Florence, Italy
Things to do:
-Cooking class (Get Your Guide $90ish/person)
-Duomo (climb dome, need ticket, dome opens at 8:30am, $35, WANT 8:15 time slot)
-Accademia (Statue of David, skip the line tickets $30, need an hr)
-Piazzale Michelangelo (sunset hilltop)
-Mercado Centrale (SAN LORENZO Market) (open til 2:30, closed on Sundays)
-Ponte Vecchio (oldest bridge, only one to survive WW2)
-Andreas walking tour ($43, 2hrs, Airbnb, offered at night)
-best of Florence walking tour with David and the Duomo ($100, 3hrs, takewalks.com)
-Piazza della Signoria (main city square)
Places to eat:
-Coffee Mantra (breakfast)
-Osteria pastella (over rated?)
-Gelateria Vivoli (near Basilica of Santa Croce)
-Gelateria Della Passera
-La Casalinga
-Enoteca Alla Sosta Dei Papi (wine)
Where to stay:
-Santa Croce & Sant’Ambrogio (5-10am walk to city center)
NOT TO STAY: San Marco and Santa Maria Novella
Arrive in Florence (from Rome) Saturday June 15 PM:
-Mercado Centrale
-Piazzale Michelangelo (sunset)
Sunday June 16:
-Brunelleschis dome (3ish)
Monday
-walking tour (3hrs, David/other historical sites) end at 12
-pasta class
Tuesday