Hello,
I'm visiting Florence for 5 nights at the end of August and the start of September (30-8 till 4-9) and I have a couple of questions.
1. The temperature, is it still really hot that time of your or does it start to cool down a little already?
2. It could be that this question has been asked before, it's about the value of the Firenze card. We don't plan on using a lot of public transportation, we have accommodations right around the corner of ponte vecchio. We would like to visit the duomo, pitti palace, boboli gardens, uffizi gallery and we'd like to walk around the city and visit some more gardens, maybe a day trip into the country with a rental car. Are there a lot of things like gardens and churches where you have to pay an entrance fee and is a Firenze card worth the money now you know about our plans? Can you skip the line with the Firenze pass?
3. Now that I've said it, is everything really in walking distance from our location?
4. It's hard to find information about entrance prices, for example is it possible to buy a combined ticket for the palace and the gardens and the other museums attached to it like the costume museum. Because I have found combined tickets for the gardens and these museums, but there is no mention about the palace.
5. I'd really love to visit the Vasari corridor and I have found some tours but are they really open or are these things just scams? Because it often costs a lot of money and I'd hate to get ripped off. Do any of you have advice for a trustworthy tour agency for these tickets.
6. Talking about tickets, what are the official websites to buy tickets to museums and such, like the gardens and the palace?
Sorry for all of these questions but i really can't seem to find proper answers to my questions anywhere else. I've already done a lot of research. Thanks in advance!
Nadine
I'm visiting Florence for 5 nights at the end of August and the start of September (30-8 till 4-9) and I have a couple of questions.
1. The temperature, is it still really hot that time of your or does it start to cool down a little already?
2. It could be that this question has been asked before, it's about the value of the Firenze card. We don't plan on using a lot of public transportation, we have accommodations right around the corner of ponte vecchio. We would like to visit the duomo, pitti palace, boboli gardens, uffizi gallery and we'd like to walk around the city and visit some more gardens, maybe a day trip into the country with a rental car. Are there a lot of things like gardens and churches where you have to pay an entrance fee and is a Firenze card worth the money now you know about our plans? Can you skip the line with the Firenze pass?
3. Now that I've said it, is everything really in walking distance from our location?
4. It's hard to find information about entrance prices, for example is it possible to buy a combined ticket for the palace and the gardens and the other museums attached to it like the costume museum. Because I have found combined tickets for the gardens and these museums, but there is no mention about the palace.
5. I'd really love to visit the Vasari corridor and I have found some tours but are they really open or are these things just scams? Because it often costs a lot of money and I'd hate to get ripped off. Do any of you have advice for a trustworthy tour agency for these tickets.
6. Talking about tickets, what are the official websites to buy tickets to museums and such, like the gardens and the palace?
Sorry for all of these questions but i really can't seem to find proper answers to my questions anywhere else. I've already done a lot of research. Thanks in advance!
Nadine