Florence, Day 1: Bardini Gardens

Admittance to the Bardini Gardens is included in the ticket for the Boboli Gardens (what a deal!), and just a short walk away through the back gate and past the Belvedere Fortress.


I was kind of running out of steam at this point (pushing 32 hours with only 2-3 hours sleep, already went to the Uffizi, 90 degrees out, several miles of hiking in brutal sun), so I didn't take quite as many pictures.

But there was a terraced (steep!) garden.


And some weird, man-made (I assume) grotto with a neon sign sitting in it. ("Stimmung" means "tendency" in German. I have no idea whether this is profound, or even meaningful.)


A small fountain feeding a stream.


A man-made waterfall.


You can also see some of the ancient city walls.


Oh hey, it's the Duomo. I wonder if you will be seeing more pictures of that at some point? Surprise, you will! That other tower, which looks taller than the dome, isn't really. It is actually the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, on the Piazza della Signoria.