Best places: Community gardens in Florence, Italy

Antipasti, pasta & pizza, with vegan options, at a venerable, ornate trattoria with a terrace.

Green space known for its rose terraces, plus a Japanese garden & sculptures by the artist Folon.

Landmark Medici villa featuring a public Renaissance garden with statuary, fountains & a grotto.

👍👍 Amazing panoramic view of Florence perfect if you’re looking for a place with not a lot of tourists! Very tranquil and calming.

Small botanical garden dating to the 1800s, with an antique greenhouse & a horticultural library.

👍👍 Beautiful place 😍

This spacious riverfront park with many historical monuments is popular with runners & cyclists.

Historic estate featuring a grand villa & park grounds with sculptures, flora & fauna.

👍👍 The garden, donated to the population of San Frediano by the American Red Cross in 1920, is almost unknown and yet it is the secret heart of the neighborhood, a place where children can play in peace and safety and families meet again. Free football, violin, English and singing courses.

👍👍 Best park in Florence. It’s huge and has loads of benches. It has tons of cool stuff for kids and there’s also a basketball half court, a volleyball net, and enough space to play your own thing. It’s always packed with international families, it’s next to the market, and in non-COVID summers there’s...

👍👍 Very peaceful and inspiring place.

👍👍 Gorgeous little park tucked away in downtown Florence. I really enjoyed passing through it and it would be great for a picnic if you have the chance to go there

👍👍 The Baden Powell garden, in the 5th district of Florence, can be reached on foot from via Stibbert. It is a contiguous garden and in communication with the park of Villa Fabbricotti and the park of the Stibbert museum. Equipped with a play area and various benches, it is very popular with children,...

Breakfast, Tuscan street food & wine, plus cultural events, at a terrace cafe in a courtyard garden.

👍👍 Really well kept garden! The owner is very helpful and attentive in detail!

👍👍 My favorite place. On the banks of the Arno, very relaxed, helpful staff and table service, frequented mainly by very young people, but in general by all types of people. Not exactly cheap.

👍👍 Large garden located in front of the Leonardo Da Vinci high school: a fascist-era building with modern and contemporary charm. The garden expands in the shape of a trapezoid with a large children's play area and a well-equipped dog area. We also have a wonderful concrete five-a-side football pitch w...

👍 Located along the Arno, it is a small park that is excellent for shelter from the summer heat if you visit Florence during particularly hot days. There are benches under the trees and a fountain. Despite the busy road the park is very quiet and relaxing. To keep you company you can find pigeons and...

👍👍 Small road - access from via Ponte a Mensola, which leads - in the background - to the beautiful Church of San Martino a Mensola with a 16th century Crucifix inside. Parish Don Paolo T.