The walk described below was extracted from a suggested itinerary entitled "Florence and the Medici" published by Firenze Giubileo 2000. Allow one and a half hours (with no stops).
The walk begins at the [1] Baptistery of San Giovanni [piazza di San Giovani], where Dante was christened and where he hoped in vain to receive the poet's crown he knew to be his due. In the nearby [2] Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) there is a painting by Domenico di Michelino showing Dante illuminating Florence with his Poem (1465), and outside it there is the [3] "Sasso di Dante" (Dante's stone), upon which the poet is supposed to have sat and observed the construction of the Cathedral. From the Via Proconcolo turn right into the Corso, site of the old Porta San Piero, and passing (on the corner) Palazzo Salviati, where Dante's beloved Beatrice lived. Turn left off the Corso and underneath the arch of Via Santa Margherita to Dante's Church and then to the so called [4] "House of Dante" [Via Santa Margherita and via Dante Alighieri], a small museum illustrating the poet's life and work.
Nearby stands the imposing mass of the [5] Palazzo del Bargello [Via del Proconsolo, 5], where Dante's banishment for Florence was proclaimed. In the chapel on the first floor, a fresco attributed to Giotto has a portrait of Dante, standing among the Elect in Paradise. Continue through piazza di San Firenze then turn right into Via della Ninna to the Piazza Signoria, recalled by Dante as the site of the so-called "tower-houses" of the Uberti family. On your left is the [6] church of San Pier Scheraggio (now part of the Uffizi) where Dante took part in city assemblies.
Proceed along the Chiasso Baroncelli, Via Lambertesca and Borgo Santi Apostoli, passing the [7] Piazzetta del Limbo with the church of the Santi Apostoli (11th century), and the Palazzo Spini (13th century), to reach the [8] Piazza Santa Trinita. Inside the church of the same name, Dante would have known Cimabue's Madonna and Child, which is now in the Uffizi. By the Via Tornabuoni we reach the [9] church of Santa Maria Maggiore, where Dante's teacher Brunetto Latini lies buried.
Finally we visit the [10] church of Santa Maria Novella, to admire the great Crucifix painted by Giotto, and the frescoes by Nardo di Cione in the Strozzi Chapel, which show Paradise and Hell (1350-57) according to Dante's schemes.