Bellosguardo

A favourite spot for 19th-century landscape painters was the hill of Bellosguardo (Beautiful View), southwest of the city centre. A narrow winding road leads up past a couple of villas from Piazza Tasso to Piazza Bellosguardo. You can't see anything from here, but if you wander along Via Roti Michelozzi into the grounds of the Albergo Torre di Bellosguardo, you'll see what the fuss was about.

The hotel is the latest guise of what was once a 14th-century castle - try to get a glimpse of the view before you are not-so-kindly requested to be on your way by hotel staff. There are no buses to Bellosguardo.