Florence, Guided Bike Tour to Discover the Secrets

Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

20 min

Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the largest churches in the world. he title “Santa Maria del Fiore” (Lady of the flower) alludes to the name of the city, "Florentia", or “city of flowers”, “destined to bloom”, and to its emblem, the Florentine lily.

Battistero di San Giovanni

5 min

"My St. John, the beautiful", as Dante called it, the monument we see today, consecrated in 1059 by Pope Niccolò II, is perhaps the result of an expansion of a primitive 4th century baptistery. Since the Middle Ages and until recently, it was instead believed that the structure had originated as a pagan temple dedicated to the god Mars, then in the Christian era converted to a church.

Piazza della Repubblica

15 min

Piazza della Repubblica is the most famous squares in Florence, the centre of the Roman city. The exact present site of the Colonna dell'Abbondanza marks the intersection of the axes of the cardo and dicomano.

Palazzo Strozzi

10 min

Palazzo Strozzi perfectly embodies the aristocratic palazzi of the Renaissance used to house the family, with their ground plans so regular that they often required the demolition of pre-existing constructions.

Via de' Tornabuoni

10 min

It is certainly the fanciest street in Florence, with its world famous brands, wide sidewalks and beautiful buildings,

Finestra delle Belle Donne

15 min

Walking around the centre of Florence, it’s easy to get lost admiring the masterpieces of the Renaissance and to overlook the tiny “Buchette del vino”.

Museo Salvatore Ferragamo

10 min

The Ferragamo family founded the museum in May 1995 to acquaint an international audience with the artistic qualities of Salvatore Ferragamo and the role he played in the history of footwear and international fashion.

Ponte Vecchio

5 min

Built very close to the Roman crossing, the Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, was the only bridge across the Arno in Florence until 1218. The current bridge was rebuilt after a flood in 1345. During World War II it was the only bridge across the Arno that the fleeing Germans did not destroy

Fontana del Porcellino

5 min

Tradition has it that it’s good luck to touch the statue’s nose, so every day hundreds of people give the boar a stroke hopeful that some of the good fortune will brush off on them. But hardly anyone knows the full ritual: while rubbing the nose with one hand you should hold a coin in the animal’s open mouth and let it drop there. If the coin falls through the grating, it’s good luck “guaranteed”. If not, you should try again.

Piazza della Signoria

15 min

Palazzo della Signoria – also known as the Old Palace – is the Florence City Hall, a museum and one of the most visited monuments in the cradle of the Renaissance.