The dead centre, wrapped around the cathedral — the Duomo, the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria all within a few minutes' walk. The most beautiful base and the most expensive; book early and step out before the crowds.
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What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
1/5
€170–300
typical per night in Italy
You pay for the postcode
Cheapest in FlorencePriciest
One of the pricier addresses in Florence.
Where it sits
The circle is Duomo & Centro Storico and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Florence Peretola (FLR)~11 min drive5.9 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Real Florentine gelato4 min walk346 m
- Bistecca alla Fiorentina5 min walk408 m
- Mercato Centrale & San Lorenzo7 min walk547 m
- Michelangelo's David at the Accademia7 min walk615 m
- Basilica di Santa Croce8 min walk632 m
- Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens11 min walk880 m
- Oltrarno & Santo Spirito11 min walk883 m
- Piazzale Michelangelo at sunset15 min walk1.3 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 1.Brunelleschi's Dome & the Duomo — The cathedral that defines the skyline, topped by the largest brick dome ever raised — and still a mystery how. Climb the 463 steps between the double shells to the lantern for the view every postcard is taken from. Book a timed slot well ahead.
- 3.The Uffizi Gallery — The greatest collection of Renaissance painting anywhere — Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera, Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio, all in the Medici's own gallery. Overwhelming; pick a few rooms, book the first slot, and don't try to see it all.
- 4.Ponte Vecchio — The medieval bridge lined with goldsmiths' shops that has survived every flood and war since 1345 — the one bridge the retreating army wouldn't blow up. Crowded by day, gorgeous at dusk from the bridge just upstream.
- 6.Piazza della Signoria & Palazzo Vecchio — The city's open-air living room and its fortress town hall — a free sculpture gallery in the Loggia dei Lanzi, a copy of David where the original stood, and the frescoed halls and tower of the Palazzo to climb inside.
- 11.The Bargello — The sculpture museum everyone skips and shouldn't — Donatello's bronze David, Michelangelo's Bacchus and the panels Ghiberti and Brunelleschi made competing for the Baptistery doors, in a medieval palace with no crowds.
When are you staying?
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