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How to spend a long weekend in Florence

Find inspiration on how immerse yourself fully in this ideal location for a city break.

Need a city break? Take a short last-minute trip, a break from everyday life, and get lost in the beauty of a new and unique place like Florence. Throw a few things in a suitcase on a Friday, go discover, get excited, and leave all your worries behind until you're refreshed on Monday evening. Unplug, relax and embrace new experiences, culture and art: Florence is the perfect destination for a city break.

Let's see why.

FIRENZECARD THE OFFICIAL MUSEUM PASS OF FLORENCE

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Firenzecard is the official museum pass of the city of Florence that allows you to visit most of the Florentine sites of interest. It is the perfect choice for your weekend in Florence. Do you need more time to visit every museum in Florence? Now Firenzecard Restart is also included in the price! An additional 48 hours are at your disposal since your card is expired. You can activate the Firenzecard Restart offer immediately if you are still in Florence or within six months of the expiry date. Discover more, click here.

ART FOR THE SOPHISTICATED AND NON

Florence is the ideal city that balances the right doses of leisure and relaxation; here, you'll avoid complicated travel and unnecessarily wasting time. A city like Florence is just right. Leaving the Santa Maria Novella train station, you can walk directly to the Duomo in just 7-8 minutes. Before getting there, you can enjoy Piazza Santa Maria Novella with its Basilica that features artists such as Masaccio, Giotto, Brunelleschi, and the whole Renaissance.

You can reach all of Florence within a few minutes. Take a stroll and go to your hotel and rest: you have the whole weekend to enjoy. The Mercato Centrale is perfect if you arrive in Florence around lunchtime and want to enjoy a typical Florentine bite to eat. The market is 5 minutes from the main train station at Santa Maria Novella and is the culinary dream for laidback people. A picturesque scene of colours, scents, voices and flavours will allow you to abandon yourself to your senses. From lampredotto to tripe, why not taste a bit of everything?

THE HILLS SURROUNDING THE CITY - ONE STEP FROM NATURE

The masterpieces of Florence are just a few kilometres from the splendid nature of Chianti and the Florentine surroundings with historical villages and Medici villas. Florence is the perfect city break, a combination of culture and nature: a visit to the main monuments and an escapade into the Florentine hills to discover the Chianti region or the most beautiful Italian villages located near Florence.

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INSPIRATION

Once settled in your hotel, you can walk through Florence's streets and narrow alleys. You might get lost in Florence, but never in spirit, because every corner hides more artistic and architectural secrets than can be discovered in a lifetime.

During your visit to Florence, you'll move between churches, gardens, and unknown corners of the city: you'll feel comfortable and welcomed in this open-air museum, totally at ease visiting Palazzo Vecchio and Ponte Vecchio. Discovering the historical aspects of Florence is simply a fantastic experience.

You can never feel alone while getting lost in the city of the Medici, Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Boccaccio, Donatello, Vespucci and Masaccio. You will adore the intoxicating artistic experience of the piazzas of the centre and the proud bridges. Discovering the most artisanal, authentic neighbourhoods of Florence, full of true creative splendour, an unforgettable experience. You can continue experiencing Florence by heading outbound, towards the hills surrounding the city.

You'll leave Florence with a memory of the Lungarno illuminated at night and a strong desire to return. A city break in Florence is a never-ending pleasure.