HOW TO SPEND A DAY IN FLORENCE WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

where you can enter for free. I love this word. Most expensive coffee in my life. Even in Bologna you'll find places where you're gonna pay more. These prices for this location and this quality of food are absolutely insane. Hey guys, welcome back to my channel and welcome to Florence. I have just arrived to this magnificent city. In all senses magnificent. I personally absolutely adore Florence and I've been here many many times but this is the very first time that we are filming here and today I have a very particular video for you. You know that usually I film smaller towns, less unknown places and they actually cost less to visit and they are very budget-friendly usually. Obviously places like Florence are way more expensive. Prices here can skyrocket at times and I want to show you how to spend a day in Florence without spending a fortune. Today guys I have only 20 euros and I will try to spend a day here visiting museums, exploring local art masterpieces because obviously Florence is the capital of art and eating local Tuscan food. All of it with only 20 euros in my pocket. Now guys if you're ready to explore budget Florence let's go. One peculiarity of Florence guys is that you have to pay to enter the major part of churches or at least the most famous churches and it can be easily justified because these churches conserve the incredible art masterpieces. However here in Domo you can enter absolutely for free and this place is absolutely amazing. This is the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Cathedral of Florence. Masters like Giotto and Andrea Pisano worked on the construction of this place and Filippo Brunelleschi is responsible for the construction of the dome of this cathedral. Filippo Brunelleschi in my opinion is the most spectacular genius of the renaissance period. Can you just imagine constructing the circular dome of this size in the renaissance guys without the technology, without the modern materials. This dream, once a dream was made possible and I absolutely love this place and I invite you to check it out with me. A little pro tip for you guys. The Duomo opens at 10.45 in this period of time and I highly recommend you to come here early around the opening time to avoid Florence and budget travel and we're not going to visit the Uffizi gallery. However I cannot recommend you enough to visit this place because it's absolutely amazing for the amount of art and unique masterpieces that you can enjoy there. However I'm going to show you a nice place right nearby where you can enter for free. I love this word and today this is definitely my motto and you can enter here for free and explore some of the statues that are the copies of the original ones in the Uffizi gallery. So yeah it's like a miniature trial of the Uffizi gallery on a budget. Honestly guys I've been here to Florence countless times and every time I come back here I cannot get enough. I can't stop admiring this beauty and taking in everything and I think it's impossible to discover every hidden corner of Florence in a lifetime. I love this city so so much and I've just been thinking I don't really know whether this city, maybe its location and the atmosphere was responsible for producing so many important names in art and architecture and sculpture or whether those artists, architects and sculptors basically created this city and are responsible for Florence being so special and so beautiful. I think I will probably never get the answer to that. Guys I'm gonna show you a place right here where you can get free water, even sparkling water if you like it and yeah it's completely free. Make sure you bring your usable bottle with you not only because it's environmentally conscious but also because you can save money while visiting Florence. Otherwise a bottle of water might actually cost you quite a lot in the center so let's go. Tasty good quality water and absolutely for free. I like it. Guys here in this place I've had once the most expensive coffee in my life probably. Okay maybe not in my entire life but at least in my life in Italy and that's the reality for so many bars around Florence especially in the city center that you're gonna pay a lot even for a cup of coffee. So now I want to show you my favorite secret spot where you can have coffee for a very reasonable price and even some pastries maybe. We'll be lucky and find some croissants there as well. Every time I walk here guys I marvel at the fact that there is an artistic high school right here in front of the church of Santa Croce which is the church that conserves an incredible amount of artworks and also some of the most prominent locals are buried here like Michelangelo himself is buried here. We're not going inside today because the entry ticket costs six euros and I only have 20 for the whole day. However I'm gonna show you a spot where you can have coffee with the view and you're not gonna overpay for it. Another perk of this particular piazza is that it's not overcrowded and it is never overcrowded even in summer months. I think personally that February and March are probably the best months to visit Florence because there are not so many tourists however even in the peak months like June or July it is never overcrowded. So guys I got myself a cappuccino and a dessert and I paid 2.30 for everything and this price is absolutely insane. Honestly not only for Florence but for basically any major city because even in Bologna you'll find places where you're gonna pay more. If you want to have breakfast here they have very very tasty croissants, brioche and they will cost you 1.50 for a brioche or 1.30 for a cappuccino and you get your very budget-friendly breakfast or a budget-friendly coffee break in my case with a great view, friendly staff, great place. What can you want more? I think that's a perfect place for your budget trip to Florence. Guys Ponte Vecchio is obviously such a staple you cannot miss it while visiting Florence. It was built in the 14th century and it still has this air of a medieval street you know basically a medieval bridge and it's really beautiful and yeah it's free to visit so we can at least walk and admire the view. Although the local shops here tend to be extremely expensive but at least you know the view is beautiful and the street is beautiful. Speaking of the views that are absolutely free of charge guys look over there look how beautiful is it it's extremely nice just come have a look it's spectacular. I particularly like this part of Florence it goes this way from Ponte Vecchio and in general I really like exploring less touristy spots in Florence and I have in mind another video for you about all the hidden spots in Florence that you will not discover that easily and where tourists don't go usually and I will make a video about it very very soon so subscribe if you're not subscribed yet and hit the bell button not to miss a thing including another Florence video. Can you guys see these lines behind my back? Usually to get some street food in Florence like panini which is probably the most famous street food in this city you need to queue for quite a long time however I'm gonna show you a place that is very central it is right near Piazza di Signoria and the prices there are very good and the paninis are good and usually there are no lines so it's a win-win. As I said guys it's right behind Palazzo Vecchio however it is found on a very small narrow street and it's not very easily found however I will leave you the link in the description box so you can check this place out because trust me it's so worth it. Guys on this street that doesn't even look like the center of Florence in this small space you can find Il Buffalo Tripone which is a true gem for a budget traveler. Guys I genuinely love this place and very often when I'm visiting Florence I pay them a visit because the staff here is super friendly and actually I find people of Florence to be very friendly in general and the food here is so good it looks really good and it smells amazingly I wish you could smell it just look at it guys if you want to try something typical that is not montredotto these guys should be your salumi of choice because in my opinion finacchiona is the superior salumi I love it so much now let's try it it is so good guys you have no idea but you absolutely have to come here and try it for yourself because this salumi is absolutely divine and it is so good this cacciata is of very high quality the salumi is a very high quality and yeah I cannot recommend you this place enough I absolutely love it now cheers guys with the vino di casa which is also very very good so I paid for everything six euros three euros for cacciata and three euros for a glass of wine and I think that's a perfect lunch for a budget traveler as I said before they don't have many places inside but it's not a problem because usually people just eat quickly here so you can find places here or you can find a few places inside and usually it's not very crowded so it's not really a big deal that the place is very small and actually I like it even more because I think it gives you this homey atmosphere and guys these prices for this location and this quality of food are absolutely insane we are literally behind palazzo vecchio and I paid six euros for my lunch that's crazy but that's what I love about Florence because despite being very expensive in general there are ways to be a budget traveler here I know some people who say that the best gelato in Italy is found in Florence then I also know people who say that the best gelato in Italy is found in Rome and if you ask me I'll probably abstain from the answer at least today but we can get back to that when I'm back home however guys today I'm gonna show you a lovely place for gelato in Florence I remember a few years back there was my friend who came here to visit me and we went together to Florence and she wanted to try local gelato when she entered the first gelateria that she saw ice cream there costed like nine euros for two scoops of ice cream and that was absolutely crazy however I know a place where you're gonna pay a very normal price a very average price for gelato and I'm gonna take you there right now guys it's so so good they have a really good variety to choose from like it's not extremely big because all their gelato is artisanal and basically almost homemade and they have their own taste like I got yogurt and this one which is caramello di viadeneri this is their own caramel cream it's not exactly gelato it's caramel cream and you can see that it's very very dense and it's very very sweet and so good amazingly good you can see that the portion is really really big and I paid only 250 for this and for Florence this price is very very small actually you can find a similar price basically anywhere else so it's not a touristic price at all and I think it's a way better quality than the one you're gonna get for six to nine euros and also the stuff is very nice friendly and they can advise you on which taste goes better with which one for example I wanted to take both of their specialties caramello and moretto and I was advised not to do so because moretto is also very sweet and caramello is very sweet so it's better goes with yogurt or something like that so I think that's a perfect place for gelato in Florence and also the first gelato of this year for me and I'm really glad it's in Florence and I'm really glad it's from Gelateria dei Neri because I absolutely love it now guys I have to climb a very steep hill and then these chairs to get to the most amazing panorama of Florence that is obviously absolutely free and you know all the good things in life come for a price but trust me climbing up the hill is a very small price for what we're gonna get and it's not even that steep after all we've made it guys I have no words to describe you this view this is probably my favorite spot in the whole city because the view over Florence from here is absolutely sublime just have a look guys it's worth every single step I've made to get here and that's why I say that February and March are the best months to be in Florence because if you want to climb up here it's better not to do so when it's 30 degrees outside so just look at it guys this is absolutely breathtaking literally because I've just made the stairs but also guys look I think it speaks better than my words the first time I came here to the Piazzale Michelangelo was during my first year of living in Italy and it was in February actually so it was more or less the same time and I remember just how emotional I was back then when I saw all this beauty where you can actually see the city from here on the palm of your hand you can see every single corner and it still gets me emotional because I think this place is absolutely magical this view is absolutely magical if you love Florence the way I love it you'll understand me so as promised guys I also want to show you one new zine not only Tarsier and the general city of Florence the entrance there costs only six euros which I think is good and it's a perfect fit for my budget for today and the museum is Palazzo d'Avanzati Palazzo d'Avanzati is a really beautiful majestic renaissance palace from the 14th century it belonged to the Davizi family before it was acquired by the D'Avanzati family in the 16th century and today it is called after them it was inhabited until the mid 19th century when the last heir of the D'Avanzati family tragically died today it is a museum with all the renaissance and medieval interiors and I think it's a perfect opportunity to see how noble families of Florence used to live of all the museums here in Florence I think this one is probably the most budget-friendly and I just decided to show it to you too although the original furniture that belonged to the D'Avanzati family was sold still it's really interesting to see these interiors and the most peculiar thing about this palace are those bizarre writings and drawings on the walls of the palace I talked with the museum staff because I was really curious about the origin of those writings and drawings and they told me that nobody actually knows where are they coming from there is this theory that they date back to the 15th century some people might say that some drawings might be more recent however they remain a mystery and I think this is so cool you know there is a palace with a mystery and you get it all for only six euros most importantly they have a free guided tours the tours start every hour from what I got however if you know me guys you know that I'm always running and I don't really have time because I have a train back home so I couldn't remain for the guided tour although I would love to come back and to see the last the fourth floor of the palace with a guided tour here guys behind my back is the church of San Salvatore di Onisanti better known as the church of Onisanti chiesa di Onisanti and this is another church in Florin that is absolutely free to visit moreover it's a real museum a real gem of a museum guys inside there you can find a crucifix by Giotto, frescoes by Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio and Botticelli himself is buried inside here as well as Napoleon's sister I know might sound weird but this is true and I think this church is a valid alternative for more expensive churches where you have to pay like Santa Croce which is absolutely amazing yes but if you're traveling on a budget I think this is a place for you to enjoy some art masterpieces and visit an important historical place and save some money I am guys really excited to see it inside so let's go! This guys is the burial place of probably the most prominent early renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli and before the pandemic people used to leave little notes here on his tomb and I think that was so cute and I hope this little tradition will return soon and that's it for today guys here in this beautiful piazza we'll be finishing today's video about budget travel in Florence and as I said at the beginning of this video even though Florence is really expensive it is possible to spend a day here without spending a fortune in total I spent 16 euros and 80 cents for the whole day here eating and seeing the local landmarks and just enjoying the city you know entertainment food museums everything could be included in less than 20 euros in one day in Florence and I have more than three euros left so who knows I might get myself a cup of coffee or maybe a glass of wine on my way back to the train station obviously if you're staying here for longer if you're spending the night or if it will be more expensive however you should know that you can easily spend a day here you know being a very budget traveler being a very savvy traveler and I think that's a good thing about this city because Florence is so worth visiting even if you don't have so much money to spend here and guys I hope you enjoyed this day as much as I enjoyed filming this video and as I enjoyed my day in Florence please subscribe if you're not subscribed yet hit the bell button to get the notifications of all the upcoming videos and put a thumbs up comment and share this video with your friends thank you guys for being here and enjoy your day