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Day 6 (September 18, 2020)   Florence

Before      We'll leave Venice as soon as possible to drive directly to Florence in a ride of around 3 hours.   Once at Toscana's capital city, we will spend the rest of this day and the next to explore the multiple highlights on its Old Town.   The spots marked at map are:  0- B&B Le Stanze del Duomo  1- Piazza del Duomo  2- Galería dell'Academia  3- Basilica di Sta Maria Novella  4- Palazzo Vecchio  5- Fontana del Porcellino  6- Galería degli Uffizi  7- Basilica di Santa Croce  8- Ponte Vecchio  9- Palazzo Pitti 10- Piazzale Michelangelo

After    I got indications from the staff of the hotel to know what to do this morning, so we follow the plan after breakfast and checking out, around 10:30 AM. We bring our luggage to San Zaccarias vaporetto stop, the closest to the hotel, and get two tickets for Tronchetto by 7.5€ each.    Since the frequency is just 10 minutes, we only wait 5 until boarding the next. The first stop is in the island with St. Giorgio Maggiore Church, in case that someone wants to visit it.    When we arrive at Tonchetto we find the parking very close to the stop. We pay 42€ (21€ per day) for parking and leave directly to Florence.    The drive is over two hours until the city. Once there we follow the GPS indications until our hotel. We arrive around 2:30 PM. The room is big and a few meters of the Duomo.    We go for our lunch by 3 PM and we are surprised by the first two restaurants saying that they're already closed at that time, but we're taken at the third. We order two menus of toast with tomato, spaghetti with ragout and roast beef with chips by 44€ in total.    We're going to focus on what is nearby for the rest of the day, so we walk to the Academy Gallery, where we pay 4€ for each ticket to enjoy, nearly alone, the David of Michelangelo.    Then we walk around the Duomo. Entrance is already closed, so we are amazed by how big it is. We come back to our room after finishing this walk.    We go out once again at night for a walk and enjoy the atmosphere and lights around the Duomo and get some fruit to eat in our room as dinner. That big lunch we had is making us still no hungry.