The Boboli Gardens are the first example of an Italian garden that embraces Palazzo Pitti along three of its four sides.
Adorned with grottoes and large fountains, such as the Fountain of Neptune and the Fountain of the Ocean, the Boboli Gardens extend their boundaries until they reach the ancient walls of Renaissance Florence.
The Gardens were built between the 16th and 19th centuries, first by the Medici and later by the Lorraine and Savoy families. Inside there is the eighteenth-century Kaffeehaus, one of the rare examples of rococo style in Tuscany, from which it is possible to enjoy an enchanting view of the city of Florence, and other rooms, such as the Limonaia. The immense green space is structured according to a precise geometric scheme made up of paths adorned with classical sculptural works belonging to the Medici collections.
Booking a guided tour of the Boboli Gardens means grasping its history and its many meanings, through the combination of nature and art. A unique and personalized experience that will save you from waiting in exhausting lines to access this fantastic environment.
The route of the guided tour of Boboli
The guided tour of the Boboli Gardens will take you to the most important sites of this immense space.
We will cross the Basin of Neptune to admire its Fountain depicting the statue of the God of the Sea in the center as it emerges from the rock surrounded by figures from classical mythology.
We will head towards the Casino del Cavaliere, a building from the 1700s commissioned by Cosimo 3 where the artistic and cultural conversations of the Medici took place.
We will walk towards the Kaffeehaus, a beautiful Rococo-style pavilion covered by an extraordinary windowed dome.
We will see the Buontalenti Cave, built between 1583 and 1593, the Knight’s Garden, the Pegasus Meadow with its Palazzina della Meridiana. We will continue along the Viottolone and through avenues adorned with incredible sculptures such as the Bust of Jupiter by Giambologna.
Stages of the guided tour of the Boboli Gardens in Florence
- Neptune’s Basin
- Knight’s Garden
- Kaffeehaus
- Garden on Thursday
- Buontalenti Cave
- Prato del Pegaso
- Viottolone
- First transversal avenue
- Second transversal avenue
- Third transversal avenue
- Lemon house
- Palazzina della Meridiana
