Scavenger hunt in Florence

Spot a Florentine pasta dish

Find a Tuscan pasta dish (pappardelle al cinghiale with wild boar, pici cacio e pepe, ribollita as a starter) on a trattoria table. Photograph the plate.

Spot a leather shop

Find a Florence leather shop with jackets, bags or wallets in the window (the San Lorenzo market and the Oltrarno have dozens). Photograph the leather.

Spot a panino (Tuscan sandwich)

Find a Tuscan panino (often porchetta, prosciutto and pecorino on a soft schiacciata bread) at a shop like All'Antico Vinaio. Photograph the sandwich.

Spot a pecorino cheese wheel

Find a Tuscan pecorino cheese wheel in a cheese-shop window or market stall. Photograph the wax-rimmed wheel.

Spot a Ponte Vecchio jewellery window

On the Ponte Vecchio find a jewellery-shop window with gold rings, brooches or Florentine cameo work. Photograph the window.

Spot a Renaissance fresco facade

Find a building with painted Renaissance frescoes on the exterior facade (Borgo Albizi has examples). Photograph the painting.

Spot a Tuscan-flag yellow lily

Find the Florence symbol (a red fleur-de-lis / giglio on white) on a flag, plaque, manhole cover or souvenir. Photograph the lily.

Spot a Vespa parked on a Florentine street

Find a Vespa parked on a cobblestone street in the centro storico. Photograph the scooter.

Spot a wine window (buchette del vino)

Find a wine window (small medieval shutter in a wall, once used to serve wine directly to passers-by). Photograph the small wooden door.

Spot an Italian flag in Florence

Find an Italian tricolor flag (green-white-red) flying on a Florence building. Photograph it.

Spot Giotto's Bell Tower

Find the Campanile di Giotto on Piazza del Duomo, the marble bell tower next to the cathedral. Photograph the patterned facade.

Spot Palazzo Vecchio crenellations

Find the Palazzo Vecchio facade and its battlement crenellations on top of the Arnolfo Tower. Photograph the tower against the sky.

Spot Piazza della Signoria statues

Walk to Piazza della Signoria and find one of the statues (Neptune Fountain, the David replica, the Loggia dei Lanzi figures). Photograph one.

Spot the Baptistry doors (Gates of Paradise)

Find the gilded bronze doors of the Baptistry (Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise replica). Photograph the panels.

Spot the Boboli Gardens or Pitti

Walk across the Arno to Palazzo Pitti and find the rustic stone facade or the Boboli garden entrance. Photograph the facade or gardens.

Spot the Calcio Storico jersey

Find a souvenir or jersey of Calcio Storico Fiorentino (the historic Florentine football, played in costume on Piazza Santa Croce). Photograph the medieval jersey.

Spot the Duomo dome

Find a view of Brunelleschi's red-tile dome on the Duomo from any vantage point. Photograph the dome with the lantern on top.

Spot the Ponte Vecchio

Walk to the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno and find the row of jewellery shops on the bridge. Photograph the bridge from upstream or downstream.

Spot the Porcellino bronze boar

Walk to Mercato Nuovo (the Straw Market) and find Il Porcellino, the bronze boar fountain. Rub his nose for luck. Photograph the polished snout.

Spot the San Lorenzo Market stall

Walk into the Mercato Centrale di San Lorenzo and find a stall with prosciutto, pecorino or olive oil. Photograph the stall.

Trivia: Duomo dome architect

The Duomo's famous red-tiled dome was designed by which Renaissance architect (last name accepted)?

Trivia: Florence symbol

Florence's heraldic symbol is a specific flower. Which one?

Trivia: Ponte Vecchio shops

The Ponte Vecchio is famous for its shops. What is the most common type of shop on the bridge today?

Trivia: Uffizi paintings

The Uffizi Gallery houses Botticelli's most famous painting. What is its English name (three or four words)?