Roberta's Guidebook

Roberta
Roberta's Guidebook

Sightseeing

For a beautiful view all over the entire city !
373 locals recommend
Fiesole
373 locals recommend
For a beautiful view all over the entire city !
The balcony of Florence
1543 locals recommend
Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale Michelangelo
1543 locals recommend
The balcony of Florence
One of the Church you cannot miss!
429 locals recommend
Santa Croce
429 locals recommend
One of the Church you cannot miss!
The first bridge built in Florence.
1339 locals recommend
Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio
1339 locals recommend
The first bridge built in Florence.
One of the most beautiful square of the city, the Old Palace stands here!
557 locals recommend
Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria
557 locals recommend
One of the most beautiful square of the city, the Old Palace stands here!
An amazing area of the city full of shops and restaurant and cafeterias to spend the evening in Florence.
33 locals recommend
Via di San Niccolo
Via di San Niccolò
33 locals recommend
An amazing area of the city full of shops and restaurant and cafeterias to spend the evening in Florence.
You chose which museum you want to visit !
879 locals recommend
Pitti Palace
1 Piazza de' Pitti
879 locals recommend
You chose which museum you want to visit !
Open air museum to rest
1539 locals recommend
The Boboli Gardens
1 Piazza de' Pitti
1539 locals recommend
Open air museum to rest
The cooler district of the city! Narrow streets, handicrafts, traditional shops, mediaval style of the city. Many restaurants and places to enjoy the truly florentine feeling!
37 locals recommend
Oltrarno
37 locals recommend
The cooler district of the city! Narrow streets, handicrafts, traditional shops, mediaval style of the city. Many restaurants and places to enjoy the truly florentine feeling!
The heart of the city. Historical cafeterias facing this square. Perfect for a stop for coffee or better espresso!
236 locals recommend
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza della Repubblica
236 locals recommend
The heart of the city. Historical cafeterias facing this square. Perfect for a stop for coffee or better espresso!
The main museum in the city to book in advance to skip the line at this link: florence-museum.biglietti-galleria-uffizi
1671 locals recommend
Uffizi Gallery
6 Piazzale degli Uffizi
1671 locals recommend
The main museum in the city to book in advance to skip the line at this link: florence-museum.biglietti-galleria-uffizi
Why not!?
1079 locals recommend
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Piazza del Duomo
1079 locals recommend
Why not!?
A trip to the glorious past at the Medici time.
180 locals recommend
Medici Chapels
6 Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini
180 locals recommend
A trip to the glorious past at the Medici time.
Another one of the most beautiful square of the city close to the main train station.
6 locals recommend
Piazza di Santa Maria Novella
Piazza di Santa Maria Novella
6 locals recommend
Another one of the most beautiful square of the city close to the main train station.
A town over the town in the forest
36 locals recommend
Settignano
36 locals recommend
A town over the town in the forest
Half /full day Excursions in Florence and all over Tuscany.
Caf Tour & Travel
7 Via dei Calzaiuoli
Half /full day Excursions in Florence and all over Tuscany.
The best place in the Chianti for a lunch and wine tastings.
Poggio Amorelli
Poggio Amorelli
The best place in the Chianti for a lunch and wine tastings.
The original David of Michelangelo is here!
1077 locals recommend
Galleria dell'Accademia
58 Via Ricasoli
1077 locals recommend
The original David of Michelangelo is here!
An old tipycal house of the Middle Ages, very interesting to discover
54 locals recommend
Museo di Palazzo Davanzati
13 Via Porta Rossa
54 locals recommend
An old tipycal house of the Middle Ages, very interesting to discover
A secret beautiful garden with a panaoramic view and a museum.
52 locals recommend
Villa Bardini
2 Costa S. Giorgio
52 locals recommend
A secret beautiful garden with a panaoramic view and a museum.
One of the interest Medici’s villas in the countryside not far from Florence.
46 locals recommend
Villa La Petraia
40 Via della Petraia
46 locals recommend
One of the interest Medici’s villas in the countryside not far from Florence.
26 locals recommend
Villa di Castello
44 Via di Castello
26 locals recommend
A beautiful old villa in a beautiful park, not far from Florence and easy reachable by bus number 25.
64 locals recommend
Villa Demidoff
276 Via Fiorentina
64 locals recommend
A beautiful old villa in a beautiful park, not far from Florence and easy reachable by bus number 25.
A beautiful monastery this Certosa del Galluzzo top of a little hill sourrounding by olive trees, easy reachable by bus 36. Entrance is for free. Close in Monday.
42 locals recommend
Certosa di Firenze
1 Via della Certosa
42 locals recommend
A beautiful monastery this Certosa del Galluzzo top of a little hill sourrounding by olive trees, easy reachable by bus 36. Entrance is for free. Close in Monday.
131 locals recommend
La Verna (Santuario Francescano)
45 Via del Santuario della Verna
131 locals recommend
20 locals recommend
Eremo di Camaldoli
6 Strada Provinciale 124 dell'Eremo
20 locals recommend
Only 20' minutes walking distance from my apartment you have the new biggest Viola Park , it is a sports complex and the new home of the Fiorentina football club, located in the outskirts of Florence. It was designed by the Florentine architect Marco Casamonti and opened in 2023. The complex includes a stadium with a capacity of 40,000 spectators, training facilities, a medical center, a hotel, and a shopping center.
Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park
Only 20' minutes walking distance from my apartment you have the new biggest Viola Park , it is a sports complex and the new home of the Fiorentina football club, located in the outskirts of Florence. It was designed by the Florentine architect Marco Casamonti and opened in 2023. The complex includes a stadium with a capacity of 40,000 spectators, training facilities, a medical center, a hotel, and a shopping center.

Food scene

156 locals recommend
Il Rifrullo
57 Via di S. Niccolò
156 locals recommend
67 locals recommend
Zoe
13 Via dei Renai
67 locals recommend
Cheap, easy, cool, lot of choice , within walking distance from home.
6 locals recommend
Bobo Check Point
Piazza Francesco Ferrucci
6 locals recommend
Cheap, easy, cool, lot of choice , within walking distance from home.
2 minutes from home and one of the best home made gelato of Florence !
10 locals recommend
Gelateria Caminia Giannotti Firenze
29 Viale Donato Giannotti
10 locals recommend
2 minutes from home and one of the best home made gelato of Florence !
The truly Tuscan kitchen !
20 locals recommend
Vecchia Osteria Del Nacchero
3-4/R Piazza Gavinana
20 locals recommend
The truly Tuscan kitchen !
Simply delicious
16 locals recommend
Pastry shop
16 locals recommend
Simply delicious
The perfect place for breakfast and brunch.
Habitat Firenze
59r Via del Giglio
The perfect place for breakfast and brunch.
A taste of good Italian cold cuts and wines!
11 locals recommend
Dogana
3 P.za Francesco Ferrucci
11 locals recommend
A taste of good Italian cold cuts and wines!
In the Chianti classico area a place for wine tastings in the countriside and not far from the city .
35 locals recommend
Antica Macelleria Falorni
71 Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
35 locals recommend
In the Chianti classico area a place for wine tastings in the countriside and not far from the city .
Pizza of course!
13 locals recommend
Berberè Santa Croce
7 Via dei Benci
13 locals recommend
Pizza of course!
Pizza ! Thin and delucious. At only 5’ on foot from home!
Tito al convivium
4 Viale Europa
Pizza ! Thin and delucious. At only 5’ on foot from home!
Another pizzeria within walking distance from home.
22 locals recommend
Ristorante Pizzeria La Piazzetta
167 Via di Ripoli
22 locals recommend
Another pizzeria within walking distance from home.
Coffee and coffee but also aperitivos!
16 locals recommend
Pasticceria Rimani
128 Viale Europa
16 locals recommend
Coffee and coffee but also aperitivos!
Aperitivo time!
24 locals recommend
Marcello...La Pasticceria
169 Viale Europa
24 locals recommend
Aperitivo time!
Gelato! Within walking distance.
21 locals recommend
Gelateria Il Sorriso
70 Via Erbosa
21 locals recommend
Gelato! Within walking distance.
Do you want a focaccia or panino? Come here in advance to skip the line!
407 locals recommend
Osteria All'antico Vinaio
65r Via dei Neri
407 locals recommend
Do you want a focaccia or panino? Come here in advance to skip the line!
Good italian pizza and not only within walking distance.
11 locals recommend
La Piperna Firenze
60 Via Giampaolo Orsini
11 locals recommend
Good italian pizza and not only within walking distance.
Meat, fish and pizza as well! Good prices good quality big portions!
7 locals recommend
Ristorante Pizzeria Lo Stravizio
60 Via Carlo D'Angiò
7 locals recommend
Meat, fish and pizza as well! Good prices good quality big portions!
A stop for lunch or afternoon or aperitivo! Very good quality , low prices , not far from home!
19 locals recommend
PUGI
49 Viale Edmondo de Amicis
19 locals recommend
A stop for lunch or afternoon or aperitivo! Very good quality , low prices , not far from home!
Food & shopping ! Highly recommended! Close to my house!
Vaia
85 Via Giampaolo Orsini
Food & shopping ! Highly recommended! Close to my house!
Cheap & delicious
54 locals recommend
Pizzeria Spera
9R Via della Cernaia
54 locals recommend
Cheap & delicious
Espresso or cappuccino? Well try also cornetto for a perfect breakfast or order here your favourite cake! Also light lunch and aperitivo.
22 locals recommend
Pasticceria Cosi
8 Piazza Gavinana
22 locals recommend
Espresso or cappuccino? Well try also cornetto for a perfect breakfast or order here your favourite cake! Also light lunch and aperitivo.
Fish also small dishes! The highlight is the restaurant has an archeological site inside!
91 locals recommend
Fishing Lab Alle Murate
16r Via del Proconsolo
91 locals recommend
Fish also small dishes! The highlight is the restaurant has an archeological site inside!
Vegetarian food in a garden !
24 locals recommend
L'OV Osteria Vegetariana
4R Piazza del Carmine
24 locals recommend
Vegetarian food in a garden !
Simply a MUST !
407 locals recommend
Osteria All'antico Vinaio
65r Via dei Neri
407 locals recommend
Simply a MUST !
Tasty vegan dishes.
Il Vegano - Firenze
75 Rosso Via S. Gallo
Tasty vegan dishes.
Don’t miss this experience, you can shop there at the ground floor or you can eat until midnight at the second floor tasting every kind of local and tipical food.
380 locals recommend
Mercato Centrale Firenze
Via dell'Ariento
380 locals recommend
Don’t miss this experience, you can shop there at the ground floor or you can eat until midnight at the second floor tasting every kind of local and tipical food.
First of all because is located in a small charming (and with an interesting history) place of the historic centre, second because there you can find our tipical regional food as lampredotto and trippa but only if you are not vegetarian and if you are not sensible to eat guts!
72 locals recommend
Osteria Tripperia Il Magazzino
2 Piazza della Passera
72 locals recommend
First of all because is located in a small charming (and with an interesting history) place of the historic centre, second because there you can find our tipical regional food as lampredotto and trippa but only if you are not vegetarian and if you are not sensible to eat guts!
Only opened at lunch for a stop in this typical popular osteria inside the central market ( mercato centrale) with few tables to share with others and to try tasty florentine food.
55 locals recommend
Da Nerbone
Piazza del Mercato Centrale
55 locals recommend
Only opened at lunch for a stop in this typical popular osteria inside the central market ( mercato centrale) with few tables to share with others and to try tasty florentine food.
Along the Arno river, tasty food and pizzas
La Nave sull'Arno
49 Via Villamagna
Along the Arno river, tasty food and pizzas
Into a garden open air tables, cheap and tasty especially in summer !
Firenze Sud Sporting Club
41/a Via Villamagna
Into a garden open air tables, cheap and tasty especially in summer !
Summer isn’t summer if you don’t stop here, for a drink , a dinner, a gelato or simply enjoining the river and the stars.
11 locals recommend
Molo 5
27 Lungarno Colombo
11 locals recommend
Summer isn’t summer if you don’t stop here, for a drink , a dinner, a gelato or simply enjoining the river and the stars.
Great food great atmosphere near the river
74 locals recommend
Santarosa Bistrot
Lungarno di Santa Rosa
74 locals recommend
Great food great atmosphere near the river
Summer is summer close to the river with a glass of Tuscan wine and a panzanella, simply , tasty summer time food.
Tabernacolo di Santa Rosa..
2 Lungarno di Santa Rosa
Summer is summer close to the river with a glass of Tuscan wine and a panzanella, simply , tasty summer time food.
Nice place , delicious food and wines! At good prices.
25 locals recommend
Gurdulù
12 R Via delle Caldaie
25 locals recommend
Nice place , delicious food and wines! At good prices.
Enjoy your summer time in Florence with all kind of street food beside the Arno river! NB only from may to September.
11 locals recommend
Molo 5
27 Lungarno Colombo
11 locals recommend
Enjoy your summer time in Florence with all kind of street food beside the Arno river! NB only from may to September.
New in the city , for cheese lovers with great choice of wines too.
Formaggioteca Terroir
19 Via dei Renai
New in the city , for cheese lovers with great choice of wines too.
Do you want a bulk-wine or refillable? That’s the correct place to taste wine and food.
Amerini Pesce Fritto e Bollicine e vini sfusi
188r Via Aretina
Do you want a bulk-wine or refillable? That’s the correct place to taste wine and food.
A 2 e minuti da casa! Comodo , buono ed economico quando non hai voglia di cucinare e vuoi gustare ottimi piatti .
SALATICCERIA
A 2 e minuti da casa! Comodo , buono ed economico quando non hai voglia di cucinare e vuoi gustare ottimi piatti .
Antica Macelleria & Uscio E Bottega Di Simone Pacini Firenze
9/r Piazza di Badia a Ripoli
Antica Macelleria & Uscio E Bottega Di Simone Pacini Firenze
9/r Piazza di Badia a Ripoli
Ditta Artigianale Piazza Ferrucci
Pub ottima birra e panini !
6 locals recommend
Fitzcarraldo Srl
11 Via di Ripoli
6 locals recommend
Pub ottima birra e panini !
Top pasta in città e vuoi non privare la vera pasta Italian style???
Covo Pasta Fresca
51 Via Gherardo Caponsacchi
Top pasta in città e vuoi non privare la vera pasta Italian style???

Free time/SHOPPING !!!

At the corner of my house.
Newest international movies in Italian language only.
10 locals recommend
Cinema Marconi
45/r Viale Donato Giannotti
10 locals recommend
Newest international movies in Italian language only.
High quality shopping at the best prices. Free bus from smn train station.
563 locals recommend
The Mall
563 locals recommend
High quality shopping at the best prices. Free bus from smn train station.
The village of the shopping for any wallet! Free bus from the train station.
260 locals recommend
Barberino Designer Outlet
Via Meucci
260 locals recommend
The village of the shopping for any wallet! Free bus from the train station.
High speed trains station.
519 locals recommend
Firenze S.M.N. station
Piazza della Stazione
519 locals recommend
High speed trains station.
183 locals recommend
Teatro della Pergola
12 Via della Pergola
183 locals recommend
Opera theatre
147 locals recommend
Teatro Comunale Florence
1 Piazza Vittorio Gui
147 locals recommend
Opera theatre
Original sounds movies with subtitles in Italian.
200 locals recommend
Cinema Odeon Firenze
Piazza degli Strozzi
200 locals recommend
Original sounds movies with subtitles in Italian.
If you want to swim or just for a week or a day workout, tennis, paddle, boot camp, and also recommended for its spa areas.
Palestra Olympus
88 Via di Ripoli
If you want to swim or just for a week or a day workout, tennis, paddle, boot camp, and also recommended for its spa areas.
Shops and a big supermarket to buy every stuff you need not only food at the best price in Florence! Opened 8am to 9 pm every day.
39 locals recommend
Gavinana Commercial Center
66b Via Erbosa
39 locals recommend
Shops and a big supermarket to buy every stuff you need not only food at the best price in Florence! Opened 8am to 9 pm every day.
Just for relaxing or running or riding
644 locals recommend
Parco delle Cascine
Piazzale delle Cascine
644 locals recommend
Just for relaxing or running or riding
Just for relax or a riverside walking
28 locals recommend
Albereta
41 Via Villamagna
28 locals recommend
Just for relax or a riverside walking
43 locals recommend
Parco Dell'anconella
Via Villamagna
43 locals recommend
261 locals recommend
Florence Airport, Peretola
11 Via del Termine
261 locals recommend
173 locals recommend
Pisa International Airport
1 Piazzale D'Ascanio
173 locals recommend
Do you want to join a football match ? This is the right place!
176 locals recommend
Stadio Artemio Franchi
4 Viale Manfredo Fanti
176 locals recommend
Do you want to join a football match ? This is the right place!
Also for concerts, conferences and shows.
46 locals recommend
Teatro Tuscanyhall
3 Lungarno Aldo Moro
46 locals recommend
Also for concerts, conferences and shows.
City sightseeings and big public bus stop to/from airports and long haul bus transportation.
Piazzale Montelungo
Piazzale Montelungo
City sightseeings and big public bus stop to/from airports and long haul bus transportation.
Bus terminal , you have there the tranvia to reach the city center in 20 minutes and vice versa.
12 locals recommend
Villa Costanza station
12 locals recommend
Bus terminal , you have there the tranvia to reach the city center in 20 minutes and vice versa.
Free bus from Smn train station, primark, electronics and other shopping brand, food scene also available.
106 locals recommend
I Gigli
165 Via San Quirico
106 locals recommend
Free bus from Smn train station, primark, electronics and other shopping brand, food scene also available.
ASMANA Wellness World is the largest day spa in Tuscany, located in Campi Bisenzio, just a few minutes away from Florence, by local bus .It offers various indoor and outdoor heated pools, water games, whirlpools, a selection of themed saunas with wellness events, a whole section of Hammam with steam baths, soap baths, pools, a large path of relaxation rooms with many different experiences, as well as terraces and gardens. ASMANA also offers a pool bar to enjoy a drink in the water, a bistro, and a restaurant with innovative, fresh, and seasonal cuisine. The spacious structure does not require reservations . Check the official website.
53 locals recommend
Asmana Wellness World Firenze
10 Via Salvator Allende
53 locals recommend
ASMANA Wellness World is the largest day spa in Tuscany, located in Campi Bisenzio, just a few minutes away from Florence, by local bus .It offers various indoor and outdoor heated pools, water games, whirlpools, a selection of themed saunas with wellness events, a whole section of Hammam with steam baths, soap baths, pools, a large path of relaxation rooms with many different experiences, as well as terraces and gardens. ASMANA also offers a pool bar to enjoy a drink in the water, a bistro, and a restaurant with innovative, fresh, and seasonal cuisine. The spacious structure does not require reservations . Check the official website.

Public offices

Post Office !!!
42 locals recommend
Poste Italiane
40 ROSSO P.za della Libertà
42 locals recommend
Post Office !!!
Police department
Commissariato San Giovanni
20 Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia
Police department
24h opened
51 locals recommend
Comando Provinciale Carabinieri Firenze
48 Borgo Ognissanti
51 locals recommend
24h opened
Police , opened h24.
Questura di Firenze
2 Via Zara
Police , opened h24.
7 locals recommend
Consulate General of the United States
38 Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci
7 locals recommend
Consolato della Repubblica Popolare Cinese
91 Via dei della Robbia

Hospital and emergency

The nearest to my house
15 locals recommend
Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital
58 Via Antella
15 locals recommend
The nearest to my house
Within walking distance from home, first aid doctor on the weekends and from 8 pm to 8 am every day, in case of medicines prescriptions or visit for free if needed.
Brotherhood Of Mercy Badia A Ripoli
26 Via Chiantigiana
Within walking distance from home, first aid doctor on the weekends and from 8 pm to 8 am every day, in case of medicines prescriptions or visit for free if needed.
Farmacia Gavinana
20 ROSSO Viale Donato Giannotti
Farmacia del Bandino
57 Via Francesco Datini
Farmacia Cortesi del Dott.Cortesi e dei Dott. Matteo Bucherelli e Paolo Bucherelli s.n.c.
107 Via Giampaolo Orsini
Do you need a dentist? Within walking distance from home.
Dentista Firenze Sud - Iris Compagnia Odontoiatrica
154 Viale Europa
Do you need a dentist? Within walking distance from home.

Panoramic terraces for a drink with view!

11 locals recommend
Grand Hotel Minerva
16 P.za di Santa Maria Novella
11 locals recommend
18 locals recommend
Plaza Hotel Lucchesi
38 Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia
18 locals recommend
6 locals recommend
Hotel La Scaletta Florence
13 Via de' Guicciardini
6 locals recommend
47 locals recommend
The Westin Excelsior, Florence
3 Piazza Ognissanti
47 locals recommend
176 locals recommend
Oblate Library
24 Via dell' Oriuolo
176 locals recommend
Grand Hotel Baglioni
6 Piazza dell'Unità Italiana
Hotel Kraft
2 Via Solferino

Around Tuscany

Don’t miss this!!!
1367 locals recommend
Siena
1367 locals recommend
1135 locals recommend
Pisa
1135 locals recommend
583 locals recommend
San Gimignano
Piazza Sant'Agostino
583 locals recommend
462 locals recommend
Monteriggioni
462 locals recommend
555 locals recommend
Pienza
555 locals recommend
17 locals recommend
Val D'Orcia Patrimonio Mondiale Unesco
17 locals recommend
331 locals recommend
Greve in Chianti
8 Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
331 locals recommend
1279 locals recommend
Lucca
1279 locals recommend
6 locals recommend
Viareggio beach
6 locals recommend
153 locals recommend
Castiglioncello
153 locals recommend
221 locals recommend
Livorno
221 locals recommend
In summer take the boat and enjoy the small islands of this archipelago !
34 locals recommend
Tuscan Archipelago National Park
34 locals recommend
In summer take the boat and enjoy the small islands of this archipelago !
11 locals recommend
Rapolano Terme station
11 locals recommend
69 locals recommend
Casciana Terme
69 locals recommend
174 locals recommend
Montecatini Terme
174 locals recommend
www.levienarranti.it Trekking in a day around Tuscany on the weekends with a group.
Le Vie Narranti
3 V.le Giovanni Milton
www.levienarranti.it Trekking in a day around Tuscany on the weekends with a group.
Do you want to hike around Tuscany? Check the program. www.andareazonzo.com
Andare a Zonzo
24 Viale Donato Giannotti
Do you want to hike around Tuscany? Check the program. www.andareazonzo.com