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Despite the hideous tourist hordes, it is such an impressive city that
you really have to go.
On my
first visit in 1974, I spent a month there and determined to see at
least one major sight every morning and another every afternoon.
Still I failed to see all I planned! Top of the list if you have
limited time would be the Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi (the queue is horrendous and even
if you arrive before it opens you will have to wait at least a couple of
hours) and the Pitti Palace with its impressive, if rather austere,
gardens. Also probably worth walking up to the Piazzale Michelangelo
to get a panoramic view of the city.
Most
of the images are from my third visit, in 2014, with a few from a brief
recent visit in February 2020, just before COVID-19 struck.
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