Running, cycling or a simple walk. The Cascine Park urban trekking trail, which connects Ponte alla Vittoria bridge with Ponte all’Indiano, passing through the most attractive areas of the park, is suitable for everyone, from the fittest to the elderly, the ground being flat with no fewer than 12 rest areas. The 3km trail, there and back, can become 8km if you continue on to Argingrosso Park, and from there to Renai Park, then on to Signa and the Arno Valley. The Cascine trail includes the square with Palazzina Reale (housing the Agronomy Faculty), the Pyramid, the Pavoniere garden, the Quercione meadow, Visarno hippodrome, the Ampitheatre and the monument to the Indian prince.
CASCINE
24 mt
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Did you know that “Cascine” simply means “cacio” or cattle for the production of cheese and butter.? And that already in the 1800s it was completely crossed by the tram? This vast area of 160 [...]
BELFIORE
911 mt
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Set in the green Cascine Park and founded over one hundred years ago, the tennis club is one of the oldest and most renowned in Italy. In addition to being a perfect place for sports, it is also a ple [...]
BELFIORE
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145 years old and still going strong! C.S. Firenze is a Florentine sporting landmark; in fact, it was the first club founded in Florence. It is a multi-sports club resulting from the merger of Veloc [...]
PORTA AL PRATO LEOPOLDA
316 mt
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Inaugurated in 2011, Florence’s new opera house is a work of modern architecture situated beween the historic center, Stazione Leopolda and Parco delle Cascine, the city’s green lung. It consists [...]
PAOLO UCCELLO
362 mt
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Also known as “Il Boschetto”, Villa Strozzi’s garden is a large green area dating back to the 1500s and the Polimoda school’s campus until 2011. Laid out with footpaths, benches and panorami [...]
PORTA AL PRATO LEOPOLDA
109 mt
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If you are sensible to the charm of the industrial and steampunk aesthetic, this place will touch your heart. Built around the mid-1800s, Stazione Leopolda operated as a railroad station only for abou [...]
PAOLO UCCELLO
562 mt
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Natural Shopping Districts are associations of business owners which are active in the Florence area and play a crucial role in the social fabric of their neighbourhoods. The one in Piazza Pier Vettor [...]
PORTA AL PRATO LEOPOLDA
155 mt
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“Essere alle porte co' sassi” is a Florentine saying which roughly translates to “being late”. It goes back to the Middle Ages, when Florence was surrounded with walls and could be accessed on [...]
