When to go to Florence

What is the best time of year to visit Florence, Italy?

What's the best time to go to Florence? As with most of Europe, Florence is at its finest in the spring (March to May) and fall (September to mid-November).

Summer (June to August) brings the biggest tourist crowds—not that springtime is much less crowded.

Winter (mid-November to February) is chilly but not brutally cold, and it can snow, but not much, and is the least crowded time of year.

My favorite season is autumn; less crowded than springtime, the weather is still pretty nice, and—since Tuscans are real hunter-gatherer types—the best time for true Tuscan cuisine.

October is the vendemmia (wine harvest)—vino novello new wine is released on November 6—November is the olive harvest (which means fresh olive oil). The wild boar hunt is on, folks gather chestnuts from the woods on weekends to create chestnut-flour sweets, and truffle hunting season gets in full swing.

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