It could be a useful insight into Italian culture and provides a great day out to base a holiday around.
Each year on Easter Sunday, residents and visitors gather in Piazza del Duomo to watch a dove-shaped rocket, called the "Colombina", take to the sky.
The history of this event combines the use of religious artefacts with pyrotechnic machinery and fireworks, while its purpose as a ritual is to secure a good harvest.
Its pagan roots are less obvious than in many other similar events across Italy but it remains an important tradition, according to whatsonwhen.
If the complex ceremony goes smoothly, good luck is ensured for the whole city, not only with harvests but in the everyday life and business of its citizens.
According to tourist site About Florence, the city has a population of around half a million people, so the streets could fill very quickly when the festival begins.
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