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The Uffizi Gallery
Florence, Piazzale degli Uffizi 
The Uffizi Gallery is one of the favorite places for tourists, often there are mind-blowing lines at the entrance, but they should be defended in order to see for their own eyes the unique architecture of the museum, and most importantly the unique paintings of the most outstanding artists of the world collected in it.
Palazzo-Pitti
Florence, Piazza Pitti 1 
Palazzo-Pitti is the largest palace and one of the largest museum complexes in Florence.
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Florence, Piazza di San Lorenzo, 9 
One of the oldest churches in the city, founded in the 4th century. Here you can see the tombs of the clan of the Medici in all the pompous splendor of the marble statues. Pay attention to the excellent chairs of Donatello's work.
Basilica of Santa Croce
Florence, Piazza Santa Croce, 16 
The Basilica of Santa Croce is primarily famous for its "Pantheon of Florence" - the graves of famous city dwellers, to which Florence was unusually generous. Here rest Galileo, Dante, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Rossini and many others.
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Florence, Piazza del Duomo 
The oldest building in the historic center of Florence, which dates back to the 5th century. A highlight is the eastern gate with 10 gilded bas-relief panels on biblical themes.
The Academy Gallery in Florence
Florence, Via Ricasoli 58-60 
The Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts is one of the most visited museums in Florence.
The Medici Chapel
Firenze, Via del Canto dei Nelli, 2-4 
This memorial chapel is located at the church of San Lorenzo. Art historians call the chapel of the Medici one of the greatest creations of Michelangelo. And the era of the late Renaissance in general. Michelangelo was a brilliant sculptor, painter, architect, poet ...
Giotto's Belltower
Florence, Piazza del Duomo 
Giotto's bell tower is located on the Duomo Square, 30 meters from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Like the dome of the cathedral, it is most suitable for the panoramic views of Florence.
Corridor Vasari
Florence, Piazzale degli Uffizi 
Built by architect Giorgio Vasari in just five months, the corridor between the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti in the 19th century was adapted to a gallery of self-portraits. Here you can find out what Rafael, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Bernini looked like.
Museum of the Opera del Duomo
Florence, Piazza del Duomo, 9 
The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum is an alternative to the Academy Gallery. The museum displays the masterpieces of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
The San Marco Museum
Florence, Piazza San Marco 3 
In the monastery of San Marco long lived Beato Angelico, so here is the world's largest collection of his paintings. In particular, the Annunciation and The Last Judgment (1431).
National Museum of Bargello
Florence, Via del Proconsolo 4 
The National Museum of Bargello has collected almost the entire history of Italian sculpture: from carved medieval monstrosities to marble from Jambologni and Ammanati.
Palazzo-Vecchio
Via Porta Rossa, 15 
In addition to the container of numerous masterpieces of painting and sculpture, Palazzo Vecchio is an architectural pearl in itself, coupled with rich interiors. Here you can see a copy of the famous "David" Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Square
Florence, Piazzale Michelangelo 
Extensive open space at the top of the hill, from which a magnificent view of Florence opens.
Piazza della Signoria
Florence, Piazza della Signoria 
Located in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, is the focus of a mass of interesting sculptures - from David Michelangelo to Judith and Holofernes by Donatello and Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa.
Ponte Vecchio
Florence, Ponte Vecchio 
The oldest bridge in Florence and one of the most popular "postcard" views of the city. Along the bridge there are numerous jewelry stores that have been dating since the Medici times.
Boboli Gardens
Florence, Piazza Pitti, 1 
The famous Boboli gardens around the world, located next to the residence of the dukes of the Medici Palazzo Pitti, are considered a garden sculpture museum. At one time they served as a model for breaking all the European royal parks, including Versailles.
Santa Maria del Fiore
Florence, Piazza San Giovanni 
One of the most ancient and recognizable buildings in Florence is the Gothic Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. This pearl of world architecture for seven centuries amazes with its grace and grandeur and is a true adornment of the city.
Santa Maria Novella
Florence, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella 
The church of Santa Maria Novella is well-known for its light openwork facade, reminiscent of the inlaid casket. In the interior of a considerable number of works of art: Greek murals and marble tombstones.
The Verdi Theater in Florence
Firenze, Via Ghibellina, 101 
The Teatro Verdi Theater in Florence counts its history from 1854. The opening of one of the seven largest at that time theatrical scenes in Italy took place under the aria of Giuseppe Verdi's already famous opera Rigoletto. Almost half a century later, the theater was officially named after the Italian composer.
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Sunny Florence, the capital of Tuscany, is famous for the fact that it was from here that Europe stepped into the Renaissance. It's not for nothing that they say that you can not step here without getting into a museum: the number of attractions in this European city is incredibly great, and it's completely turning your head. If you saw Florence on postcards or bookstands, the first thing that probably was remembered with the mention of this city is Ponte Vecchio, a bridge across the Arno River.
Ponte Vecchio was first built during the time of Ancient Rome: then this bridge was wooden, it was pummeled and washed off by floods, rebuilt again and again, but to this day it has preserved its original appearance. And when you stand over the river and look at it, it feels like time passes through you.
Climbing the spacious Piazzale Michelangelo on the hill, you will surely feel the heart stop beating for a moment .Below, right before your eyes, Florence will spread out in all its glory, its greatness, its originality .One of the most beautiful in Italy, Piazza della Signoria is another famous place in Florence, a place of striking harmony and a cluster of works of art .It is here that the Palace of Vecchio and the "Fountain of Neptune" with the marble god of water .Most of the masterpieces sculpting the Piazza della Signoria are copies, but this does not detract from their fascinating beauty .
Having risen on the spacious Piazzale Michelangelo located on the hill, you will certainly feel how the heart stops for a moment.
Adjoining the Medici residence are the world-famous Boboli Gardens - a park of stunning beauty with terraces, elegant fountains and romantic arbors, along the paths of which there are sculptures reminiscent of the times from antiquity to the XVII century. From here you can also admire Florence - this ancient and beautiful city, in which you want to return again and again.
The dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (otherwise called Duomo) can be seen from almost anywhere in the city: you walk along the street and suddenly from this gap between the houses this magnificent and stunning arch of one of the world's largest basilicas grows .The cathedral is interesting and its interiors: its walls and a dome from inside are painted with magnificent art scenes of the work of great masters .Now there is a museum in the cathedral where you can see such canvases as "Lamentation of Christ" by Michelangelo and "Mary Magdalene" by Donatello .If you have the strength to climb the observation deck, you will see a breathtaking view of Florence .
In the Basilica of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest churches in Florence, are the tombs of the Medici clan. The basilica of Santa Croce with incredible frescoes by Giotto and colorful stained-glass windows is known thanks to the "Pantheon of Florence", where the graves of such remarkable people as Galileo, Dante and Michelangelo are located. Among dozens of churches and cathedrals, there is even the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ and Nicholas the Wonderworker in Florence.
The Uffizi Gallery is rightly considered to be one of the most magnificent museums not only in Italy, but all over the world. The gallery exhibits the unsurpassed works of such world masters as Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Masaccio, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Piero del Francesca, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, Durer, Goya, Rembrandt and many others.
In the palace of Palazzo Pitti there is a whole complex of museums. Among them - Palantine Gallery, where priceless works of Titian, Raphael, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Velasquez, Van Dyck and Rubens are stored; treasury of the Medici, Gallery of Modern Art, museums of silver, costume, porcelain and carriages.
The attendance surpasses all the galleries of the Academy of Fine Arts (Galleria dell'Accademia): here is the "David" of Michelangelo, as well as many paintings and sculptures of masters of world renown.
The most complete collection of paintings by Beato Angelico is kept in the monastery of San Marco, where the artist once lived. Milestones of the history of Italian sculpture, dating back to the Middle Ages, can be traced in the National Museum of Bargello.
It is possible to list museums of Florence for a very long time, among which there is the Museum of Michelangelo, the museum of the famous couturier Fondazione Roberto Capucci, the Museum of the History of Science, where Galileo telescopes are stored, the St. Mark's Museum, the Museum of the History of Photography, the Botanical Museum and many other remarkable museums worth visiting