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Inferno tour

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Inferno Tour overview

Follow the journey of Robert Langdon in Florence and see some of the most beautiful attractions in Florence.

We start from Porta Romana, where Langdon and Sienna try to enter the ancient city to reach Palazzo Vecchio, finding out that police is everywhere. We will replicate the rush through the Boboli Gardens, but in a relaxed way, admiring the magnificent fountains and the architecture of the Pitti Palace, until we get to the Large Grotto, where Langdon and Sienna were almost caught.

We will see the entrance to the Vasari Corridor, before leaving the gardens to walk in the streets of Florence, following the path of the Corridor from outside and visiting the church of Santa Felicita, which worked as the Medici parish church after they moved to the Pitti Palace.

We will walk through Ponte Vecchio, surmounted by the Vasari Corridor, and we will see the Uffizi building from outside. After a break for lunch, we will resume our pursue in Palazzo Vecchio, the main stage of the book (and film), visiting the apartments of Cosimo de Medici, but also the magnificent Hall of the 500. We will hunt for the message “cerca trova” (seek and you shall find) left by Giorgio Vasari in the Battle of Marciano fresco, and we’ll see the Death Mask of Dante Alighieri.

After leaving Palazzo Vecchio, we will walk in the Medieval alleys that lead to Dante’s church. Here, Langdon discovers the next clue, in the poem by Dante Alighieri. We will then reach the Gates of Paradise, the gorgeous doors of Florence Baptistery, admiring the Cathedral and Brunelleschi’s Dome. We will get inside the Duomo, to see a famous portrait of Dante Alighieri, and then we’ll get inside the Baptistery, to see where Langdon finally found the missing Death Mask.

 

Highlights

  • Boboli Gardens
  • Large Grotto by Buontalenti (from outside: the grotto is closed because unsafe)
  • Vasari Corridor (from outside)
  • Ponte Vecchio
  • Palazzo Vecchio Museum including the Hall of the 500
  • Giorgio Vasari – Battle of Marciano
  • Dante Alighieri’s Death Mask
  • Duomo
  • Baptistery

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies based on the number of participants
Duration 6 hours (plus lunch break)
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Porta Romana (Hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Piazza San Giovanni
Venues Boboli Gardens, Palazzo Vecchio, Baptistery
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Skip-the-line entrance to the Cathedral
  • Admission tickets
Not included
  • Any other personal expense

 Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venue involved, we can provide the tour in the following days: everyday except for Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays

Additional Info

Florence Duomo opening hours can be changed during religious celebrations. Variations to the official opening schedule are updated week by week. We always take care to check and report any variation some days before the tour. Furthermore, based on the attendance, Florence Duomo can suspend ticket sales at any time. To avoid any problem, after checking schedule variations, we buy your tickets in advance (at no additional fee), also to avoid ticket office lines during the tour.
Duomo visitors must be appropriately dressed, with knees and shoulders covered
The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

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How is our Inferno Tour different?

Private tour

First of all, this is a private Inferno Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Duomo and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

A complete tour

This tour explains in detail the architectural wonders outside and goes in depth inside Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo and the Baptistery, giving you a complete coverage of the main buildings in Florence Italy. Your Duomo tickets remain valid for the next 24 hours and after the tour is finished, you can climb on top of Brunelleschi’s Dome and/or Giotto’s Bell Tower!

Fair price

Is our Inferno Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price any private 6 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 700. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying much less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 122/person for a family of five: much less than any 6-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and a much better experience than any shared group tour.

 

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    Palazzo Vecchio - Hall of the 500
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    Vasari - Cerca Trova
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    Dante's Death Mask
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    Baptistery of San Giovanni
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    Badia Fiorentina - Bell Tower

 

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Medici Masters of Florence Tour

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Medici Masters of Florence Tour overview

This tour is inspired to the TV show Medici: Masters of Florence, and will show you the real places where Cosimo de’ Medici lived and from where he ruled the city, highlighting the differences between history and fiction.

In the 15th century, the House of Medici became the richest and most powerful family in Italy. Their unprecedented wealth sponsored artists like Donatello, Botticelli and Michelangelo and the construction of churches and palaces. Medici Masters of Florence tour goes through the history of the family, from the ancestor Giovanni to the generations of Cosimo de’ Medici and Lorenzo de’ Medici. You will discover how the growing wealth of the family turned into political power, through a subtle system of exchanging favors.

Our tour starts in Piazza della Signoria to see Palazzo Vecchio (from outside), where the Signoria voted and where Cosimo de’ Medici was imprisoned before being sent into exile. We then move to the Duomo, to see Brunelleschi’s Dome, the greatest achievement of architecture in the Renaissance.

Close to the Duomo is Palazzo Medici Riccardi, home of the Medici in Florence. You will be stunned by the difference between the austere facade and the magnificent chapel inside, decorated by Benozzo Gozzoli with the famous Journey of the Magi fresco, a symbol of the power of the Medici.

Then, we will visit the Basilica di San Lorenzo, the parish church of the Medici Bankers, completely re-built by Filippo Brunelleschi, again sponsored by Cosimo de’ Medici with the profits of the Medici Bank. His masterpiece, the Old Sacristy, contains the tombs of Giovanni and Piero, while to tomb of Cosimo is right in front of the altar. In the same church we will also see other works by Donatello, Bronzino, Rosso Fiorentino, Verrocchio and Filippo Lippi.

Highlights

  • Palazzo Vecchio
  • Brunelleschi’s Dome
  • Benozzo Gozzoli – Journey of the Magi
  • Donatello – Pulpit of the Resurrection
  • Andrea del Verrocchio – Tomb of Piero de Medici “The Gouty”
  • Filippo Brunelleschi – Old Sacristy

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies based on the number of participants
Duration 4 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza della Signoria in front of the statue of Cosimo de’ Medici (Hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Piazza di San Lorenzo
Venues
  • Palazzo Medici Riccardi
  • Basilica di San Lorenzo
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
  • Admission tickets
Not included
  • Any other personal expense

Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour in the following days:

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday

Additional info

The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
The Basilica di San Lorenzo, as any other church in Florence, requires tourists to be appropriately dressed. Make sure your shoulders and knees are covered
Videos and pictures are allowed without flash
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

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Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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How is Medici Masters of Florence Tour different?

Well, this is an easy question: not many (if any at all) offer a Medici Masters of Florence tour out there. This is very strange when you consider that almost everything in Florence Italy has something to do with the House of Medici. Any Florence Day Tours you will attend during your stay will include a mention of the Medici family, but this tour, in particular, is focused on the history, the biographies, the conspiracies that happened when the Medici family ruled the city.

Private tour

This is a private Medici Masters of Florence Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying tickets and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Fair price

Is our Medici Masters of Florence Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 4 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 550. Here you can directly hire a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 68/person for a family of five, and if you travel with another family of friends, it gets a lot lower: much less than any 3-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and much better than any shared group tour.

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Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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    Palazzo Medici
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    Palazzo Medici courtyard
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    Benozzo Gozzoli - Journey of the Magi
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    Tomb of Piero de Medici
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    Piazza della Signoria

 

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Medici Dukes

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Medici Dukes tour overview

In the early 16th century, a member of the House of Medici was elected Pope Leo X; after his death, his cousin Giulio was elected Pope Clement VII. The Medici Popes paved the way to the former bankers to become a dynasty: Dukes of Florence and then Grand Dukes of Tuscany, the Medici dominated the region until 1737.

Since 1540, the Medici Dukes lived in Palazzo Vecchio, the ancient town hall, symbol of the political power in Florence. Here is where our tour starts, with the apartments of Cosimo de Medici and Eleonora di Toledo, the Duchesse. The apartments were decorated by Giorgio Vasari and his workshop, together with the huge Hall of the 500, to celebrate Cosimo and his family. We will also see the Studiolo di Francesco I, the heir of Cosimo, who was more interested in science and alchemy than in politics. Not all of the rooms in Palazzo Vecchio were changed by the Medici Dukes, some of them still have the original decoration of when Florence was a free Republic, we’ll have a chance to see the room from where Machiavelli worked as chancellor and also the death mask of Dante Alighieri, the most famous Italian poet.

With a short walk, we will then reach the Medici Chapels, where lie the bodies of the Medici Dukes. This amazing museum features the magnificent Chapel of the Princes, decorated by mosaics of semiprecious stones, something you won’t see anywhere else but in Florence, but also the tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici in the New Sacristy, a room designed by Michelangelo which contains seven statues by the master of sculpture. You will hear the story of Michelangelo hiding from the Medici family, after helping the Republic of Florence to resist against the return of the rulers.

 

Highlights

  • Michelozzo – Palazzo Vecchio Courtyard
  • Giorgio Vasari – Hall of the 500
  • Giorgio Vasari – Studiolo di Francesco I
  • Michelangelo – Genius of Victory
  • Bronzino – Deposition
  • Unknown – Dante Alighieri death mask
  • Donatello – Judith and Holofernes
  • Opificio Delle Pietre Dure – Chapel of the Princes
  • Michelangelo – New Sacristy

 

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Tour features

Pricing € 180
Duration 3 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza Della Signoria
Drop-off Florence – Piazza di San Lorenzo
Venues
  • Palazzo Vecchio (tickets: € 10.00, age 18-25 or over 65 € 8.00, age 0-17 free)
  • Medici Chapels (tickets € 6.00, age 18-25 € 3.00, age 0-17 free)
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
Not included
  • Entrance tickets
  • Any other personal expense

Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour every day in the morning.

 

Additional info

The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

 

How is our Medici Dukes Tour different?

Well, this is an easy question: not many (if any at all) offer a Medici Dukes tour out there. This is very strange when you consider that almost everything in Florence Italy has something to do with the House of Medici. Any Florence Day Tours you will attend during your stay will include a mention of the Medici family, but this tour, in particular, is focused on the history and the biographies of the members of the family ruling the city. We think the Medici are so important that we offer Medici Dukes Tour along with another representing the prologue: Medici Bankers, focused on the 15th century when the family was ruling Florence unofficially. The traveler who wants to have a complete experience can join the two half day tours in a complete Full Day Medici Tour.

Private tour

This is a private Medici Dukes Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Accademia and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Fair price

Is our Medici Dukes Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 3 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 400. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 36/person for a family of five, and if you travel with another family of friends, it gets even lower: much less than any 3-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and much better than any shared group tour.

 

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    Entrance to Palazzo Vecchio
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    Medici Chapels - dome
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    New Sacristy - Tomb of Lorenzo
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    Medici coat of arms in the Chapel of the Princes
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    Chapel of the Princes - Main altar
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    Chapel of the Princes - ceiling
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    New Sacristy - Tomb of Giuliano
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    Medici coat of arms in Palazzo Vecchio courtyard
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    Hall of the 500
  • Medici Dukes
    Studiolo di Francesco I - ceiling

 

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Full Day Medici

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Full Day Medici tour overview

This tour combines Medici Bankers and Medici Dukes for a full day comprehensive tour on the history of the Medici family.

Thanks to their wealthy banking activity, the House of Medici became the richest and most powerful family in Italy. Later on, they also dominated the holy city of Rome, with two Popes in the early 16th century. The Medici Popes paved the way to the family to become a dynasty: Dukes of Florence and then Grand Dukes of Tuscany, the Medici dominated Florence until 1737.

Full Day Medici tour starts at the San Marco Museum, once a Dominican convent built with the exclusive sponsorship of the Medici Bank. We will discover the architecture designed by Michelozzo and the collection of Renaissance paintings and frescoes by Fra Angelico, a friar who embraced the new trend in arts, leading to the dramatic evolution of religious art. You will hear the story of Antonino Pierozzi, the friar who dared to take position against Cosimo the Elder, but also the story of Girolamo Savonarola, the friar who ruled Florence after the fall of the wealthy bankers.

The second stage of the Tour is in Palazzo Medici Riccardi, home of the Medici in Florence. You will be stunned by the difference between the austere facade and the magnificent chapel inside, decorated by Benozzo Gozzoli with the famous Journey of the Magi fresco, a symbol of the power of the Medici.

We will then visit the Basilica di San Lorenzo, the parish church of the Medici, completely re-built by Filippo Brunelleschi, again sponsored by the rulers of the Renaissance. His masterpiece, the Old Sacristy, contains many of the tombs of the Medici bankers.

With a short walk, we will then reach the Medici Chapels, where lie the bodies of the Medici Dukes. This amazing museum features the magnificent Chapel of the Princes, decorated by mosaics of semiprecious stones, something you won’t see anywhere else but in Florence, but also the tombs of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici in the New Sacristy, a room designed by Michelangelo which contains seven statues by the master of sculpture. You will hear the story of Michelangelo hiding from the Medici family, after helping the Republic of Florence to resist against the return of the rulers.

We take a break for lunch, before moving, as the Medici family did, to Palazzo Vecchio.

In 1540, the Medici Dukes left Palazzo Medici to move to Palazzo Vecchio, the ancient town hall, symbol of the political power in Florence. We’ll see the apartments of Cosimo de Medici and Eleonora di Toledo, the Duchesse, decorated by Giorgio Vasari and his workshop, together with the huge Hall of the 500, to celebrate Cosimo and his family. We will also see the Studiolo di Francesco I, the heir of Cosimo, who was more interested in science and alchemy than in politics. Not all of the rooms in Palazzo Vecchio were changed by the Medici Dukes, some of them still have the original decoration of when Florence was a free Republic, we’ll have a chance to see the room from where Machiavelli worked as chancellor and also the death mask of Dante Alighieri, the most famous Italian poet.

 

Highlights

  • Fra Angelico – Tabernacolo dei Linaioli
  • Fra Angelico – Annunciation
  • Domenico del Ghirlandaio – Last Supper
  • Benozzo Gozzoli – Journey of the Magi
  • Donatello – Pulpit of the Resurrection
  • Andrea del Verrocchio – Tomb of Piero de Medici “The Gouty”
  • Filippo Brunelleschi – Old Sacristy
  • Opificio Delle Pietre Dure – Chapel of the Princes
  • Michelangelo – New Sacristy
  • Michelozzo – Palazzo Vecchio Courtyard
  • Giorgio Vasari – Hall of the 500
  • Giorgio Vasari – Studiolo di Francesco I
  • Michelangelo – Genius of Victory
  • Bronzino – Deposition
  • Unknown – Dante Alighieri death mask
  • Donatello – Judith and Holofernes

 

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Tour features

Pricing € 300
Duration 6 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza San Marco
Drop-off Florence – Piazza Della Signoria
Venues
  • San Marco Museum (tickets: € 4.00, age 18-25 € 2.00, age 0-17 free)
  • Palazzo Medici Riccardi (tickets € 7.00, age 6-11 € 4.00, age 0-5 free)
  • Basilica di San Lorenzo (tickets € 4.50, age 0-11 free)
  • Medici Chapels (tickets € 6.00, age 18-25 € 3.00, age 0-17 free)
  • Palazzo Vecchio (tickets: € 10.00, age 18-25 or over 65 € 8.00, age 0-17 free)
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
Not included
  • Entrance tickets
  • Any other personal expense

Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour in the following days:

  • Monday (except for 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month)
  • Tuesday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday (except for the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month)

Additional info

The tour involves some walking, it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
The Basilica di San Lorenzo, as any other church in Florence, requires tourists to be appropriately dressed. Make sure your shoulders and knees are covered
Videos and pictures are not allowed in the Basilica di San Lorenzo
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

 

How is our Full Day Medici Tour different?

Well, this is an easy question: not many (if any at all) offer a Full Day Medici tour in Florence. This is very strange when you consider that almost everything in Florence Italy has something to do with the House of Medici. Any Florence Day Tours you will attend during your stay will include a mention of the Medici family, but this tour, in particular, is focused on the history and the biographies of the members of the family ruling the city. We think the Medici are so important that we offer two half-day tours: Medici Bankers and Medici Dukes. The traveler who wants to have a complete experience can join the two half-day tours into this complete Full Day Medici Tour.

Private tour

This is a private Full Day Medici Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Museums and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Fair price

Is our Full Day Medici Tour expensive for you? First of all, you are saving € 30 by joining two half-day tours together. Any agency will price a private 6 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 800. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 66/person for a family of five, and if you travel with another family of friends, it gets even lower: much less than any 6-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and much better than any shared group tour.

 

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    Medici coat of arms
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    Palazzo Medici
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    Cloister of San Marco
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    Palazzo Medici courtyard
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    San Marco refectory
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    Medici coat of arms in the Chapel of the Princes
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    Chapel of the Princes - Main altar
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    Chapel of the Princes - ceiling
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    New Sacristy - Tomb of Giuliano
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    Medici coat of arms in Palazzo Vecchio courtyard
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Full day Michelangelo

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Full day Michelangelo Tour overview

This tour allows you to have a full day immersion in the life and works of Michelangelo.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered the father and master of all arts. Sculptor, architect, painter and poet, the Florentine artist raised the Renaissance to its highest point. Most of his works are split between Rome and Florence, this tour dives into the life and works of Michelangelo visiting all the main attractions related to the master artist.

We start the tour in Piazza San Lorenzo, in the heart of the Medici, to speak of the young Michelangelo and visit the Medici Chapels. You will get to know why the statues do not resemble the real aspect of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici and what Michelangelo actually intended to represent.

The second stage of the tour features the most famous statue in the world: Michelangelo’s David. In the Accademia Gallery we will analyze the unique sculptural technique of Michelangelo through the unfinished Slaves. You will be told the story of how Michelangelo created his masterpiece from a low quality block of marble, how he reacted to criticism and how the statue was destined to a totally different location, analyzing the different symbology of this David compared to the earlier statues we’ll see later at the Bargello Museum. In the ancient Bargello Palace (1255), you will be told about how the building was a prison, where people was tortured and condemned to death. We will see where Michelangelo comes from, through the works by Donatello and Andrea del Verrocchio, discovering how David was a symbol of Florence well before Michelangelo dealt with his huge statue. We will then admire some of his early masterpieces and you will get to know the incredible way the young artist earned a prestigious commission in Rome and the hidden symbology behind his portrait of Brutus, probably related to a member of the Medici family.

We finish the first part of the tour in Piazza Santa Croce, filled with typical restaurants, for a lunch break.

Santa Croce district is one of the ancient four quarters of the Medieval Florence. Once a swamp, often flooded by the river Arno, it became the base for the Franciscan friars that arrived in Florence in the 13th century. The construction of the Basilica and the beautiful square started in 1294 when Florence was the largest town in Europe. Santa Croce is also the district of Michelangelo, and we will visit Casa Buonarroti, his home, a museum displaying some of the very first works of the master artist, like the Madonna Della Scala and the Battle of the Centaurs, made by a teenager Michelangelo at the service of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

We then move back to Piazza Santa Croce, the rectangular square, to speak about the curiosities of this place, like the fact it has been used (and still is) to play historical football games. Finally we will visit the Basilica di Santa Croce, known as the temple of Italian glories. Inside, you’ll see the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, Gioacchino Rossini and more illustrious Italians. The church is filled with frescoes, mainly by Giotto and his followers, the pioneers that paved the way for the Renaissance. You will discover how Giorgio Vasari restructured the church after the Catholic counter-reformation, and you will see sculptures by Donatello, glazed terracotta by Luca Della Robbia and altarpieces by Bronzino. The sacristy features the symbol of the damage Florence suffered in the 1966 flood, a painted cross by Cimabue, and you will hear a story about the “Angels of Mud”.

Out in the courtyard of Santa Croce stands a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture: the Pazzi Chapel by Filippo Brunelleschi. You will relax sitting on the benches of the Chapel while your guide tells you about the Pazzi conspiracy, the plot to kill the members of the Medici family.

Finally, we’ll visit the refectory of the convent, where is the most ancient Last Supper fresco in Florence.

 

Highlights

  • Michelangelo – Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici
  • Michelangelo – Tomb of Giuliano de Medici
  • Michelangelo – Slaves
  • Michelangelo – David
  • Donatello – Bronze David
  • Andrea del Verrocchio – David
  • Michelangelo – Bacchus
  • Michelangelo – Brutus
  • Michelangelo – Madonna della scala
  • Giorgio Vasari – Michelangelo’s tomb
  • Giotto – Bardi and Peruzzi chapels
  • Cimabue – Painted Cross
  • Filippo Brunelleschi – Pazzi Chapel

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies based on the number of participants
Duration 6 hours (plus lunch break)
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza di San Lorenzo in front of the statue of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (Hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Piazza Santa Croce
Venues
  • Bargello Museum
  • Accademia gallery
  • Medici Chapels
  • Casa Buonarroti
  • Basilica di Santa Croce
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
  • Admission tickets with reservation (where necessary)
Not included
  • Lunch
  • Any other personal expense

Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour in the following days:

  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday

Additional info

The tour involves some walking, it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)
Accademia Gallery is one of the most visited museum in Florence. Tickets need to be reserved in advance, we take care to reserve your skip-the-line tickets (at no additional fee)
Even with skip-the-line tickets, security checks can delay the entrance to the museum

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Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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How is Full Day Michelangelo Tour different?

Different from what? You won’t find Full Day Michelangelo tours including all the Michelangelo masterpieces anywhere else. Some Michelangelo Tours do not even include the Accademia Gallery (David)!

Why? Because agencies and tour operators are concerned with selling you as many tours as possible: so if any other tour in their list includes the Accademia, they want you to buy that tour as well. We are different: even though the Accademia Gallery is included in two more tours in our list (Florence Walking Tour and Florence in a Day), we want to give you a complete perspective of Michelangelo masterpieces in Florence and this cannot be done without the Accademia Gallery, displaying seven works of the master including David, the most famous one.

As you can see we are not concerned with selling you as many tours as possible but with giving you the best possible experience. By the way, if you want to buy another tour that includes the same attractions, we will adapt it so that you’ll never see the same attractions twice.

Private tour

This is a private Full Day Michelangelo Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Accademia and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Fair price

Is our Full Day Michelangelo Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 6 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 800. Here you’re directly hiring a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 132/person for a family of five: much less than any 6-hour Florence Day Tours offered online and a much better experience than any shared group tour.

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Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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    Daniele da volterra - Portrait of Michelangelo
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    Tomb of Michelangelo

 

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Michelangelo Masterpieces

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Michelangelo Masterpieces Tour overview

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered the father and master of all arts. Sculptor, architect, painter and poet, the Florentine artist raised the Renaissance to its highest point. Most of his works are split between Rome and Florence, this tour shows you the masterpieces by Michelangelo in Florence through the visit of three amazing museums.

We start the tour in the ancient Bargello Palace (1255), where you will be told about how the building was a prison, where people was tortured and condemned to death. We will see where Michelangelo comes from, through the works by Donatello and Andrea del Verrocchio, discovering how David was a symbol of Florence well before Michelangelo dealt with his huge statue. We will then admire some of his early masterpieces and you will get to know the incredible way the young artist earned a prestigious commission in Rome and the hidden symbology behind his portrait of Brutus, probably related to a member of the Medici family.

The second stage of the tour features the most famous statue in the world: Michelangelo’s David. In the Accademia Gallery we will analyze the unique sculptural technique of Michelangelo through the unfinished Slaves. You will be told the story of how Michelangelo created his masterpiece from a low quality block of marble, how he reacted to criticism and how the statue was destined to a totally different location, analyzing the different symbology of this David compared to the earlier statues seen at the Bargello.

Finally, we will visit the Medici Chapels, to see the last Florentine works by Michelangelo. You will get to know why the statues do not resemble the real aspect of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici and what Michelangelo actually intended to represent.

 

Highlights

  • Donatello – Bronze David
  • Andrea del Verrocchio – David
  • Michelangelo – Bacchus
  • Michelangelo – Pitti Tondo
  • Michelangelo – Brutus
  • Michelangelo – Slaves
  • Michelangelo – David
  • Michelangelo – Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici
  • Michelangelo – Tomb of Giuliano de Medici

 

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Tour features

Pricing € 240
Duration 4 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza San Firenze
Drop-off Florence – Piazza di San Lorenzo
Venues
  • Bargello Museum (tickets: € 4.00, age 18-25 € 2.00, age 0-17 free)
  • Accademia gallery (tickets € 16.50, age 18-25 € 8.25, age 0-17 € 4.00)
  • Medici Chapels (tickets: € 6.00, age 18-25 € 3.00, age 0-17 free)
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
Not included
  • Entrance tickets
  • Any other personal expense

Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour in the following days:

  • Tuesday AM
  • Wednesday AM
  • Thursday AM
  • Friday AM
  • Saturday AM
  • Sunday AM

Additional info

The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)
Accademia Gallery is one of the most visited museum in Florence. Tickets need to be reserved in advance, we take care to reserve your skip-the-line tickets (at no additional fee)
Even with skip-the-line tickets, security checks can delay the entrance to the museum

 

How is Michelangelo Masterpieces Tour different?

First of all, different from what? You won’t find tours including all the Michelangelo masterpieces anywhere else. Some Michelangelo Tours do not include the Accademia Gallery (David), other tours do not include either the Bargello Museum or the Medici Chapels.

Why? Because agencies and tour operators are concerned with selling you as many tours as possible: so if any other tour in their list includes the Accademia, they want you to buy that tour as well. We are different: even though the Accademia Gallery is included in two more tours in our list (Florence Walking Tour and Florence in a Day), we want to give you a complete perspective of Michelangelo masterpieces in Florence and this cannot be done without the Accademia Gallery, displaying seven works of the master including David, the most famous one.

As you can see we are not concerned with selling you as many tours as possible but with giving you the best possible experience. By the way, if you want to buy another tour that includes the same attractions, we will adapt it so that you’ll never see the same attractions twice.

Private tour

This is a private Michelangelo Masterpieces Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Accademia and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Fair price

Is our Michelangelo Masterpieces Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 4 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 550. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 48/person for a family of five: much less than any 4-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and a much better experience than any shared group tour.

 

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    Daniele da volterra - Portrait of Michelangelo
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    Michelangelo - Tomb of Giuliano de Medici
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    Michelangelo - Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici
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    Michelangelo - Night
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    Michelangelo - David
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    Michelangelo - David - particular
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    Michelangelo - Pitti Tondo

 

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Santa Croce Tour

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Santa Croce Tour overview

Santa Croce district is one of the ancient four quarters of the Medieval Florence. Once a swamp, often flooded by the river Arno, it became the base for the Franciscan friars that arrived in Florence in the 13th century. The construction of the Basilica and the beautiful square started in 1294 when Florence was the largest town in Europe. Santa Croce is also the district of Michelangelo Buonarroti: the greatest ever Florentine artist lived and worked close to the Santa Croce church.

The tour starts in Piazza Santa Croce and we will speak about the curiosities of this place, like the fact it has been used (and still is) to play historical football games. We will visit the Basilica di Santa Croce, known as the temple of Italian glories. Inside, you’ll see the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli, Gioacchino Rossini and more illustrious Italians. The church is filled with frescoes, mainly by Giotto and his followers, the pioneers that paved the way for the Renaissance. You will discover how Giorgio Vasari restructured the church after the Catholic counter-reformation, and you will see sculptures by Donatello, glazed terracotta by Luca Della Robbia and altarpieces by Bronzino. The sacristy features the symbol of the damage Florence suffered in the 1966 flood, a painted cross by Cimabue, and you will hear a story about the “Angels of Mud”.

Out in the courtyard of Santa Croce stands a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture: the Pazzi Chapel by Filippo Brunelleschi. You will relax sitting on the benches of the Chapel while your guide tells you about the Pazzi conspiracy, the plot to kill the members of the Medici family. Finally, we’ll visit the refectory of the convent, where is the most ancient Last Supper fresco in Florence.

We’ll leave Santa Croce to get to the Bargello Museum. The former prison now hosts a huge collection of Renaissance artwork, including some of the most beautiful statues by Donatello, like the Bronze David. You will see the panels of the competition for the Baptistery doors, that ignited the Renaissance, and the first statue made by Michelangelo, the famous Bacchus.

 

Highlights

  • Giorgio Vasari – Michelangelo’s tomb
  • Giotto – Bardi and Peruzzi chapels
  • Cimabue – Painted Cross
  • Filippo Brunelleschi – Pazzi Chapel
  • Taddeo Gaddi – Last Supper
  • Donatello – Bronze David
  • Michelangelo – Bacchus

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies based on the number of participants
Duration 3 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – via Magliabechi 16 (hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Piazza San Firenze
Venues
  • Basilica di Santa Croce
  • Bargello Museum
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
  • Admission tickets
Not included
  • Any other personal expense

Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour in the following days:

  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday

Additional info

Santa Croce opening hours can be changed during religious celebrations. Variations to the official opening schedule are updated week by week. We always take care to check and report any variation some days before the tour
The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
The Basilica di Santa Croce, as any other church in Florence, requires tourists to be appropriately dressed. Make sure your shoulders and knees are covered
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

See this tour and many more on Guidaly

 

How is our Santa Croce Tour different?

Private tour

First of all, it’s a private Santa Croce Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

Not a classic tour

Not many agencies, if any, provide such a complete Santa Croce Tour. We let you take advantage of the cumulative ticket which gives access to both the Basilica di Santa Croce and the Casa Buonarroti museum, making sure you don’t waste money. We include highlights that are not included in normal cheap group tours. We don’t rush you through the highlights of Santa Croce but introduce the youth of Michelangelo and the history of the Basilica.

Fair price

Is our Santa Croce Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 2 hours Tour no less than € 280, and they do not offer any specific Santa Croce Tour. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 56/person for a family of five, and even less if you travel with another family of friends: much less than any 2-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and much better than any shared group tour.

Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

See this tour and many more on Guidaly

 

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    Basilica of Santa Croce
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    Pazzi Chapel interior
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    Taddeo Gaddi - Last Supper

 

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Florence custom tours

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We made a list of private Florence Walking Tours to try and suit your needs, but we are very happy to provide you with Florence Custom Tours upon request. So what is a custom tour? It’s everything you like. You can include your favorite attractions, you can specify a theme for the tour, you can ask the guide to have particular attention in showing you the best restaurants/shops and you can ask for suggestion on food, coffee, shopping or anything else you love.

Here are some examples of Florence Custom Tour requests:

“I recently read the book Inferno by Dan Brown. Would it be possible to see the places mentioned in the book?”

“I want to walk around the city center, see the main attractions, taste ice cream, be addressed to the best streets for shopping in Florence and reserve a table in a good, not too expensive place to have dinner with typical food.”

“I know the weather is generally fair in May and I would like to visit the Boboli Gardens and any other historical garden that you think is worth visiting. I would like an alternative in case it’s rainy: can we change our plans on the go in case of inclement weather?”

Art, history, attractions, legends, curiosities, food and wine: whatever is in your mind, we can provide the best experience for you at our reasonable rates. Remember that all our Florence Day Tours are private, no large groups and no small groups: we firmly believe that this is the best possible way to visit Florence. Compile the form, be as specific as possible in your message, and we’ll find a way to fit your needs.

 
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Florence Duomo Private Tour

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Florence Duomo private Tour overview

Explore the religious center of Renaissance City with a local professional tour guide and dive into more than 1000 years of history, visiting the Cathedral and the Baptistery.

We start admiring the Gothic architecture of the Cathedral, enriched by two of the uncontested masterpieces of all times: Giotto’s Bell Tower and Brunelleschi’s Dome. We’ll then skip the line and enter in the huge church to discover the works by Paolo Uccello, analyzing the very first experiments in perspective. You will see a clock going counter-clockwise, where hours are different every day, before getting stunned at the largest fresco ever made. We will visit the ancient crypt, with the remains of the old Cathedral of Florence, Santa Reparata, featuring the tomb of Giovanni de Medici, who lived well before his family became the most important in town, and Filippo Brunelleschi, the master architect.

Once we exit from the Cathedral, we’ll see the beautiful Baptistery, a great example of Florentine romanesque style. Then we’ll enter in the ancient temple, decorated with wonderful mosaics, with works by Donatello and Michelozzo to celebrate the Antipope that allowed the Medici to become the bankers of the Vatican.

Finally, we’ll get into the renovated Opera del Duomo museum, featuring a great room where the original facade of the church has been rebuilt with original sculptures, facing the “Gates of Paradise”, the beautiful Baptistery doors patiently cast in bronze by Lorenzo Ghiberti over the span of 27 years.

 

Highlights

  • Giotto – Bell Tower
  • Filippo Brunelleschi – Dome
  • Paolo Uccello – Clock
  • Domenico di Michelino – Portrait of Dante Alighieri
  • Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari – Final Judgement
  • Lorenzo Ghiberti – Gates of Paradise
  • Donatello and Michelozzo – Tomb of Antipope John XXIII
  • Various artists – Baptistery mosaics

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies based on the number of participants
Duration 3 hours
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – Piazza San Giovanni 1 (Hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Piazza del Duomo
Venues Cathedral, Crypt, Baptistery, Museum
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Skip-the-line entrance to the Cathedral and museum
  • Skip-the-line entrance to Brunelleschi’s Dome (on your own) and Giotto’s Bell Tower (on your own)
  • Admission tickets
Not included
  • Any other personal expense

 Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venue involved, we can provide the tour in the following days: everyday except for Sundays

Additional Info

Florence Duomo opening hours can be changed during religious celebrations. Variations to the official opening schedule are updated week by week. We always take care to check and report any variation some days before the tour. Furthermore, based on the attendance, Florence Duomo can suspend ticket sales at anytime. To avoid any problem, after checking schedule variations, we buy your tickets in advance (at no additional fee), also to avoid ticket office lines during the tour
Duomo visitors must be appropriately dressed, with knees and shoulders covered
The tour doesn’t involve a lot of walking, however it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)

Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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How is our Florence Duomo private Tour different?

Private tour

First of all, this is a private Florence Duomo Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for the Duomo and explaining to you whatever you want to know.

A classic but complete tour

Generally a Florence Duomo Tour shows you the Cathedral from outside, with a brief visit inside. This tour explains in detail the architectural wonders outside and goes in depth inside the Duomo, visiting the Crypt and then the Baptistery, giving you a complete coverage of the main building in Florence Italy. Your Duomo tickets remain valid for the next 24 hours and after the tour is finished, you can climb on top of Brunelleschi’s Dome and/or Giotto’s Bell Tower!

Fair price

Is our Florence Duomo Tour expensive for you? Any agency will price a private 3 hours Florence Walking Tour no less than € 400. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 56/person for a family of five: much less than any 3-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and a much better experience than any shared group tour.

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Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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    Florence Duomo
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    Duomo - Brunellsechi's Dome and Giotto's Bell Tower
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    Paolo Uccello - Clock
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    Duomo interior
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    Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari - Final Judgement
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    Baptistery mosaics
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    Baptistery mosaics - Inferno

 

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Florence in a day

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Florence in a day overview

This tour combines the Uffizi Gallery Tour with the Walking Tour + David allowing you to see all the highlights of Florence in one day.

The tour starts in Piazza Santa Croce, in front of the Gothic Basilica. We will speak about the facade of the church and the various destinations of the square, moving on to Borgo de Greci, a small street where you will be surprised to know that you are walking in an ancient Roman amphitheater, where gladiators fought for their life and Christians were tortured. After admiring the place where Leonardo da Vinci painted his famous Monna Lisa, we will move to Piazza Della Signoria, the political center of Florence, filed with huge statues made to celebrate the Medici family. You will see Palazzo Vecchio, the Duke’s Palace but also the place where illustrious citizens, including a Medici, were imprisoned, where the Archbishop of Pisa was hanged and where Savonarola was burned at stake. The tour approaches the Uffizi building and Ponte Vecchio, the ancient bridge on the river Arno, filled with jewelry shops and crossed by the private passage of the Medici: the Vasari Corridor. You will see the damage Florence suffered during World War II before getting to the Loggia del Porcellino and to the church of Orsanmichele, a place dense of history where art, religion, money and power are inextricably connected. We will visit Piazza Della Repubblica, the ancient heart of Florence, to follow up with the Duomo complex, the religious center of the city, admiring wonders like Giotto’s Bell Tower and Brunelleschi’s Dome and entering the huge church to see the largest fresco ever made. We will then visit the Accademia Gallery, to see Michelangelo’s David, talking about the symbology of the statue and where it connects to the history of Florence.

After a well-deserved lunch break, we enter in the Uffizi Gallery visiting the Medieval rooms, to see works by Giotto and Cimabue, that prepared the ground for the Renaissance. Then we’ll see the International Gothic style with the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano, before introducing the early Renaissance and the rise of the Medici family with Cosimo the Elder. You will have a chance to understand why the Renaissance started in Florence, analyzing both the official and the hidden portraits in paintings by Filippo Lippi and Piero Della Francesca, before admiring the works by Botticelli, like La Primavera and the Birth of Venus, getting to know who really is the woman represented by the painter. We’ll go through the career of Leonardo da Vinci, you will be told how the Renaissance spread over all of Italy thanks to Lorenzo the Magnificent, and we will see the only painting safely attributed to Michelangelo.

After taking a breath in the wonderful Uffizi terrace, enjoying the views on Palazzo Vecchio and the Duomo, we’ll move downstairs to continue the trip in art and history, getting to know the family of Cosimo de Medici, portrayed by Bronzino, speaking of the cursed generation of Grand Dukes of Tuscany, to continue with the room dedicated to Raphael, painter of beauty and grace.

Finally, we will have a chance to see a different school of painting with Titian and his Venus of Urbino, before finishing with the man who revolutionized the art of painting: Caravaggio.

 

Highlights

  • Basilica di Santa Croce
  • Palazzo Vecchio
  • Ponte Vecchio
  • Baptistery of San Giovanni
  • Duomo
  • Michelangelo’s David
  • Botticelli – Birth of Venus
  • Botticelli – Primavera
  • Leonardo da Vinci – Annunciation
  • Michelangelo – Doni Tondo
  • Raphael – Madonna of the Goldfinch
  • Titian – Venus of Urbino
  • Caravaggio – Bacchus

 

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Tour features

Pricing Private tour – price varies varies based on the number of participants
Duration 6 hours (plus lunch break)
Language English
Tour type Private
Pick-up Florence – via Magliabechi 16 (hotel pick-up available for selected hotels)
Drop-off Florence – Uffizi Gallery
Venues
  • Florence historical center
  • Accademia Gallery
  • Uffizi Gallery
Included
  • Local professional guide
  • Private tour
  • Admission with reservation (Uffizi and Accademia)
  • Lunch break (from 30 to 90 minutes, you decide)
Not included
  • Lunch
  • Any other personal expense

 Tour Schedule

We schedule the tour upon request.

Based on the opening days/hours of the venues involved, we can provide the tour from Tuesday to Sunday (on Sunday mornings, access to the Cathedral is restricted. A detailed description will be provided from outside).

Additional info

The tour involves some walking, it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
The Duomo, as any other church in Florence, requires tourists to be appropriately dressed. Make sure your shoulders and knees are covered
ID document is required to obtain ticket price reductions for children. This is mandatory (a photocopy is accepted)
Uffizi and Accademia Galleries are the most visited museums in Florence. Tickets need to be reserved in advance, we take care to reserve your skip-the-line tickets (at no additional fee)
Even with skip-the-line tickets, security checks can delay the entrance to the museum

Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

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How is our Florence in a Day Tour different?

Private tour

First of all, it’s a private Florence in a Day Tour. You won’t join any large or small group of tourists, it’s meant for you, your family and/or your friends. The Florence Tour Guide will be at your service for the duration of the tour, assisting you in buying skip the line tickets for Uffizi and Accademia, providing you a free skip the line entrance to the Duomo and explaining you whatever you want to know.

Complete tour of Florence

Our Florence in a Day Tour is not a rush through the highlights of the city, which is what most agencies and tour operators offer. If you want to check boxes on your list of attractions to mean “done”, probably this is not for you. We provide insider information, explain in detail the history of the buildings and the collections of the Uffizi gallery, explain why a painting was made and what’s actually represented in the works of art. We explore the connections between historical events and art evolution, engaging the traveler in a discussion, instead of giving lessons. We are available for a customization “on the go”, which is something you are never offered.

Customizable for cruisers

If you are on a cruise to Florence, you want to choose this tour because it allows you to see all the top attractions in one day. Don’t have enough time in Florence? We can lower the duration (and the price) of the tour to fit your needs. Just ask for more information using the form to the right and let us know your plans.

Fair price

Is our Florence in a Day Tour expensive for you? You start saving € 30, combining the Uffizi Gallery Tour with the Florence Walking Tour. Any agency will price a private 6 hours Florence in a Day Tour no less than € 700. Here you can hire directly a local genuine Florence Tour Guide, so you save any agency or middlemen fees, which means paying up to 60% less. The tour is certainly expensive if you travel alone, but it’s as low as € 112/person for a family of five, and if you travel with another family of friends, it gets even lower: much less than any 6-hour Florence Day Tour offered online and much better than any shared group tour.

 

Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

Book this tour on Guidaly

 

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    Ponte Vecchio
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Private tours in Florence is now part of Guidaly.

Now we can offer private tours not only in Florence but also in Tuscany and Rome.

Book this tour on Guidaly

 

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