Authentic Florence

Everyone knows that Florence was the «cradle of the Renaissance», but how was the city before and Leonardo and Michelangelo were born?

This route is particularly suitable for families with children and will lead you through places full of stories and anecdotes, telling about the time when Florence was the city of merchants and bankers, with the tower houses dating back the fight between Guelfs and Ghibellines, the ancient headquarters of the Florentine Guilds escaped the destructions of the 19^th century and small churches of unexpected beauty overlooking narrow and quiet alleys…

The visit starts from Piazza della Repubblica and goes ahead through the narrow lanes leading you to the medieval district, which gathers ancient houses, towers and the Dante's House, the building where the poet is assumed to be born and not far from the church where he first met Beatrice.

Then you come to Palazzo Davanzati, seat of the Museum of Ancient Florentine House, where the frescoed rooms with wooden ceilings have been decorated according to the typical style of the houses owned by Florentine merchants or bankers between Middle ages and Renaissance, showing carved and inlaid furniture, chests, paintings, chests, tapestries, sculptures, ceramics and cooking tools.