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Florence 4-Day Itinerary (3 Nights)

A 4-day route through Florence covering Uffizi Gallery, Florence Cathedral, Palazzo Pitti, Ponte Vecchio and other highlights, grouped so each day stays within a short travel distance.

Distances are straight-line, so actual transit times will differ. Feel free to reorder the stops. · Updated August 3, 2026

The whole route at a glance

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DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4
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DAY 1

Around Uffizi Gallery · Museums & galleries·Parks & gardens

Directions in Google Maps
  1. Morning
    Uffizi Gallery

    Museums & galleries

    The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world. It holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.

  2. After lunch
    Vasari Corridor

    Museums & galleries · 0.1 km from the previous stop

    The Vasari Corridor is a 16th-century elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti. It was designed by, and named for, architect Giorgio Vasari to allow Duke Cosimo I de' Medici to move undisturbed between both palaces.

  3. Afternoon
    piazza della Signoria

    Parks & gardens · 0.1 km from the previous stop

    Piazza della Signoria is a W-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Central Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio. It is the main point of the origin and history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political focus of the city. It is the meeting place of Florentines as well as the numerous tourists, located near Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza del Duomo, and gateway to the Uffizi Gallery.

  4. Evening
    Ponte Vecchio

    Views & landmarks · 0.3 km from the previous stop

    The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy. The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice. Butchers, tanners, and farmers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers, and souvenir sellers. The Ponte Vecchio's two neighbouring bridges are the Ponte Santa Trinita and the Ponte alle Grazie.

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DAY 2

Around Florence Cathedral · Museums & galleries·Views & landmarks

Directions in Google Maps
  1. Morning
    Florence Cathedral

    Museums & galleries

    Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy. Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed by 1436 with a dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi, the basilica's exterior is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, alternated by white, and features an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival western façade by Emilio De Fabris.

  2. After lunch
    Giotto's Campanile

    Views & landmarks · 0.1 km from the previous stop

    Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.

  3. Afternoon
    Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

    Museums & galleries · 0 km from the previous stop

    The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence, Italy is a museum containing many of the original works of art created for Florence Cathedral, including the adjacent Florence Baptistery and Giotto's campanile. Most of the exterior sculptures have been removed from these buildings, usually replaced by replica pieces, with the museum conserving the originals.

  4. Evening
    Florence Baptistery

    Temples & religious sites · 0.1 km from the previous stop

    The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John, is a religious building in Florence, Italy. Dedicated to the patron saint of the city, John the Baptist, it has been a focus of religious, civic, and artistic life since its completion. The octagonal baptistery stands in both the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza San Giovanni, between Florence Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace.

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DAY 3

Around Palazzo Pitti · Museums & galleries·Temples & religious sites

Directions in Google Maps
  1. Morning
    Palazzo Pitti

    Museums & galleries

    The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker.

  2. After lunch
    Boboli Gardens

    Museums & galleries · 0 km from the previous stop

    The Boboli Gardens is a large park in Florence, originally designed as the garden of the Medici family's Pitti Palace in the mid-16th century. It is an important early Italian garden which influenced aristocratic gardens across Europe. It houses statues of various styles and periods, large fountains, and artificial grottoes.

  3. Afternoon
    Santo Spirito

    Temples & religious sites · 0.3 km from the previous stop

    The Basilica di Santo Spirito is a church in Florence, Italy. Usually referred to simply as Santo Spirito, it is located in the Oltrarno quarter, facing the square with the same name. The interior of the building – internal length 97 m (318 ft) – is one of the preeminent examples of Renaissance architecture.

  4. Evening
    Basilica of the Holy Trinity

    Temples & religious sites · 0.4 km from the previous stop

    Santa Trinita is a Roman Catholic church located in front of the piazza of the same name, traversed by Via de' Tornabuoni, in central Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It is the mother church of the Vallumbrosan Order of Monks, founded in 1092 by a Florentine nobleman. South on Via de' Tornabuoni is the Ponte Santa Trinita over the river Arno; across the street is the Palazzo Spini Feroni.

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DAY 4

Around Basilica of Santa Croce · Museums & galleries·Temples & religious sites

Directions in Google Maps
  1. Morning
    Basilica of Santa Croce

    Museums & galleries

    The Basilica di Santa Croce is a minor basilica and the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres (2,600 ft) southeast of the Duomo, on what was once marshland beyond the city walls. Being the burial place of notable Italians, including those from the Italian Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli, as well as the poet Foscolo, political philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini, it is also known as the Temple of the Italian Glories.

  2. After lunch
    Bargello National Museum

    Museums & galleries · 0.4 km from the previous stop

    The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello or Palazzo del Popolo, is a former public building and police headquarters, later a prison, in Florence, Italy. Mostly built in the 13th century, since 1865 it has housed the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, a national art museum.

  3. Afternoon
    Orsanmichele

    Temples & religious sites · 0.2 km from the previous stop

    Orsanmichele, Or San Michele or Orsammichele is a communal building and church in the Italian city of Florence. Its uniqueness as an architectural construction lies not only in its multifunctionality as grain market, granary and oratory. The tabernacle by Orcagna, called the high point of Italian Gothic sculpture, and the sculptural program running around all four façades, depicting the patron saints of the major Florentine guilds, are extraordinary. It encompasses several firsts in marble and bronze, and lasting masterpieces of the Early Renaissance by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Donatello and Nanni di...

  4. Evening
    National Archaeological Museum

    Museums & galleries · 0.8 km from the previous stop

    The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta, a palace built in 1620 by Giulio Parigi for princess Maria Maddalena, daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici.

Where to stay for this itinerary

Around Uffizi Gallery, the anchor of day one. Staying here keeps your first day's travel shortest.

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