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We arrive at Santa Maria Novella station in Florence. We weave in a serpentine fashion trying to bypass the equally dehydrated crowds, the agile wheels of my micro-case menacingly meeting with the hurried heel of a fellow traveller. The small boutique hotel that awaits us faces the Duomo, affords us a view of its magnificence under moonlight. When we gaze at it at night from the window of our room, we acknowledge its proximity to the tourist hub of Florence.
Like so many before us, we have come to see David and the Duomo, to walk across the Ponte Vecchio bridge.
But on this, my second visit to city, I came looking for more and if you have a bit of time to spare beyond the main squares and galleries, why not head to some of these alternative sights in Florence instead?
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