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Ponte Vecchio, Florence [Firenze in Italian], Italy

The best overview of Florence is from the hilltop Piazzale Michelangelo, and the best time to be there is in the morning with the sun behind you. This is an excellent starting point for a walk around the city's main sights.
Then it's a short stroll beside the river to incredible Ponte Vecchio or a diversion left to visit the Palazzo Pitti. Cross the bridge and almost immediately you'll be in Florence's best square, della Signoria [photo below], with Uffizi and Palazzo Vecchio museums only metres away.
Next it's either a trot right to visit Santa Croce church and its tombs of medieval celebrities or 5 minutes up Via de Calzaiuoli to the Duomo area - Piazza di San Giovanni, to admire the elaborate exterior and the interiors of both the Duomo [free] and the Baptistry.

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Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria, and Cellini's Perseus with the head of Medusa.

Il Duomo, Florence's huge and colourful [mainly the exterior] cathedral.

Great value and style shopping in Firenze street markets as well as some shops.

Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Arno River south bank.

Not only Florence's best viewpoint but Piazzale Michelangelo is also [IMHO] the best morning Firenze tour starting point and all-day free parking, a major plus as finding parking in the city generally is difficult, pricey and frequently incomprehensible while the core attractions are impossible to park near, though they are compactly located so all are within an easy walk of each other once you're there.

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