A Preview
"Behind the palace, the ground rises, and the whole hillside opens into the Boboli Gardens — avenues of clipped cypress, terraces cut into the slope, fountains, grottoes, statues tucked into every hedge, an amphitheater carved right into the hill, and, if you go looking, a fat little court jester cast in bronze, naked, riding a turtle. This is the Medici at the absolute top of the mountain."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Boboli Gardens
This is just one of 11 stops on the The Family That Owned Florence tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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