Pitti Palace Boboli Garden & Palatina Gallery Guided Tour
Florence

Price: €98
Min age: 6
Rating 4.80 / 5 [115 ratings]
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Laid out on the hill that stretches up behind the Pitti Palace, this 16th-century former playground for the Medici family is one of the most beautiful gardens in Italy.
This shady green oasis makes a wonderful escape on a hot, summer’s day and is criss-crossed by pathways, dotted with fountains and scattered with lichen-covered statues.
At the top is the walled Giardino del Cavaliere with wonderful views over the rural outskirts of Florence. Walk down via the Neptune fountain and the amphitheatre which was built to hold Medici court spectacles.
Don’t miss the Grotta di Buontalenti and the famous Mannerist statue of Cosimo I’s dwarf riding a turtle.
The garden is a 20-minute walk from Santa Maria Novella train station.
Most tourists stick to the area of the garden around the main Pitti Palace entrance; anyone wandering further afield to the lower garden is likely to find themselves with local Mums and their bambini and the odd Boboli cat.
The gardens are open all year round, seven days a week. It’s closed on the first and last Mondays of the month from November until May.
The garden is particularly magical early in the morning; it opens at 8.15am.
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