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Day Trips from Florence
Day trips from Florence, picked by real distance from verified coordinates — every guide below passed the same checks as the rest of the site.
Siena 51 km away
attraction Horti Leonini: Siena Travel Guide (4.4★)
Horti Leonini is a small Renaissance garden in San Quirico d'Orcia, on the Via Francigena between Siena and Montalcino, open daily 8am to 7pm and free to enter. 4.4★ (1,104 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Salimbeni: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Palazzo Salimbeni sits on Piazza Salimbeni in Siena, a few minutes' walk north of Piazza del Campo, and it's the historic headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank. 4.6★ (3,023 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Santa Maria della Scala: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is the former pilgrim hospital on Piazza del Duomo, directly across from the Cathedral, now a sprawling museum of frescoes, archaeology and Renaissance art. 4.6★ (1,788 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Siena Cathedral: Travel Guide
Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena) is one of Italy's great Gothic-Romanesque cathedrals, its black-and-white striped marble facade and interior visible from Piazza del Duomo in the historic center.
hidden gem Piazza del Campo: Siena Travel Guide
Piazza del Campo is Siena's shell-shaped medieval square, ringed by the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia, and the stage for the Palio horse race every July 2 and August 16.
Ended Palio dell'Assunta (Palio di Siena): What to Know (Siena)
The Palio dell'Assunta was set for August 16, 2026, in Piazza del Campo, Siena — a 90-second bareback horse race between 10 of the city's 17 contrade (neighborhood districts), preceded by hours of pageantry and a slow historical procession.
Pisa 69 km away
attraction Battistero di San Giovanni: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Battistero di San Giovanni in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo is the round, marble-clad building standing between the Leaning Tower and the Cathedral, open daily 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM. 4.7★ (4,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa: Travel Guide
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa sits inside the former Certosa di Calci, a 14th-century Carthusian monastery about 8km east of Pisa proper, open daily 9am to 7pm. 4.7★ (6,674 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Tower of Pisa: Travel Guide (4.7★)
The Leaning Tower is open daily from 9am to 8pm, and it's genuinely worth climbing, not just photographing. 4.7★ (198,489 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza del Duomo: Pisa Travel Guide (4.7★)
Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, also called the Piazza dei Miracoli, is a walled lawn in the city's northwest corner holding the Leaning Tower, the cathedral, the Baptistery and the Camposanto. 4.7★ (142,697 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Logge dei Banchi: Pisa Travel Guide (4.3★)
Logge dei Banchi is an open stone loggia in central Pisa, on Via di Banchi at the south end of Ponte di Mezzo, where Corso Italia meets the Arno. 4.3★ (1,316 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza dei Cavalieri: Pisa Travel Guide (4.6★)
Piazza dei Cavalieri is Pisa's second square, a five-minute walk from the Leaning Tower, and it's calmest between 7am and 9am on weekdays (7am–10am weekends) before tour groups arrive. 4.6★ (12,114 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Bologna 81 km away
attraction Giardini Margherita: Bologna Travel Guide (4.6★)
Giardini Margherita is Bologna's largest public park, spread across the southeastern edge of the city center near Porta Santo Stefano and Porta Castiglione. 4.6★ (17,908 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica di San Petronio: Bologna Travel Guide (4.5★)
Basilica di San Petronio sits on Piazza Maggiore in central Bologna, open daily 10am–6pm. 4.5★ (6,269 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Museo per la Memoria di Ustica: Bologna Travel Guide (4.8★)
Museo per la Memoria di Ustica sits in the Bolognina district of Bologna, inside a converted former tram depot on Via di Saliceto. 4.8★ (1,799 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Piazza Maggiore: Bologna Travel Guide
Piazza Maggiore is Bologna's medieval heart, framed by the unfinished marble façade of the Basilica di San Petronio, the crenellated Palazzo d'Accursio and Palazzo dei Notai, and the neighboring Piazza del Nettuno with Giambologna's bronze Neptune fountain.
hidden gem Portici di Bologna: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Portici di Bologna is the city's network of covered arcades, and Piazza Cavour in central Bologna, a short walk south of Piazza Maggiore, is one of the best places to start. 4.7★ (928 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Mercato delle Erbe: Bologna Travel Guide (4.3★)
Mercato delle Erbe is Bologna's covered food market at Via Ugo Bassi 25, a short walk west of Piazza Maggiore, with stalls selling produce, cured meats and cheeses, plus places to eat. 4.3★ (14,492 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Cinque Terre 121 km away
attraction Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere covers the headland, coastline and islands around Porto Venere village, just south of the Cinque Terre, and it's open 24 hours every day with no ticket gate at the entrance. 4.7★ (9,795 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Castello San Giorgio: Cinque Terre Travel Guide (4.4★)
Castello San Giorgio sits above La Spezia, not in one of the five Cinque Terre villages themselves, making it an easy add-on day trip via the train line that serves both. 4.4★ (3,308 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Cinque Terre National Park is five cliffside villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore — linked by hiking trails, trains and boats along Liguria's protected coast. 4.7★ (46,756 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Sentiero Monterosso - Vernazza: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
The Monterosso–Vernazza leg is the classic first stretch of the Sentiero Azzurro (Blue Trail): about 3.3km, 1.5–2 hours of climbing and descending between vineyards and cliffside sea views. 4.5★ (1,414 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.