The Florence half marathon Marathon is a road race linking the Arno riverside with the historic center of Florence, Italy.
UISP Firenze organizes it with local running clubs, and course has started on the riverside and finished in Piazza Santa Croce.
The published course passes Piazza della Signoria and the area around the Duomo and Baptistery before heading to Piazza della Repubblica.
Crossing the Ponte alla Carraia takes you into San Frediano and the Oltrarno.
After the Ponte Santa Trinita, the route follows the riverside back to the finish square.
Because bridges link the neighborhoods on both banks of the Arno, the direction you run and the cityscape around you keep changing.
The half marathon route was announced as two passes through the center that largely overlap.
On some stretches you return to squares and riverside you have already passed, reaching the same places at different points in the race.
Florence's landmarks are linked into a single running route rather than standing as separate sights.
The start is near Via delle Cascine on the Lungarno della Zecca, and the finish is in Piazza Santa Croce.
The run from start line on the riverside into a square in the historic center sums up the race.
A non-competitive run is also held, but its route is not the same as the half marathon.
The course above is the route from the officially announced edition;
any later changes follow the final course map.
