Discover Oltrarno, the coolest neighborhood in the world for Lonely Planet.

In this fascinating district, very much like a small village, you will breathe Florence’s real atmosphere and the hipster charm that pervades its streets, rendering it totally unique.
Visit best workshops, goldsmiths, restorers and antiques shops that make still live the old Florentine craftsmanship tradition. Enjoy a best quality tea with homemade pies in one the of coolest concept store of the city. Explore its range and start a journey through the world of tea.

Then, delve in its beauty and learn more about the history of the fascinating Medici dynasty in their Palazzo Pitti, a hige Renaissance pacale built round three sides of a sloping square overlooked by the building,s long, several façade. You will visit the sumptuous Palatine Gallery, with its magnificent baroque rooms housing the Medici's own private collection of more than 500 artworks, including the world largest collection of Raffaello's artworks, and others by Tiziano, Botticelli, Caravaggio and many more.
You will then discover the Royal Apartments: a suite of 14 rooms, formerly used by the Medici family, and lived in by their successors and then the Italian Royal family, Savoia.