Florence Information

By car

Florence is 280 kilometers from Rome. It can be reached with the A1 highway.

By train

Florence can be easily reached from the Stazione Termini in Rome. The trip lasts 2 hours and 35 minutes with an Eurostar and about 2 hours with an Intercity.

Accommodation

Florence: 25,600 beds
Province: 34,460 beds

Sanctuaries and churches in towns

Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral, Baptistery, Dome) tel. 0552302885
Orsanmichele: tel. 055284944
Santa Croce: tel. 055244619
San Lorenzo: tel. 055216634
San Marco: tel. 0552388608
Santa Trinità: tel. 055216912
Santa Maria Novella: tel. 055282187
San Miniato al Monte: tel. 0552342731
Santissima Annunziata: tel. 0552398034
Santo Spirito: tel. 055210030

Museums and cultural institutes

Galleria degli Uffizi: tel. 05523885
Galleria Accademia: tel. 0552388612
Palazzo Pitti: Galleria Palatina: tel. 0552388611
Galleria arte moderna: tel. 05523885
Museo degli argenti: tel. 0552388709
Cappelle Medicee: tel. 0552388602
Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia: tel. 0552388607
Crocifissione del Perugino: tel. 055247820
Museo del Bargello: tel. 0552388606
Palazzo Vecchio: tel. 0552768465
Museo archeologico: tel. 05523575
Museo della Scienza: tel. 0552398876
Giardino di Boboli: tel. 0552651816

Fairs and other events

Scoppio del carro (folkloristic and historical show in Piazza del Duomo)

Easter Sunday International exhibit of handcrafts at the Fortezza da Basso: from 24 April to 1 May

Musical May (festival: opera, classical music concerts, dance): -May and June International Iris competition (iris garden):

May Feast for the patron saint, San Giovanni (historic Florentine soccer tournament, parade, fireworks): 24 June

Feast for the Chianti classico (Greve in Chianti): September

Festa della Rificolona (historic reconstruction in costume for children in Piazza Santissima Annunziata): 7 September

Organ concert with ancient organs (in Florentine churches) December and January

Food and wine

Florentine T-bone

Ribollita (soup with cabbage and bread)

Pappa al pomodoro (tomato soup)

Crostini di caccia (toast with bread spread)

Fried chicken

Cantucci (toasted almond cookies)

Brigidini (anise cookies)

Chianti