In this video, we'll talk about six tips that you
should know before your trip to Florence. Let's go!
Florence is a very small city. It is very compact and walkable. In fact there is not a bad area to
avoid staying in but if you want to stay somewhere close to the main attractions, we suggest that
you stay somewhere in the vicinity of Piazza del Duomo or Piazza della Signoria but if you are looking
for a quieter area and slightly cheaper hotel stay across the river in Arno district, even in that
case you are still close to the major attractions which are located on the other side of the river.
Florence is home to some of the most famous museums in the world so no surprise for long lineups.
Duomo, David and Uffizi gallery or among those museums with insane long lineup.
How about Goliath!?
No, it's just David!
So instead of waiting in line for hours, buy your ticket in advance. You can book a specific time and
date to skip the line and enter the museum without wasting your time.
So although we went there during pandemic
and we expected the lineup to be not super long, we were very surprised to see how much
We had to stay in line. And we bought skip the line ticket so it was very fast and quick for us.
Otherwise, we estimated like about 2-3 hours of waiting. I should mention that Duomo
is free and you have to wait in line to enter but if you go early in the morning the lineup is less.
Florence is like an open-air museum. It is packed with attractions and sighst but the best part is that
it is entirely accessible on foot. Straight out of the main train station to Basilica
Santa Maria, Medici chapel, Academia museum, Uffizi Gallery and Piazza Della Signoria all are just 30 minutes walk.
So be prepared for a lot of walk.
That's why i think you should definitely wear comfortable shoes. Don't wear high heels and
similar to what we talked about in our video about travel to Rome, wear some vaseline
or some kind of lubricant between your thighs.
Trust me! This advice will really save you a lot of pain .
Good point! Specifically, in summer when it is hot and humid so you should be more careful about it.
Summer in Florence is hot, specifically in July and August it is hot and humid. Totally
unpleasant and this is where we made our first mistake during our trip to Florence.
It was i think 37-38 degrees Celsius so around 100 degrees Fahrenheits.
So we would wake up, we would have our breakfast and then we go out around I don't know 10-11 am
and it was almost unbearable so then y we would be tired in 3-4 hours.
So that's what we did in the first two days and it didn't work well at all.
So the trick for surviving Florence's summer was that we tried to get up super early in the morning
and get out around 7 -7:30 a.m for sightseeing then we came back to our hotel room around 11-11:30 am.
We stayed in our room which had air conditioning and it was quite cool and convenient till 5 -5:30 pm.
Then we went out again till late night so if you are traveling to Florence during hot months,
don't forget to drink a lot of water, dress properly for the heat, like a big hat and sunscreen
and also when you're booking your place make sure that you book a place that has proper AC.
So now let's talk about photography and this is where we made our second mistake of the trip.
Basically we were trying to take photos in the middle of the day in the afternoon
in the evening and then we came up with this neat trick so when we started leaving
early in the morning like 7-7:30. No one was around. So if you are into
photography, this is how you can take great photos without crowd bothering you.
That was a great point from your perspective because he is in charge of photography.
Yeah, because i have to take like 100 photos
of every scene so now I could make like 10 photos instead of 100! 100 photos if not more,
So let's talk about food my favorite subjects! Florence like other major cities in Italy has its
special dish which is Florentine steak. We have a very good friend in Florence and she really helped us a lot.
She gave us a lot of local tips that helped us a lot to enjoy our stay in Florence more.
There are a lot of steakhouses in Florence and it's hard to choose one or the best one .
She recommended to us an amazing restaurant for trying Florentine steak and it turned out
to be one of our greatest experiences in Florence. i highly recommend you to try this Florentini Dish.
You won't regret it! The size as you can see here it was gigantic so we barely managed
to finish it but we did that. It is a bit pricey but it's once in a life thing.
So that was all that we wanted to share with you. Hopefully the tips that we shared in this
video are useful for you too. If you are traveling to Rome, there is another video
you can find in this link that we shared the tips and mistakes
that we made in Rome. Thank you for watching this video and see you in our next video. Ciao!