Boboli Gardens — Palazzo Pitti

The Medici's private garden — eleven hectares of formal Italian design with grottos, fountains, a Roman amphitheatre, and clear views across the city from the upper terraces. More interesting than the Pitti Palace interior and significantly less crowded. The hidden grotto (Grotta di Buontalenti, 1583) has sculptures emerging from artificial stalactites. Find it.

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