A granite island with a walled hill village and very clear water. A full Isola del Giglio guide is being written — in the meantime, here is where it sits, and how to reach it.
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Getting there
- Access
- Ferries from Porto Santo Stefano (1h)
Other islands in the region
On the mainland
Where to base yourself either side of the crossing.
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Florence The Renaissance in one walkable square mile -
Siena A Gothic city built around the shell-shaped Campo -
Pisa The Field of Miracles, and a real city behind it -
Lucca Renaissance walls wide enough to cycle round the whole town -
San Gimignano Fourteen surviving medieval tower-houses on a Tuscan ridge - Pienza The first planned Renaissance town, in the middle of the Val d'Orcia
Nearby highlights
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Uffizi Gallery Botticelli's Birth of Venus, and the greatest Renaissance collection anywhere -
Florence Duomo & Brunelleschi's Dome The largest masonry dome ever built, raised without a supporting frame -
Accademia Gallery — Michelangelo's David Five metres of Carrara marble, carved when Michelangelo was 26 -
Ponte Vecchio The only Florentine bridge the retreating Germans spared in 1944 -
Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens The Medici's later home, with the garden that set the model for Versailles -
San Lorenzo Market Leather stalls outside, and the Mercato Centrale food hall inside - Chianti Wine Road The SR222 between Florence and Siena, through the Chianti Classico estates
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Leaning Tower of Pisa A bell tower that started tilting during construction in 1173