Surrounded by the Tuscan Apennines and located on the River Arno, Florence is a classic Italian city. Thanks to an abundance of bustling squares, it is arguably the best of all Italian cities to people watch. It is also home to the most important collection of Italian and Renaissance art in the world, largely thanks to the world-famous Uffizi Gallery. But as the Tuscan capital attracts over 20,000 overseas students who study there each year, it is also surprisingly lively after dark and is laced with bars and nightclubs.
Hostelworld.com's Colm Hanratty speaks to Francesco Galluzzi, a tour guide in Rome, about some of the city's less known attractions.
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Download Florence Pocket Guide View all guides »FLorence is one of my favorite cities if not the favorite. The culture, the people, the language, the food, the sites, the nightlife, the atmosphere, every..single...thing is absolutely amazing. I am in love with that place and I hope you find it as amazing as I did.
Get outside of the center and you can really see and experience the beauty of Tuscany, Italy. When I was in the center I just felt like a tourist packed in between crowds of all nationalities. The hills outside of the city are gorgeous though. Food was amazing there. Absolutely no night life.
The cathedral is one of the must beautiful we visited in Italy and the walk from there to the Puente Vecchio is very nice.
Insider Tip:Go to the Puente Vecchio at sunset and be prepared for a breathtaking landscape with the sunset, the water that looks like a mirror and the buildings and mountains, I took my best pictures there. Then at night go to the Piazza della Republica, its the social center and you can hear music, eat, shop and just sit there and enjoy.
Touristic part of the city was quite small you can walk everywhere. David attracts lots of attentions. You should see him. Uffizi was one of the highlights of the city.
All the Toscana region is gorgeous, im definitely coming back there to explore all the little and cute cities there !
Florence is one of Tuscany's jewels. A city where Renaissance art goes hand in hand with 20th Century modernism. What sets Florence apart from the other major Italian cities is that all it has to offer is compacted into a small concentrated area, making it the perfect place to see on foot.
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