Fiesole was Etruscan before Florence existed: from the hill, the mother has watched the daughter for twenty-five centuries. The Roman theatre, still in use for the Estate Fiesolana — among Italy's longest-running festivals, since 1947 — the baths and the archaeological museum compose a miniature acropolis among cypresses.
The convent of San Francesco, up the steep climb, grants the panorama over Florence that Grand Tour travellers held obligatory; Medici villas and gardens dot the descent. Twenty minutes by bus from the Duomo, Fiesole is the Florentines' breath of air — and their savvier guests'.
Bistecca alla Fiorentina
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Next up: Saint Romulus, patron of a town on the hill overlooking Florence, Tuesday 6 July
Nearest airport: Firenze Peretola, 8 km away
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📅 Every year, on 6 July
Fiesole celebrates Saint Romulus on 6 July, in the cathedral dedicated to him; the town stands on a double hill about six kilometres from Florence, whose growth progressively marked its decline, and still preserves its perfectly preserved Roman theatre.
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