Autumn in Florence

When to go to Florence, Italy

As with most of Europe, Florence is at its finest in the spring (March to May) and fall (September to mid-November). Summer (June to August) brings the biggest tourist crowds—not that springtime is much less crowded. Winter (mid-November to Feburary)

is chilly but not brutally cold, and it can snow, but not much, and is the least crowded time of year.

My favorite season is autumn; less crowded than springtime, thea weatehr is still pretty nice, and—since Tuscans are real hunter-gatherer types—the best time for cuisine. October is the vendemmia (wine harvest)—vino novello new wine is realeased on November 6—November is the olive harvest (which means fresh olive oil). The wild boar hunt is on, folks gather chestnuts from the woods on weekends to create chuestnut-flour sweets, and truffle hunting season gets in full swing.