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The Boboli gardens make up a fabulous park in Florence city and offer a stunning spot to visit to escape the crowds of the city. Stay in a gorgeous vacation rental in Florence where you can explore the treasures of this area.

The Boboli Gardens are a magnificent landscape that in many ways is an outdoor art museum. Many intricate sculptures line the pathways through this vast 111 acre property, dating between the 16th and 18th centuries.

They are located behind the Pitti Palace which was once the main residence of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

Looking for something different on your next visit to Florence, the jewelled city of Tuscany? Then check out these three amazing places to visit that lie off the beaten tourist track of this Renaissance city and make some wonderful memories.

Stay in a peaceful luxury villa in Florence, in the countryside surrounding the city. You can easily commute into the city and embark on a few thrilling tourist trails of this cradle of the arts!

Palazzo Davanzati is a stunning huge building in Florence city with a stunning façade. It is a typical 14th century Florentine home of nobility. It’s somewhat of a hybrid between a Renaissance palace and a medieval tower and is filled with richly coloured paintings, antique furniture and sculptures.

It’s now home to the museum of the Old Florentine House; it’s like stepping back in time when you walk through the door!

Grassina, a lovely little village close to Florence is probably most famous for its Christmas and Easter parades but it has a whole host of other wonderful attractions to offer you too! Known as the ‘village of washer women’, Grassina was once where the wealthy of Florence and neighbouring towns sent their linen to be washed.

Two rivers flow past Grassina which dozens of washer women went to with donkey drawn carts of dirty laundry and spend hours scrubbing clean.

Stay at a picturesque villa in Grassina where you can explore this charming little place with ease for a few days. See some of the tools they used on display in Grassina village which can help tourists illustrate the hard work these women undertook to make a living for themselves. In the main square of the village there is a monument erected in honour of the laundress. This life size bronze statues depicts a women stopped over in an act of washing laundry.

Come and see one of the most elaborate cathedrals in the world, the duomo of Florence in Tuscany. This is the fourth largest cathedral in the world, the largest being St. Peter’s in Rome. This magnificent building towers over Florence’s skyline, topped off with a splendid dome designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi in the 15th century.

Choose from a superb range of villas near Florence if you wish to stay a few days and explore all of this Renaissance city!

This gothic masterpiece began towards the end of the 13th century by master architect, Arnolfo di Cambio.

Would you like to dive into the heart of Tuscan cultural heritage? Then come to Florence, the decorative cradle of the Renaissance where great minds came together to plan and launch an era of intense learning and beauty!

Stay in a superb villa in Florence province or in a comfortable apartment in Florence city centre where you can easily commute through its enchanting streets!

Florence, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was born from humble Etruscan origins and grew to become one of the most powerful cities in all of Italy!