What to see and do in Florence over the 2023 Christmas season.
Christmas is a magical time of yr in Florence and it makes an ideal day journey from Rome. Here’s a fast information to the festive interval within the Tuscan capital.
The 2023 vacation season started in Florence formally on 7 December when the lights on the town’s Christmas tree had been switched on within the coronary heart of the historic centre.
The tree, in addition to a Nativity scene with life-size terracotta statutes, may be present in entrance of the Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore towards the beautiful backdrop of Piazza del Dumo.
Florence museums
The Uffizi Galleries (Uffizi, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens) can be closed on Christmas Day however open on 26 December.
The Galleria dell’Accademia can be open till 18.00 on 24 December, Christmas Eve, with final admission at 17.30.
Christmas lights in Florence
The streets within the centre of Florence are festooned with stunning, inventive avenue lights, from By way of de’ Tornabuoni to By way of Gioberti and Piazza della Repubblica.
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Non secular providers
St Mark’s English Church celebrates Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at 23.30 and Christmas Day Mass at 10.30 on 25 December.
On the Cathedral of Florence (Duomo), there’s the normal Midnight Mass celebrated in Italian by the Cardinal Archbishop (at midnight on Christmas Eve), with Christmas Day Mass at 10.30.
Attending to Florence from Rome
There are common prepare providers between Rome and Florence, for info see Trenitalia web site.
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