Florence Travel Guide
Everything you need to plan your trip to the capital of Tuscany
Photo: the Vasari Corridor
Latest page update: 9 June 2025
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By: Dion Protani
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Standing proud at the north-eastern corner of Tuscany, the city of Florence is the official regional capital, but perhaps more importantly in cultural terms: The Cradle of the Renaissance.
The list of names that have left their stamp on the city is quite astonishing, a veritable who's who of movers and shakers from the medieval period through to the Enlightenment. The powerful banking family, the Medici, were one of the catalysts that made Florence the world capital of art, a position it has sustained during modern times with its vast collection of galleries and museums. |
Province: Metropolitan City of Florence
Region: capital of Tuscany Population: 363,837 (in 2024 - source) Size: 102 km² Elevation: 50 metres Top sights: Florence Cathedral, Uffizi Gallery, Giotto's Bell Tower Close by: Fiesole, Mugello, Scarperia, Lake Bilancino, Certaldo |
Fly to: Florence Airport (8 km), 23 minutes by tram, 30 mins by car
By train: Rome - 1 hr 25, Milan - 1 hr 48, Venice - 2 hrs 6 mins Main train station: Santa Maria Novella |