Florence, narrated as you walk it
Self-guided audio walks through Florence — hand-crafted stop by stop, told in your ear as you reach each one. Start free, in your browser.
Pianta di Florence
A narrator in your ear, not a group to follow
Start the free walk
Open Trove in your browser, put your earphones in. No booking, no card, no group to meet.
Walk stop to stop
At each stop the narrator tells you the story of the thing in front of you — right as you look at it.
Ask for more
Every stop goes deeper if you want it to, and moves on if you don't. You set the pace.
8 stops, plotted for you
A hand-curated line through Florence — 1.7 km, 21 minutes of walking, one to two hours with the stories. Tap a stop to find it on the plan.
- 01
Piazza del Duomo
The cathedral that bankrupted a city's pride — crowned by a dome everyone said was impossible.
- 02
The Baptistery
The golden doors a sculptor lost — and the rival who called them the Gates of Paradise.
- 03
Orsanmichele
A tall church on the shopping street that's secretly a fortress of Renaissance sculpture — free to step into.
- 04
Piazza della Signoria & Palazzo Vecchio
Florence's living room — an open-air sculpture gallery on the spot where the city burned its vanities, and its preacher.
- 05
The Uffizi
The world's greatest gallery — built as a set of government offices, by a man in a hurry.
- 06
Ponte Vecchio
The bridge of gold that outlived war, plague and flood — with a secret passage running over your head.
- 07
The Wine Windows
Tiny doors in the walls, just big enough for a bottle — Florence's most charming hidden secret.
- 08
Santa Croce
The church where Florence buries its geniuses — Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, all under one roof.
Florence is small enough to walk end to end in an afternoon, and dense enough to spend a lifetime on. Half the Renaissance happened within a few hundred metres of the Duomo, which means you're never far from something extraordinary, and never sure which extraordinary thing you're looking at. Trove fixes that. Put your earphones in and walk the route, and at each stop the narrator tells you what you're standing in front of: who paid for this, who painted that, why this doorway mattered. When a stop hooks you, ask for more and it goes deeper. When it doesn't, walk on. No guilt either way.
The free walk is the place to start: eight stops over about 1.7 kilometres of the city's heart. The walking itself takes barely twenty minutes, but plan on a couple of hours, because Florence is where the gap between "walking time" and "actual time" gets embarrassing. It's completely free, full narration included, no card needed. When you're ready for more, Florence's museums and great sites each have their own dedicated tours from €2.99, and the City Pass at €12.99 opens everything. Whatever you've already bought comes off the price of a pass, so you can start small without ever paying twice.
Inside Orsanmichele: a free mini tour
4 short stories inside Orsanmichele — included free in the Trove app, no unlock needed.
- 01
The Granary That Became a Church.
A medieval grain market that a miracle turned into a church — with its market bones still showing.
- 02
The Grain Chutes Hidden in the Pillars.
Run your eye up the pillars and find the holes where wheat once poured down into the market.
- 03
Orcagna's Tabernacle.
The plague made this confraternity rich — and they spent it on the most dazzling shrine in Italy.
- 04
The Guilds in Stone.
Step back outside and you're surrounded by a sculpture contest the great guilds fought in marble and bronze.
Unlock once. Yours to keep.
8 stops, complete narration, no card required. It's how Trove introduces itself — not a teaser.
Try it freeFull tours of Florence's great sites and museums, one at a time. Quick versions of smaller spots from €0.99.
Every historic site — or every museum — in Florence, unlocked in one go. Two focused passes when you don't need the whole city.
Everything Trove has in Florence. Anything you've already bought comes off the price — you never pay twice.
Start with the free walk, then try a single tour if it grabs you — whatever you pay comes off the price of a Pass, so you never pay twice. No subscription; unlock once in the app, yours to keep.
Florence questions, answered
Is the Florence walking tour really free?
Yes. All eight stops with complete narration, no catch and no tip expected. Paid tours cover the individual museums and sites (from €2.99), but the free walk is the full product, not a sample.
Do I need to book anything?
No. It's self-guided, so there's no meeting point and no departure time. Start it over breakfast or save it for the evening when the day-trippers thin out.
Do I need mobile data?
Only to load the tour the first time. Once it's downloaded, the audio and text work offline, so the smart move is to grab it over hotel wifi and head out with roaming off. Trove isn't a navigation app though, so if you want Google Maps between stops, that part may still use data.
How long does the walk take?
About 1.7 km of flat, compact city centre. The walking is around twenty minutes; with the stories and the stopping, budget one to two hours.
Does Trove cover the museums as well as the walk?
It does. Florence's museums and major sites have their own dedicated tours in Trove, with quick versions for smaller spots from €0.99. Buy one for €2.99 and that money comes off any pass you upgrade to later. No double paying, no need to commit on day one.
