Florence

Florence, Firenze, is the capital and most populous city of Tuscany, with 361,625 people as of 2026, the eighth largest in Italy. Its metropolitan province holds 988,494, and Eurostat puts the urban area at 696,767. The historic core is small enough to cross in half an hour and dense enough to take a week: the cathedral, the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti are all within it. Go early or late, the middle of the day belongs to the queues.