I've been to San Miniato in Florence twice, on the bus; but in May we want to walk up and down.
Can someone tell me the route and streets to get there please?
Thanks!!

SJ, Ellen describes the route here. Hopefully that will help.

Not sure if this is mentioned in the other thread, but my personal favorite route to San Miniato is where, well, let's say you've just crossed the Ponte alle Grazie and you're now on the Oltrarno side. You head straight up Piazza de Mozzi until it ends at Via di San Niccolo. Turn left at Via di San Niccolo, take that until you hit Via San Miniato, onto which you'll veer right, take that up through the gate/wall, continue up the hill a few blocks until just on the left, you'll see a (very long) pedestrian staircase (Google Maps is telling me this is called Via di San Salvatore al Monte). Head all the way up the staircase, pausing every so often to look back at the view over the city, until it ends at Viale Galileo. Turn right on Viale Galileo and walk up the hill a bit until you see San Miniato on your left.

I think most people simply head up Viale Giuseppe Poggi and stop off at Piazzale Michelangelo along the way, which is really nice.

The area out front of San Miniato is one of my very favorite places to just sit and relax. A perfect place to take in the view in and decompress after a day of walking around. When we were in Florence last May, we went up to San Miniato on three separate afternoons.

Thanks!