Location: Santo Spirito / San Frediano
Top Things to do in Santo Spirito / San Frediano
What to do and see in Santo Spirito / San Frediano, Tuscany: The Best Things to do
Florence is an art historian’s dream. The Galleria dell'Accademia bursts with works by Michelangelo, who is entombed within the frescoed walls of the Basilica di Santa Croce. Budding photographers can snap pics of the Ponte Vecchio bridge, and serious shoppers can spend a blissful afternoon wandering the shops of Piazza Santo Spirito. Tuscan cuisine pays homage to the region’s bounty. Swipe a hunk of crusty bread across a pool of local olive oil and you’ll be instantly transported to your happiest place.
Restaurants in Florence
1. Guido Bartolozzi
2. Gallori-Turchi
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5.0 based on 19 reviews
An upscale antique shop featuring paintings and furniture dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
3. Florence Connection
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5.0 based on 387 reviews
Florence Connection offers Private Guided Tours for Families, adults and people with limited mobility: we can pick you up from anywhere in Tuscany, like Livorno and La Spezia Port, your hotel or Holiday home. We offer as well wine tastings, cooking class, walking Tours in Florence, Shopping and we will CUSTOMIZE the tour to your needs.
4. Museo di Simbologia Massonica
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5.0 based on 17 reviews
5. Eating Italy Food Tours - Florence
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5.0 based on 283 reviews
Since 2016, we have welcomed over 10,000 guests on our culture and food tours in Florence. Share the best food at local hidden gems and allow us to show you all the wonderful people and fascinating stories that lie behind these iconic dishes. We can ensure you’ll leave us ready to explore the city like true insiders.
6. Opera at St. Mark's Anglican Church
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5.0 based on 1,178 reviews
Love Duets’ Concert: you do not have to be a lover of Italian Opera to enjoy this wonderful evening. It’s set in a small church from 1800’s. You have a piano, soprano & tenor performing Opera’s love song and Italian love songs. The setting and performance is overwhelmingly powerful. You’ll be moved to tears by the emotions. Not to be missed.
Reviewed By travel-junkie3PO - San Francisco, United States
My wife and I attended the "Love Duets" in early November, 2019. it was outstanding! Franz--the piano player and organizer--gave a short explanation in english before each song. Franz is a crackerjack pianist who accompanied each song. The performers were top notch and we particularly appreciated the acting. This isn't a dry recital, the performers get it on with plenty of acting which adds a great deal of character to the performance. It is obvious that they enjoy the performance as much as the audience does. We've seen some of these types of offerings where the performers simply get up and do the job and there is no interaction with the audience--it is just a recital. ...not the case with Opera at St. Mark's--there is plenty to like with the performance. By the way, a block from St Marks is the excellent Trattoria 4 Leoni Restaurant--a fine choice for dinner before the show and you'll get set up with the waiter, Alphonso, who speaks great english, makes very good recommendations and is thoroughly entertaining. Have a great evening and leave St. Mark's humming some tunes!
7. De Gustibus Wine & Food Tours
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5.0 based on 86 reviews
De Gustibus Tours proposes to its guests an interesting choice of food & wine tours: guided minibus tours for individual and small groups also run by vintage sidecars ("motocarrozzetta"). Our tours are thought and organized with a sustainable approach, choosing only organic and bio-dynamic farms and wineries. We can offer a number of "programmed" tours but we also like to create them according to taste and request of our guests. Tours can be made in English and Italian (other languages on request) and in all areas of Tuscany: Florence Hills & surroundings, Chianti, Maremma, Montalcino, Casentino, Garfagnana, Lunigiana...
8. InFlorence Academy
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
The school, the oldest state recognized school of foreign languages in Florence, can be found in Palazzo Guadagni, a Renaissance palace dating from the 16th century which is located in the middle of the old town centre near the Ponte Vecchio.The historic school building, renovated in 1992, has eleven classrooms, a multimedia learning centre, a lecture room and a student lounge and is in a quaint Italian quarter. The school is in the centre of the oldest part of Florence, 300 m from the Pitti Palace, 500 m from the Ponte Vecchio and about 15 minutes' walk from the cathedral (il Duomo) and from the railway station.The building is the work of the architect Cronaca and was built between 1502 and 1508. In the 1860's, it was extensively improved by the architect Poggi with the addition of beautiful frescoes. The school was completely renovated, taking care to enhance the original features but also making use of the best of modern Italian design to produce a stunning mix of new and old.
9. The British Institute of Florence Harold Acton Library
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5.0 based on 15 reviews
The British Institute of Florence is a non-profit-making cultural institute founded in 1917 in Florence, Italy, with the aim of promoting Anglo-Italian cultural relations. Join students and members from around the world at the spectacular library on the banks of the river Arno. Browse the collection of over 52,000 books and magazines or attend a lecture, concert, film or afternoon tea.
10. Basilica di Santo Spirito
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4.5 based on 379 reviews
While it may not look like much from the outside, the elaborate interior of Brunelleschi's landmark church proves that it is a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture.
Reviewed By artmac21 - Inverness, United Kingdom
I came across this church after visiting the Pitti Palace. It was in an area recommended by a local for eating out in. The Church, a Basilica nonetheless, is simple on the outside but a joy inside. It’s much larger than I anticipated on the inside, but full of light, no mean feat given the time it was built. Others refer to its simplicity but it’s not. It’s full of space and light which makes everything seem less overwhelming to take in. I understand it was designed by the same architect as the Duomo, and that makes sense, as it’s got genius in it. Their is some incredible art, and an alter that is astounding. It’s free to get in but you need two euros in coins to access the sacristy with Michelangelo’s crucifix. I didn’t have that and was slightly disappointed but next time I will be prepared. However, the works available freely made up for this. It’s a working church and I suspect locally cherished so no photos please. I know it seems unfair but it is place of worship first and foremost. An unexepected joy, which is a massive achievement as I’d just seen the Uffizi and the Pitti so I should have been exhausted by the art. I wasn’t. It renewed me and astounded me, given the age of the church, it’s construction and art are mind blowing. A real treasure.
