San Niccolò neighborhood

The San Niccolò neighborhood is one of the districts of the Florentine Oltrarno, that area of ​​the historical center located on the opposite riverbank of the Arno river to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

It is a very lively and characteristic neighborhood with many special and lesser known spots of the city. Here the cobbled streets wind through the old noble palaces of the Oltrarno and climb up the hills all the way to Piazzale Michelangelo and Forte Belvedere.

The symbol of the San Niccolò district is the medieval gate, called Porta San Niccolò. The tower was built around 1324 following a design by Orcagna and it gives access to the pedestrian Rampe designed by Giuseppe Poggi in the late 1800s, which lead all the way up to Piazzale Michelangelo.

In the neighborhood you can still glimpse some parts of the ancient city walls, such as the long stretch that runs along Via di Belvedere. Inside San Niccolò, which extends from Piazza Giuseppe Poggi to Piazza dei Mozzi, there is the Bardini Museum and Villa Bardini with its amazing garden, famous for its wisteria blooming in spring.

Our Street Art Tour of Florence starts right from the district of San Niccolò, since along Via San Niccolò there are the studios of some Street Artists such as Clet Abraham and Blub.