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Galleria Dell’Academia, Via Ricasoli 58-60, phone 055-238-8609; www.sbas.firenze.it/accademia. Open Tuesdays through Sundays 8:15 a.m.-6:50 p.m. Admission is approximately $9 adults, $4.50 children.

Baptistry, Piazza San Giovanni, phone 055-230-2885; www.operaduomo.firenze.it. Admission about $4, free for children under 6.

Il Duomo, Piazza del Duomo, phone 055-230-2885; www.operaduomo.firenze.it. The church is open Monday through Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; 1st Sat. of month 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., other Sat. 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Sundays 1:30-4:30 p.m. Free tours are offered every 40 minutes daily from 10:30 a.m.-noon and 3-4:20 p.m. Cupola is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.-6:20 p.m. and Sat 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (First Sat. of month to 3:20 p.m). There’s no admission charge to get into the church, but you’ll pay about $8 to go to the cupola.

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Medici Chapel, Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini (behind San Lorenzo, where Via Faenza and Via del Giglio meet), phone 055-238-8602. The chapel is open daily from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for the 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th Monday and 2^nd and 4^th Sunday of each month. Admission is approximately $8.

Boboli Gardens, behind the Piazza Pitti (Pitti Palace) to get there cross the Pontevecchio and follow Via Guiccardini; phone 055-239-8614; http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/. The gardens are closed the first and last Monday of each month and hours vary by season (check the Web site). Admission is approximately $8.

Cantinetta del Verrazzano, Via dei Tavolini 18-20r off Via dei Calzaiuoli, phone 055-268-590

Santa Croce, Piazza Santa Croce, phone 055-244-619. Open Mondays through Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sundays 1-5:30 p.m. Free admission.

Il Gelato Vivoli, 7 via Isole delle Stinche, phone 055-292-334.

To reserve in advance at the Gallerie della Uffizi, call Firenze Musei at 055-294-883 (Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sat. until 12:30 p.m.) or surf to www.firenzemusei.it. Open Tuesdays through Sundays, 8:15 a.m. to 7 p.m.; cost is approximately $8.

Scuola del Cuoio (Leather School) of Santa Croce is located at the Church of Santa Croce on Piazza Santa Croce.

Il Latini, Via del Palchetti 6r off Via della Vigna Nuova, Near Piazza Santa Trínita, phone 055-210-916 (reservations required). Closed Mondays.

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.

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