claim a spot at the rail, or come at sunrise or mid-morning instead for the same view with almost nobody around. Bus 12 or 13 reaches the piazzale directly for anyone who doesn't want to climb the steps up from Oltrarno; food and drink stalls at the top are priced for the view, not the quality.
viewpointsunsetfree - 09:00~5 min walkroute
- 09:3010:00ChurchBasilica di San Miniato al Monte30 min
Florence's oldest church (consecrated 1018), a green-and-white marble Romanesque facade a steep climb above Piazzale Michelangelo — and quieter than the crowds at the viewpoint just below it. The resident Olivetan Benedictine monks sing Vespers in Latin Gregorian chant every evening at 18:30, open to anyone who walks in and sits down; weekday Mass at 18:00 is also chanted, and Sunday adds services at 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 with Gregorian chant again at the 17:30 Mass. Entry is free, no booking needed. The scenic route up is a monumental staircase with no ramp; visitors who need step-free access should instead approach via Via delle Porte Sante, where a car can drop off at the gravel forecourt and a ramp plus portable platform lead into the church.
churchmonasteryviewpoint - 10:00~20 min walkroute
- 10:2011:35GardenGiardino di Boboli75 min
The Medici's formal amphitheatre garden behind Pitti Palace, terraced up the hillside with cypress avenues, grottoes and a view back over the Boboli obelisk to the Florence skyline. Unlike the Palace, Boboli opens on most Mondays — but it's closed on the first and last Monday of every month (plus 25 December and 1 January), a quirk that trips up a lot of visitors. Hours shift with the season: roughly 8:15–16:30 in deep winter, stretching to 8:15–19:10 in June–August as shown here (last admission always an hour before closing). A standalone Boboli-only ticket runs €10 same-day / €13 in advance. The gravel-and-pebble paths and slopes up to 20% are hard going in a wheelchair unaccompanied, though the gardens' Accessibility Department can arrange an easier route by request.
gardenparkviewpoint - 11:35~5 min walkroute
- 12:0013:00LunchSuggested
- 13:0014:30MuseumPalazzo Pitti90 min
The Medici family's vast former residence holds five separate museums under one roof — the Palatine Gallery's wall-to-wall Raphaels and Titians, the Royal Apartments, and Treasury, Costume and Modern Art collections upstairs. The 2026 combined ticket covering Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens and Bardini Garden costs €22 bought same-day or €25 booked in advance (a 5-day pass adding the Uffizi runs €40). Open Tuesday–Sunday 8:15–18:30, closed Mondays. Elevators and ramps reach every floor, wheelchairs loan free at the entrance, and disabled visitors can request staff assistance on arrival.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumpalace - 14:30~5 min walkroute
- 15:0015:25ChurchBasilica di Santo Spirito25 min
Brunelleschi's last work and, to many architects, his purest — a calm grid of grey pietra serena columns inside, a deceptively plain façade outside that never got its planned marble front. General entry is free; a €2 add-on unlocks the sacristy and Michelangelo's wooden crucifix, carved around age 17. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday–Saturday 10:00–13:00 and 15:00–18:00; Sunday and holidays 11:30–13:30 and 15:00–18:00 — but closed all day Wednesday, an easy day to get caught out on. The piazza outside is one of Oltrarno's liveliest, especially at evening aperitivo hour.
churchfreepiazza - 15:25~10 min walkroute
- 15:4016:00Landmark20 min
Florence's oldest bridge, and the only one the retreating German army didn't blow up in 1944 — lined with gold and jewellery workshops since Grand Duke Ferdinando I evicted the butchers and tanners in 1593. The bridge itself is free and open around the clock; the shops generally trade about 10:00–19:30 and close on Sundays or Monday mornings depending on the workshop. Come at dawn to see it without the midday crush, or after the shops shutter for a quieter view over the Arno from the small terrace at its centre — the Vasari Corridor runs invisibly above the shops, a private passage once used by the Medici.
bridgelandmarkmust see - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
Santa Maria Novella & nearby — a museum day
The arrival quarter with a serene core — the striped basilica and its cloisters, a 400-year-old pharmacy selling perfume under frescoed ceilings, and Via Tornabuoni's quiet luxury a street away.
- 07:4008:00Check out of your stayUsually due by 10:00–12:00 — most stays hold your bags if you ask.
- 08:1508:45BreakfastPick a spot nearby — not booked yet
- 08:4509:45MuseumCappelle Medicee60 min
The Medici dynasty's mausoleum behind San Lorenzo, split into the ornate, semi-precious-stone-clad Cappella dei Principi and Michelangelo's austere, unfinished New Sacristy with his own Medici tomb sculptures — Dawn, Dusk, Night and Day. Officially part of the state-run Bargello Museums group, current hours are Tuesday-Sunday 08:15-18:50, closed every Monday (older guides citing an alternating 1st/3rd/5th-Monday, 2nd/4th-Sunday pattern are out of date — verify against bargellomusei.it if planning around a Monday). Full ticket is €11, reduced €2 for EU citizens 18-24, free under 18; last entry 40 minutes before closing. A separately bookable, extra-cost add-on (the 'Secret Room' with Michelangelo's charcoal wall sketches) requires its own reservation and isn't included in the standard ticket.
Cards OKmuseumrenaissancehistorical - 09:45~5 min walkroute
- 10:0011:00ChurchBasilica di San Lorenzo60 min
The Medici family's parish church, one of Brunelleschi's clean early-Renaissance interiors and the burial place of Cosimo the Elder — the combined €9 ticket covers the basilica, Old Sacristy, cloisters, Treasury Museum and the crypt underground. Open Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:30 (last entry 16:30), closed all day Sunday — plan a weekday or Saturday visit. The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Michelangelo's staircase and reading room) and the Medici Chapels next door both require separate tickets bought independently; a combined basilica-plus-library ticket runs €9.50 if you want both. Closed 1 January, 6 January and 10 August in addition to the weekly Sunday closure.
Cards OKchurchrenaissancehistorical - 11:00~5 min walkroute
- 11:1512:15MarketMercato Centrale60 min
A single 1874 cast-iron-and-glass hall split into two very different experiences stacked on top of each other. The ground floor is the working produce market — butchers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, fresh pasta and lampredotto carts — open Mon-Sat 07:00-14:00 and closed entirely on Sunday. Upstairs is a modern food hall added in 2014, with 24-plus artisan counters (pasta, truffle dishes, pizza, wine, craft beer, gelato) and long communal tables, open daily including Sunday, roughly 10:00 to midnight — the upstairs hall is where to go for a Sunday or evening visit when the ground floor is shut. No entry fee either way; just budget for what you eat, and expect it genuinely packed at lunch and dinner peak hours.
Cards OKStep-freemarketfood hall - 12:15~5 min walkroute
- 12:3013:30LunchSuggested
- 13:3014:30ChurchBasilica di Santa Maria Novella60 min
The Dominican basilica facing the train station square, its green-and-white marble facade a Renaissance landmark in its own right and its interior holding Masaccio's Trinity fresco, an early landmark of perspective painting. A single €7.50 ticket (€5 reduced) covers the basilica, museum and cloisters together since a 2012 agreement between the church authority and the city. Hours vary meaningfully by day: Mon-Thu 9:00-17:30, Friday and religious holidays 11:00-17:30 (later opening), Saturday 9:00-17:00, Sunday and religious holidays 13:00-17:00 (afternoon only) — last entry is an hour before closing, so a Sunday morning visit won't work. Closed to visitors on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
Cards OKchurchrenaissancehistorical - 14:30~5 min walkroute
- 14:4515:15MuseumOfficina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella30 min
The world's oldest working pharmacy, founded by Dominican friars in 1221 a few steps from the basilica that gives it its name — frescoed Renaissance and neo-Gothic salons you can wander through completely free, no ticket needed, browsing perfumes, soaps and herbal remedies made to centuries-old formulas whether or not you buy anything. Open daily 9:00-20:00 with no weekly closure, so it's an easy fallback if a timed-ticket sight nearby is fully booked. It's a working shop as much as a museum — expect it busy with both tour groups and shoppers by mid-morning; the historic back rooms are quieter than the front retail salon.
Cards OKmuseumhistoricalshopping - 15:15~5 min walkroute
- 15:3016:30MuseumMuseo Novecento60 min
Florence's 20th-century Italian art museum, right on Piazza Santa Maria Novella in a former 13th-century hospital building — a compact, manageable counterpoint to a day of Renaissance sightseeing, with de Chirico, Morandi and Rosai among the highlights. Full ticket is €8.50 (€4 reduced for ages 18-25/students, free under 18). Open daily 11:00-20:00 except Thursday, when it's closed entirely — the opposite closure day from several nearby civic sights, worth checking before building a Thursday itinerary around this corner of the neighbourhood. Last entry is an hour before closing.
Cards OKStep-freemuseummodern art - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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