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"You've reached the Arno, and the bridge in front of you is wearing buildings. Little shops cling to both sides and hang out over the water on wooden brackets, like they might tip in at any second. This is the Ponte Vecchio — the Old Bridge, the oldest in Florence, and the only one anyone ever built a shopping street on top of. It's stood in this form since the thirteen hundreds."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Florence in a Mile route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Galleria dell'Accademia — The David
- 3 Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- 4 The Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore
- 5 The Baptistery of San Giovanni — The Gates of Paradise
- 6 Orsanmichele
- 7 Il Porcellino — Mercato Nuovo
- 8 Piazza della Signoria
- 9 Palazzo Vecchio
- 10 The Uffizi Gallery
- 11 Ponte Vecchio
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Ponte Vecchio
This is just one of 12 stops on the Florence in a Mile tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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