Firenze Rafting €
Two hours on the Arno, launching from the beach under Torre di San Niccolo and passing beneath the bridge everybody else is standing on.
- Area
- San Niccolo
- Verified
- August 2026
Outdoor things to do in Florence
🛶 do some outdoor activities
Rafting, kayaking, running and walking routes in and around Florence, on the river and in the hills.
The places
Kayaking with Firenze Rafting €€
One small inflatable kayak each, so you paddle yourself down the Arno instead of sitting in a raft with seven other people and a guide.
- Area
- San Niccolo
- Verified
- August 2026
Cascata dell'Abbraccio
A waterfall in the Mugello where the stream wraps around the rock, reached by a short walk from the village and cold enough to swim in.
- Area
- Outside the centre
- Verified
- August 2026
Cycling the Arno cycle path
A riverside route heading east out of the city, away from traffic and away from anything that features in a guidebook.
- Area
- Outside the centre
- Verified
- August 2026
Erta Canina
A steep walled lane climbing out of San Niccolo through olive terraces, with a gap in the wall halfway up that frames the whole city.
- Area
- San Niccolo
- Verified
- August 2026
Monte Ceceri
The hill above Fiesole where Leonardo is said to have tested his flying machine, with a loop walk through old sandstone quarries and a view down the Arno valley.
- Area
- Fiesole
- Verified
- August 2026
Running the Cascine loop €€
The only place in Florence where you can run for an hour without stopping at a junction, on flat ground under trees along the river.
- Area
- Cascine
- Verified
- August 2026
Settignano and the hills behind it
A village on a terrace above the city where Michelangelo was nursed, with a square, a bar and paths running out into olive terraces.
- Area
- Settignano
- Verified
- August 2026
The Viale dei Colli walk
A tree lined boulevard along the hills of the south bank, laid out in the 1860s, running from Porta Romana to Piazza Ferrucci by way of Piazzale Michelangelo.
- Area
- Oltrarno
- Verified
- August 2026
Tree Experience Lungarno €€
An adventure park a few metres from the Arno, with rope courses, ziplines, suspended nets and jumping pillows, right in the middle of the city.
- Area
- Lungarno
- Verified
- August 2026
Vallombrosa Abbey and forest
An eleventh century abbey in a fir forest an hour east of Florence, with shaded trails, small cascades and the tallest tree in Italy.
- Area
- Outside the centre
- Verified
- August 2026
Walking up to Fiesole
A climb out of the city on foot through olive terraces and villa walls, ending in an Etruscan hill town with a Roman theatre and the whole valley below.
- Area
- Outside the centre
- Verified
- August 2026
12 places in this collection.