Start with Santa Croce, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio. Plan around any timed tickets and leave time to collect your car.
Choose the visit that matters most
Decide whether your day is mainly a walk or a museum visit. If you want to enter the Uffizi or climb the Dome, check availability and reservations on the official websites before fixing the rest of your plans. The Dome requires a reserved time slot. Check opening hours for your travel date.
Our itinerary suggestion is to give one major visit enough time and arrange the rest around it. Allow for entry checks, queues and breaks.
Start at Santa Croce or San Marco
From Fiesolana, you can start at Piazza Santa Croce. Enjoy the square and decide whether time allows a basilica visit. From Via Venezia, begin around San Marco and the Accademia before heading towards Piazza del Duomo.
From Borgo Pinti, you can join the same eastern-centre route. Check your walking directions and allow for any detour to your accommodation.
The central part of the walk
From Piazza del Duomo, follow Via dei Calzaiuoli towards Piazza della Signoria, then continue to Ponte Vecchio. Treat these as places to explore at your own pace. Visits inside individual monuments have their own entry arrangements and timings.
For lunch, choose somewhere along your route and check the menu before sitting down. If you have an afternoon reservation, leave time to reach the entrance and check what you are allowed to bring with you.
Choose an afternoon option
Use the remaining time for your booked museum, or cross Ponte Vecchio and explore the Oltrarno. In rain or when tired, shorten the walk and choose an indoor stop. You can always leave another part of Florence for a future visit.
Piazzale Michelangelo adds a separate journey and an uphill walk if reached on foot. Decide according to your remaining time, daylight and energy, and plan the return to your garage.
Finish with the return to your car
Check your location against the garage and your agreed collection time. Save the exact garage name and use walking directions to return. If you want to extend your stay, contact the garage to check the applicable conditions.
Before driving away, check your exit route, signs and any instructions given by the garage team. Clarify ZTL questions before leaving the garage.
Official information
Check current access rules, transport and attraction information for your travel date.