Thursday, September 25, 2025

Boboli Gardens

Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy

Created by the Medici family in the 1500's, these beautiful gardens are full of statues, fountains, and maze-like trails adorned with bushes. Their official website is here: Boboli Gardens

We didn't purchase tickets ahead of time and were glad that we could get in when we visited Florence in March of 2025. Tickets are 10 euro and the Boboli Gardens are open every day from 8:15 a.m. to about 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m., depending on the time of year you visit. You can also purchase a combination pass to the Pitti Palace. Unfortunately, the Pitti Palace was closed when we visited. The gardens are a short walk from the Palazzo Vecchio. To walk between the two, cross the river on the Ponte Vecchio. You also can arrive in the Boboli Gardens if you purchase a Uffizi Gallery ticket that includes the Vasari Corridor. This takes you through a secret passageway between the Uffizi and the Boboli Gardens.

Here is the google maps location of the Boboli Gardens: Boboli Gardens

One thing that made the Boboli Gardens an exciting place to visit for me was the fact that the 2016 film Inferno was filmed there. I love the Davinci Code series movies, so visiting some place from the film made it that much more exciting.

Walking through the Boboli Gardens in March 2025

The Fountain of Neptune in the Boboli Gardens

View from the Fountain of Neptune

View down on the Fountain of Neptune and the rest of the Boboli Gardens

Cracked Tyndarius

This shaded walkway looks similar to one that Langdon and Sienna ran through while trying to evade authorities in the movie

The Pitti Palace wasn't open when we visited

The Artichoke Fountain

Fountain of the Artichoke

View from the Boboli Gardens

The beautiful view of Florence from the Boboli Gardens

Boboli Gardens

Boboli Obelisk is an Egyptian obelisk that was moved from Rome to Florence in the 18th century

Sculpture from 5th century BC Athens

Location of the Boboli Gardens in Florence

Florence Information and Memorabilia:

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Florence Travel Guide

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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, hardcover

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Michelangelo. The Complete Works, hardcover

Michelangelo's David Sculpture

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Conzafelzi Bridge & Minich Bridge

Venice, Italy

Conzafelzi Bridge

I searched for these bridges in Venice, Italy because they appear in the seventh Mission Impossible movie, and I love to find movie locations. Conzafelzi Bridge is used in the fight scene where Ilsa Faust dies. Minich Bridge can be seen in the background. Both of the bridges are located on Google Maps and are right next to each other:

Location of Ponte dei Conzafelzi

The two bridges beside each other

Conzafelzi Bridge is located here: Conzafelzi Bridge

And Minich Bridge is located here: Minich Bridge

The Conzafelzi Bridge was built in 1852 by the Collalto Foundry. The name "Felzi" comes from the nearby repair shops for the gondola cabins. Many people stand on the bridge to photograph the Palazzo Tetta, which is surrounded on 3 sides by water. There are floral designs and lion's heads designs in the iron sides of the bridge.

The Minich Bridge was built in the nineteenth century and was named after Angelo Minich, who funded its construction in his will. It was renovated in 1998. It is built of bricks and stones.

Conzafelzi Bridge was also used in the filming of Spiderman: Far From Home. Scenes from both movies with the bridge are here: Spiderman: Far From Home in Venice, Italy and Mission Impossible 7 in Venice, Italy