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Pay attention to the addresses you find in your guidebooks. In Italy, residential addresses will have black numbers, commercial addresses will have red ones (and, in guidebooks, will be written with an "r" after the number. You'll notice this in your guidebooks). This is good to know as you could find the exact same number for two different addresses on the same street - one black (residential) and one red (commercial). 15 (black) and 15 (red) are not the same address - but you can be sure the one with the red number will be a restaurant, shop, bar, etc. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Florence has a lot to offer for everyone, with a lot of sights, great nightlife and fantastic restaurants. The best way to explore all this it to walk around by foot. You'll be able to walk through the whole central parts of the city within 40-60 minutes, and it's not hard at all to find the right places.
Start from the station Santa Maria Novella. From there you have 600 meters to go to Il Duomo. After having visited that you can take left, and you'll after just a few hundred meters be at the huge market place, Mercato Centrale, where you can buy about anything, but most of all clothes and souvenirs. Also around the market there are some very nice shops.
When you're done with the shopping, and maybe also a quick lunch at ZaZa, you head back to Il Duomo. From there you can either walk straight forward, and you'll soon be at Santa Croce. Or to the right, where you'll find yourself in front of Ponte Vecchio after about 10 minutes walk. But only after passing by Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza Signoria before that.
A walk on the side of the river Arno is always nice, even if the pavement is a bit too small for all the people who's passing by. During the evening you'll be able to see the sun go down over the river/houses, depending what time of the year you're there.
Then just follow the river back, and after about 20 minutes you'll be back at the Santa Maria Novella. Maybe 40 minutes if you stop by somewhere for a beer.
A great day in Florence, and also very cheap! Plus your condition will for sure get better! :) Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Everything is with in walking distance and also walking distance from the train station. There is no better way to get to see the ins and outs of Florence then on foot. You can cover it all in a day. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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It is really easy to get around Florence by foot. Definitely a town made for walking.You can use the Duomo as the center and radiate from there and see all of Florence. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Yup, the best way to explore the city is by foot as all the main sights are within walking distance(Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Galleria Degli Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Giardini Boboli). Walk the cobblestoned streets and soak in the atmosphere! Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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The best way to get around is on foot. Renting a car is silly. We tried to find a place to rent vespas (motorbikes) but were unsuccessful. If anyone knows where the one place in all of Florence to rent vespas is, please let me know! Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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I have absolutely NO idea how to use the public transporation, but I like walking better anyways!!! Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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Florence is definately a walking city! The main attractions are pretty much in a compact area. There is beauty and history around every corner! Wear comfortable shoes ( or buy some there!) I would definately NOT wear sneakers! Florence is such an elegant city and sneakers would not fit in and scream out 'tourist'! Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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I came to Florence by train, all the way from Prague. It was a nice ride, but be prepared for the speed of the trains to slow markedly as soon as you cross the border into Italy! The schedules are more like suggestions than fixed times.
Florence is easy to walk around. We used the Streetwise Florence map and were amazed to find that the streets were packed together, the map seemed to be printed 'actual size'! What we thought would be a five-minute walk was more like five steps! Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Walking is the best way... you may get run over by a car, but WALK it is the best way. When we crossed over the bridge, we decided to take claim on it and refer to it as 'our' bridge. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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