FLORENCE MEDIA

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
Checked
August 2026

Bus number seven does it in twenty minutes, but the walk is the point. Steep in places, shaded in others, and it turns a viewpoint into a morning. Take water in summer and start early. Coming down at dusk with Florence lighting up below is the better direction.

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