Florence

10.21.2018 - 10.27.2018 65 °F

Haters gonna hate.
It’s my blog and I’ll write what I want to.

Florence, not a fan. I know, I know, I must be insane not to like such a beautiful historic place, but I just didn’t enjoy my time here.

Florence is big! Everything is massive - the buildings, the art, the Churches, the crowds. Oh, the crowds. You are so busy dodging people while you are walking, you can’t enjoy the beautiful sights. If the crowds are this big in October, I would hate to see what it’s like during high season. The city is a walking history museum all on its own, then add all the actual museum and it can be overwhelming. We bought the Firenze art pass which is now €85 for 72 hours (recently raised from €72). With this pass you were supposed to get special access but reality is, a lot of people get this pass so your special access isn’t so special. It can be confusing navigating all the different museums and the guidance you get isn’t always the best because the workers are so busy. Is it worth the price, depends on how much you enjoy museums and walking up the stairs! And yes, there are a lot of stairs. 463 steps to the top of the Duomo and 414 steps to the top of the tower of Palazzo Vecchio. Our Airbnb had 72 steps which gave us an excuse to end our day with the an oversize two scoop gelato. The food was fabulous, the shopping was amazing and did I mention the gelato? Okay, so Florence wasn’t so bad now that I think about it, but I won’t be putting this on my must revisit cities.