Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Cappella Brancacci
CHAPEL
Part of
Basilica di Santa Maria del Carmine
(enter through the door to the right), this
chapel is home to Masaccio's famous fresco cycle illustrating the life of St Peter. High-
lights are
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
and
The Tribute Money
panels.
Visits are by guided tour (20 minutes, every 20 minutes); numbers are restricted and reser-
vations recommended.
(
055 276 82 24;
www.musefirenze.it
; Piazza del Carmine 14; adult/reduced €6/4.50;
10am-4.30pm Wed-Sat & Mon, 1-4.30pm Sun)
2
Basilica di Santo Spirito
The facade of this Brunelleschi-designed basilica presides over Florence's most shabby-
chic piazza. Inside, 38 semicircular chapels and a colonnade of grey
pietra forte
(ochre-
coloured sandstone) Corinthian columns inject monumental grandeur. Don't miss the
sac-
risty
and its poignant wooden crucifix attributed by some experts to Michelangelo; access
is through the door next to the Cappella Segni in the left aisle.
(Piazza Santo Spirito;
CHURCH
8.30am-12.30pm & 4-5.30pm Thu-Tue)
3
Giardino Torrigiani
Behind the unassuming facades of Via de' Serragli lies this vast 19th-century garden, a
privately owned oasis featuring rare tree species, wide English-style lawns, herb and ve-
getables gardens, sculpted lions and a beautifully restored greenhouse. Guided tours (in
English or Italian) are intimate and proffer a rare glimpse into a very different and priv-
ileged Florentine world.
(
GARDEN
055 22 45 27;
www.giardinotorrigiani.it
;
Via de' Serragli 144; 1½-hr guided tours
by donation;
advance reservation via email)
