VanDam’s 2019 StreetSmart Florence maps all top attractions including museums, architecture, basilicas, churches, galleries, historic sites, hotels, palazzos and more at an immensely legible scale of 1:6,500, complete with 3-D building illustrations. is so legible you can read it from three feet away. This clarity of information design has earned VanDam maps inclusion in the MoMA Collection. The map is film-laminated and easily fits into shirt pocket or purse. Dimensions: 9’ x 4†closed, 9†by 24†open
CONTENTS: Florence Street Map 1:10,500; Florence Centro Storico Map 1: 6,500; Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi Map 1:3,000; Florence Metropolitan Area Map 1:85,000
StreetSmart Florence Florence is a walker’s paradise. Our map insures you get around town on foot with ease, confidence and grace. It's the best way to immerse yourself and understand this great medieval European city, the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Home to the Medicis, Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Machiavelli and Guicciardini it has been part of the Grand Italian Tour for centuries. Being in a fashion capital look for fabulous shoes and bags which are a significantly less expensive here.
Our hotel index is organized by neighborhood and cost to help you make informed decisions about budget and location. Here are the things not to be missed, a veritable who is who of the best Italian architects, artists and designers:
Galleria dell Academia which showcases the David sculpture by Michelangelo, the Duomo, engineered by Brunelleschi, the Uffizi Gallery sporting 'The Birth of Venus' by Botticelli, Palazzo Vecchio, a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, Museo del Bargello for an encounter with Michelangelo, Galleria Palantina in the Palazzo Pitti for new decorating ideas, Museo di San Marco to ponder the ideas of Fra Angelico and Savanorola, the Dominican monks who lived here, and the frescoes of Chiesa di Santa Maria Novella.
StreetSmart Florence Simplicity reigns supreme in cartographic design to make complex cities clear and understandable. Our typography creates character and reveals the true bones of the ancient city. VanDam uses a letter grid to identify locations on maps - no confusing and cluttering K-28 or V-34s - its just the city from A-Z. Our covers map the icons of each city and turn them into collectible graphic art. Each sleek and laminated city map package opens to 24" x 9" and then easily folds down to 4" x 9" to snuggly fit into a shirt pocket or purse. Gain instant Florentine StreetSmarts and a memorable souvenir to boot! StreetSmart maps are printed in the US.
