The Trove Edit: a free self-guided walking tour of Florence
- 8 stops
- 1.7 km
- about 2 hours
- Free
8 stops through Florence, from Piazza del Duomo to Santa Croce. Walk at your own pace — each story plays as you arrive, told in a warm narrator's voice. The full audio lives in the app; here's where the walk takes you.
The route, stop by stop
Piazza del Duomo
The cathedral that bankrupted a city's pride — crowned by a dome everyone said was impossible.
The Baptistery
The golden doors a sculptor lost — and the rival who called them the Gates of Paradise.
Orsanmichele
A tall church on the shopping street that's secretly a fortress of Renaissance sculpture — free to step into.
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.
The Uffizi
The world's greatest gallery — built as a set of government offices, by a man in a hurry.
Ponte Vecchio
The bridge of gold that outlived war, plague and flood — with a secret passage running over your head.
The Wine Windows
Tiny doors in the walls, just big enough for a bottle — Florence's most charming hidden secret.
Santa Croce
The church where Florence buries its geniuses — Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, all under one roof.
Good to know
It's free. This walk is Trove's free tour of Florence — no unlock, no subscription. Open Trove in your browser, sign in, and start at Piazza del Duomo.
Go at your own pace. Pause to linger, double back, or break for lunch — the walk waits and remembers where you stopped. Expect about 2 hours at a comfortable pace over about 1.7 km, roughly 21 minutes of it walking between stops.
Nothing to install. Trove runs in the browser on your phone. Save the walk before you head out and it keeps playing as you move from stop to stop.
Ready when you are
Put your headphones in at Piazza del Duomo and press play — Florence does the rest.
Also on Trove
Florence walking tours · Rome walking tours · Venice walking tours