Florence Street Art – Street Art in the Art Streets

The art streets that take us to Florence are not just packed with contemporary art installations, statues and historic monuments, exhibition space and large-scale outdoor exhibitions, they are also streets decorated by talented graffiti artists, exponents of a form of Pop Art that is both fascinating and contentious. First of all because of the concept of the artistic asset in itself. Graffiti artists take a grey wall and turn it into a public asset by decorating with colour. Results are varied in this art form - not all murals get it right. But what is certain is that they express a certain popular feeling.

Today the work of graffiti artists has become a ubiquitous aesthetic expression in the world’s major cities, and Florence in no exception. Observant tourists may wish to explore this version of the city, and Palazzo Castri’s central location in the heart of the city makes it the perfect starting point for an open-air tour of the striking, expressive murals that decorate the city.

We recommend a tour guide to make sure you see the best on offer. There are various guides offering Street Art Tours, which are easy to find online. Check out the programmes and take a tour of the spectacular graffiti art hidden around the streets of Florence. Pop Art to enjoy in our everyday lives, like in the New York subway, but with that purely Italian aesthetic sense that defines us.

From Murals to “Ovals”, small colourful art spaces around the city

In Florence street art is more than just large colourful walls. There are also smaller artworks, pictures, drawings, colours, sometimes no larger than a brick or a tile, or surrounded by small oval frames. Often they are works by anonymous artists - unlike graffiti artists whose tag is part of their work – artists who wanted to leave something behind. For example, a copy of a favourite picture in the Uffizi, a poem, a touch of colour to brighten a hidden corner of the city. Some are trule magical paintings, “naif” poetry artists, which we only notice by training our eyes to seek out splashes of colour, shrines, miniature copies of famous works, tiles decorated like postcards, and oval frames framing fabulous examples of “Arte Povera” – art for all, by all.  

A new idea to enjoy Florence street by street

Once you have decided the reason for visiting Florence, the first thing to do is to book your headquarters, the starting point for all of your tours. We recommend Palazzo Castri for various reasons. The first is its central position which is perfect for every destination. Then there are its services, from wellness to personal shoppers, which make a city break into a real holiday, a tour experience to recommend to friends. In fact, clever travellers who plan ahead can not only visit every place of interest in Florence starting from the hotel, they can also book the “classic” visits to exhibitions and museums via the facility. Given that our position means the historic centre and the Uffizi, the most interesting places to visit, are literally a walk away, we recommend a walking tour to have the time to look around you as you walk.

In this way, the route to a destination becomes an experience in itself. Keep you eyes open and you will see the pop art, graffiti and paintings scattered throughout the city, in both good and doubtful taste! Art hidden in frescoed niches, illustrated tiles and poems written for the passers-by. It is one way to make every walk into an experience, an unforgettable holiday that will take us back to the street art in the art streets. Let’s walk at a leisurely pace. We are not in a hurry, we don’t need to go to work. We can take our time and savour it.

Every step, every glance is already an experience. 

Art is for everyone, whereas your holiday is yours alone. Make the most of it by planning well!

Talk to your travel companion or your family and book a STREET ART TOUR for your stay in Florence.

You will go off the beaten art track and discover street art that is both outrageous and romantic. Have fun with the art for all by vocational artists. An expert guide will explain the meanings and nuances of the various wall art performances. Walking through Florence’s historic squares you will be accompanied to some locations off the beaten track to see modern spray frescos and maybe find an unusual Botticelli’s Venus wearing a sub-aqua mask!

Book your holiday at Palazzo Castri, you will find lots of packages including made-to-measure holidays, and the hotel offers an efficient concierge service that can provide all the information you need for booking guided tours and ordering tickets that will be ready on your arrival.