Known for
On the far bank are Santo Spirito, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Garden, while the Brancacci Chapel lies further west, at the foot, not on Michelangelo's hill.
Palaces across the river
Oltrarno
Oltrarno
Piazza Santo Spirito, Piazza de' Pitti, Via Maggio, Piazza del Carmine
The far bank: Santo Spirito, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens. The Brancacci Chapel is further west, in the same quarter, at the foot of the hill rather than up by Michelangelo.
Why go
The second walk, after the centre. Boboli is better in the morning, Pitti by day, Santo Spirito toward evening.
Where to stay
A good base if the day was spent in the centre and the night should be quieter. The cathedral is across Ponte Vecchio, not far. The suitcase belongs here.
Local guide
Fedor Samorodov · guide
Boboli is entered from the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti. The Brancacci Chapel is in Santa Maria del Carmine: west from Santo Spirito along short streets, not the road up to Piazzale Michelangelo.
Where to have it
- Ditta Artigianale Oltrarno — Вторая кофейня Санапо, в послевоенном доме Джованни Микелуччи у Пьяцца делла Пассера. Кофе, кухня и барная стойка.
- La Cité — Книжная-кофейня на Борго Сан-Фредиано. Городские журналы пишут её как культурный зал Ольтрарно: полка, разговоры и кофе.
- L'Ornitorinco — Книжная и бар Лилит Джанелле на виа ди Камальдоли, у Пьяцца Тассо. Кофе, вино и полка независимых книг в одной комнате.