Top 10 lists for Florence

The top sights, experiences, masterpieces, restaurants, museums, hotels, churches, and other things a visitor wants out of Florence

If you had a year in Florence, you could do it all. Chances are, you only have a few days. (If you do, I also put together some perfect Florence itineraries to help you tackle the Cradle of the Renaissance even if all you have is 1 day, 2 days, or 3 days.)

The lists below will help you prioritize which are the best of the best—and which are the rest, the things to do only if you have the time or inclination.

These lists run from the expected—top 10 sights, top 10 hotels, top 10 museums—to the more esoteric—top 10 masterpieces, top 10 experiences, Top 10 Florentines you need to know.

Then there's Reid's List, a collection of all the sights and experiences I happen to love in Florence that don't make the cut for "top 10" but do help make a Florence visit unique and special.

Top 10 Sights 1) Uffizi Galleries 2) The Duomo (cathedral) 3) Piazza della Signoria 4) The Accademia (David) 5) San Lorenzo leather market 6) Ponte Vecchio 7) Bargello 8) Pitti Palace 9) Santa Croce 10) Santa Maria Novella	Top 10 masterpieces 1) Michelangelo's David 2) Botticelli's Birth of Venus 3) Botticelli's Allegory of Spring 4) Giotto's Maestà 5) Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation 6) Brunelleschi's Dome 7) Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise" 8) Donatello's David 9) Masaccio's Trinità 10) Fra Angelico's San Marco frescoes	Top 10 experiences 1) Climbing Brunelleschi's dome 2) Shopping in the San Lorenzo outdoor market 3) Indulging in a Tuscan feast at Il Latini 4) Joining a walking tour 5) Taking a half-day cooking class 6) Enjoying panino and wine at a fiaschetteria 7) Walking the Corridorio Vasariano 8) Enjoying an afternoon in Fiesole 9) Puttering around on a vespa 10) One word: gelato
Top 10 museums 1) Uffizi 2) Accademia 3) Bargello 4) Pitti Palace 5) Museo dell'Opera del Duomo 6) Palazzo Vecchio 7) Palazzo Medici-Riccardi 8) Galileo Museum 9) Casa Buonarotti 10) Dante's "House"	Top 10 churches 1) Duomo (cathedral) 2) Baptistery 3) Santa Croce 4) Santa Maria Novella 5) Santa Maria della Carmine 6) San Lorenzo 7) San Miniato al Monte 8) Santa Trìnita 9) Santo Spirito 10) Orsanmichele	Top 10 free things 1) Free? In Florence? You're joking, right? 2) Duomo 3) Baptistery Gates of Paradise 4) Piazza della Signoria 5) Ponte Vecchio 6) San Lorenzo market 7) San Miniato al Monte 8) Santa Trìnita 9) Orsanmichele 10) Santo Spirito
Top 10 hotels 1) Pensione Maria Luisa de' Medici [€€] 2) Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo [€€€€€] 3) Hotel Palazzo Niccolini al Duomo [€€€€] 4) Residenza del Proconsolo [€€] 5) Hotel de' Lanzi [€€] 6) Hotel Torre Guelfa [€€€] 7) Hotel Monna Lisa [€€€€] 8) Hotel Loggiato dei Serviti [€€€] 9) Hotel Morandi alla Crocetta [€€€] 10) Grand Hotel Cavour [€€€]	Top 10 shopping opportunities 1) San Lorenzo market (leather, souvenirs) 2) Boutiques around Via Tornabuoni (fashion) 3) Enoteca Alessi (wine) 4) Scriptorium (leather notebooks) 5) Madova (leather gloves) 6) La Botteghina del Ceramista (ceramics) 7) Pitti Mosaici (stone inlay & mosaic) 8) BM Bookshop (books in English) 9) Mercato Nuovo (del Porcellino) (souvenirs) 10) Ponte Vecchio (jewelry)	Top 10 dining experiences 1) Il Latini [meal] 2) La Giostra [meal] 3) I Fratellini [snack] 4) Acqua Al 2 [meal] 5) Le Mossacce [meal] 6) Trattoria Antichi Cancelli [meal] 7) Da Mario [light meal] 8) Da Nerbone [snack] 9) A picnic fit for a Medici [snack] 10) Gelato [snack]
Top 10 Florentines you need to know 1) Michelangelo 2) Giotto 3) Leonardo da Vinci 4) Botticelli 5) Donatello 6) Brunelleschi 7) Dante 8) Lorenzo "The Magnificent" de' Medici 9) Cosimo I de' Medici 10) Savonarola Bonus) The Medici clan	Reid's List 1) Museo dell'Opera del Duomo 2) A day in Fiesole 3) Lunch at I Fratellini 4) Dinner at Il Latini 5) Taking a half-day cooking class 6) Cheese and wine at Pitti Gola e Cantina 7) Visiting San Miniato al Monte 8) The Brancacci Chapel of SM del Carmine 9) Gozzoli's frescos in Palazzo Medici-Riccardi 10) SS. Annunziata	Top 10 sidetrips 1) Fiesole 2) Chianti 3) Pisa 4) Siena 5) San Gimignano 6) Lucca 7) Montepulciano 8) Pienza 9) Prato 10) Pistoia

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