(Part 3/4) 9 days in Italy: Milan - Lake Como - Florence - Rome 🍝

Day 06-07

Check-out from Como at 9 a.m., drive to Florence in the afternoon. Check in at the hotel.

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🛋️ The Hoxton Florence.

Choose to stay here, even if it's a hotel chain, just say that everywhere they're localized, easy to travel, safe and unique.

The Renovate Hotel itself, the old building, gives a mixed Italian vibe, contemporary design. The room is warm tone. The decorative details are beautiful at every corner, so to speak, suitable for leisure and photography lines, of course.

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⛪ Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo di Firenze)

🕚 10: 15 AM - 3: 45 PM

The landmark is not to be missed when coming to Florence. With its unique red brick dome visible in almost every corner of the city, the exterior is adorned with marble in three colors. The interior can be viewed by Brunelleschi for a panoramic view of the city. It is considered one of the most important Renaissance architecture in the world. (Personally, it is not inside because the lines are very long. Just to see the outside is stunned. Anyone who wants to go inside is recommended to buy a ticket in advance and stay in Florence for 2 days).

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🕊️ Street of Florence.

One of the charms of Florence is a walk exploring the alleyways filled with hundreds of years old Renaissance buildings. Most of the streets are still paved with traditional stones. Every corner of the city has a cavalier and different atmosphere. Seriously, just walking around is very enjoyable. The city is very charming. Personally, Love wants to go back. 🫶🏼

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🍝 Mercato Centrale.

🕚 The opening time is closed, but the store during the daytime should be open.

Local restaurants are included in one place - pasta, lasagna, pizza, bakery and wine, or spice souvenirs. It's perfect to try many in one meal. The prices are friendlier than those in the tourist area. The feed is like a food chord, but the food is fine.

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☕️ Vivoli Affogato Bar

🕚 8: 00 AM - 9: 00 PM

After you finish your meal, do you need some dessert?

One of Florence's old dessert shops that has been open since the 1930s and is particularly known for Affogato. The signature menu is homemade gelato ice cream topped with rich hot espresso. Let's just say it's hardly the only one to be in line. Very intense. 10 / 10.

📸 one of Florence's identities with Wine Window, a small niche used to deliver wine to customers since the 16th century. Many stores now reserve coffee and dessert.

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🌳 Boboli Gardens

🕚 8: 15 AM - 7: 45 PM

🎟️ Admission: Adult €10 per person

It's time to burn Ennergy, walk from Vivoli to the park, have to walk a little uphill, suggest wearing a canvas, but seriously, walk to see the view, take a picture for a second.

The large historical garden behind the Pitti Palace is filled with sculptures, fountains and Renaissance Italian-style gardens. It is recommended to come during the Golden Hour. Warm light shines through the trees. The atmosphere is quiet. The weather is nice and pretty photographed at virtually every corner.

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Overall, if you have to choose the most impressive city on your trip, Florence would be our answer, not because it has the most landmark, but because every corner of the city is inviting you to keep going. History, art, beautiful skies and a simple but charming way of life, to become a city that wants to go back again. If you have the opportunity to go to Italy around, you will plan here for three days.

Next stop: Rome 🛵🌳🌞🤎

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