The hill above the river

San Niccolò

San Niccolò

Via di San Niccolò, Via dei Bardi, Rampe del Poggi, Piazzale Michelangelo

  • Hill
  • View
  • San Miniato
  • Climb

The climb from the church of San Niccolò and the Stefano Bardini Museum up to piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al Monte. This is the hill over the river, east of Pitti.

Map

San Niccolò
Photo: PROPOLI87, CC BY-SA 4.0

Known for

A climb from the church of San Niccolò and the Bardini Museum up to Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al Monte: the hill above the river, east of the Pitti.

Why go

Later in the afternoon, when the light falls on the city from above. In the morning the hill can wait. The cathedral comes first.

Where to stay

The suitcase stays by the Duomo or in Oltrarno. Go up in the afternoon and come back down to sleep.

Local guide

Fedor Samorodov · guide

The Bardini Museum is down on Via dei Bardi, before the ramps, and you climb to Piazzale Michelangelo on foot from the San Niccolò gate. San Miniato is above the viewpoint: a short further climb, not a continuation of Boboli.

Where to have it

  • Floret — Floret стоит на Via di San Niccolò. Бар в Сан-Никколо, берут бокал в зале. Дверь с улицы.