Best views from a campground in all of Italy

The Campeggio Michelangelo campground in Florence, Italy

Campeggio Michelangelo
Back in the good old days when my family really did try to do "Europe on $5 a Day" (with the help of a classic orange VW Camper-van) this was our favorite Florentine parking spot.

It's a giant empty lot—get here early to fight for a spot along the edge for some shade (or those coveted tent plots on the grassy bits in an olive grove)—on a plateau overlooking Florence just below Piazzale Michelangiolo, where tour buses always stop for the requisite postcard panorama shot of the city. Admittedly, from the campground trees block the vista most of the year (you sort of see the cathedral dome and city's towers poking above the foliage).

Didn't BYO Tent? April to October, they have a row of 6-foot-high nylon campaign tents each with a floor and two cots for rent—though that doubles the price to around €50 for two, and you should book ahead. There's a bar and minimart, and a restaurant pub across the street and down a bit.

Viale Michelangelo 80

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