Florence for The Curious Wanderers: a Friday-to-Monday weekend

Neptune's fountain, the copy of David and the Loggia dei Lanzi, in an open-air sculpture gallery; the stone plaque marks where Savonarola burned.

A frescoed pharmacy-turned-perfumery run by Dominican friars since 1612, still selling the potions and creams in the original wooden cabinets.

A traditional Tuscan trattoria with a cash-only bill and honest plates; the tagliatelle with boar ragù and a plate of crostini are the staples.

Michelangelo's David stands alone at the end of the hall, with the unfinished Prisoners leading up to him; closed Mondays, and timed slots sell out.

A restoration workshop and museum for the stone-inlay craft of the grand dukes, and the lab that repairs the Uffizi's masterpieces.

Take the famous schiacciata with porchetta or salami and pecorino and eat it standing at the counter or on the Santa Croce steps.

A leather school founded by Franciscan friars behind Santa Croce; watch students stitch wallets and bags in the workshop, with no obligation to buy.

A collector's mansion of 16,000 pieces of armour, with a cavalcade of mounted knights in the hall; the strangest museum in Florence, open on Sundays.

A Sunday lunch at an old-school Oltrarno trattoria, with tripe, tortelli and a carafe of Chianti, and a short walk back to the river.

Eleventh-century marble and a cemetery of cypress-lined tombs, high above the city; the light is best here late in the day.

Masaccio and Masolino's frescoes, which taught Michelangelo how to paint; the Carmine church is across the river and quiet on Monday morning.

The Oltrarno's living room: a plain Brunelleschi facade, a fountain, café tables and plenty of locals, and a stage for the weekend market.

Lunch on the square before the airport, with a plate of pici and a glass of red; sit outside if it is warm.