Urban and gardens trekking in Florence

Have you ever thought about combining a sightseeing tour of a city with a healthy physical activity? The city of Florence, surrounded by gentle and panoramic hills, gives you that opportunity! An unusual easy speedy walk to enjoy some of the green areas to reach an unforgettable viewpoint from which your gaze will embrace one of the most beautiful Italian cities!

You will meet your private licensed tour or hiking guide in Florence, for a pleasant soft trekking activity, not an easy walk but at a brisk pace to enjoy the city and its outskirts, through the so-called “vagabonding”. From Ponte Vecchio, you will reach Oltrarno, on the opposite riverbank to reach the most important city green area: Boboli gardens, which extend from the hill behind Pitti Palace, belonged first to the Medici and then to the Lorraine families. You will rise along the Amphitheatre, admiring lovely meadows, avenues, small groves and beautiful panoramic views dotted with fountains, statues and grottoes.

After you have reached its highest part, you will stop to appreciate Fortezza Belvedere, a fortification built to protect the centre of government in Florence and the Medici family if the city had been under attack, used by Galileo Galilei for his astronomical observations, thanks to its strategic position.

Then you will enter the nearby Bardini garden, walking along the baroque flight of steps and the wisteria tunnel, which both lead to the Kaffeehaus. Your “detox” speed walk will end in Piazzale Michelangelo named by the remarkable Loggia in perfect neoclassical style, with the bronze statue of David by Michelangelo, surrounded by four allegories: night, day, twilight and dawn. From here, you cannot miss to take a photo of a postcard-like Florence, with its landmarks: the Dome by Brunelleschi, Giotto Tower, the Civic Tower, the Arno River and its bridges.
Comfortable shoes and a bottle of water are suggested.

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