The most complete walking tour through the heart of Florence! We’ll travel through time, through the culture and art of its millenary history, with all its hidden secrets and anecdotes. We won’t visit only the palaces, churches, bridges and squares that made the city world famous but also the lesser known corners where Renaissance was born.
Duration: 3 hours
A complete walking tour through the historical centre of Florence combined with the visit to the Galleria dell’Accademia to see the original David by Michelangelo and his most important sculptures in Florence.
Duration: 3 hours
A complete walk through the heart of Florence combined with a visit to the Uffizi, the oldest museum in the world.
Duration: 3 hours
A complete walking tour through the heart of Florence combined with visits to the two most important museums of the city, the Galleria dell’Accademia, with the original David by Michelangelo and the Galleria degli Uffizi, the oldest museum of the world with masterpieces by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and Rubens.
Duration: 6 hours
A complete walk through the heart of Florence combined with the visit to the Basilica of Santa Croce, founded by the Franciscan friars in the XIIIth century with works of Giotto and his school, and the Pantheon of illustrious Italians.
Duration: 3 hours
A complete walking tour through the heart of Florence in combination with a visit to the Palazzo Vecchio, the centre of political power since the Middel Ages. During the XVIth centuy, inder Cosimo the Ist of Medici, the palace underwent through major changes and became his sumptuous residence with its courtyard richly decorated with stuccos and frescoes and the spectacular Salone dei 500.
Duration: 3 hours
A complete walking tour through the heart of Florence combined with a visit to the Bargello Museum, famous for the sculptures by Donatello and Michelangelo.
We’ll visit the district of the Medici familiy: their first residence the Palazzo Medici, the family church San Lorenzo and the Mausoleum of the Medici Chapels.
Duration: 3 hours
We’ll visit Florence’s ‘rive gauche’, the old but lively district on the other side of Arno with its characteristic restaurants, bars, artisan workshops and antique dealers. As we walk through its streets and squares we’ll visit two of its most famous churches: Santo Spirito and Carmine.
Duration: 3 hours
Cosimo I de’ Medici transferred the family residence to Palazzo Vecchio, and made it his political quarters. He also commissioned the construction of the Uffizi as the administrative center and the Vasari Corridor. This extraordinary aerial passageway, crossing the Arno river above the shops of Ponte Vecchio, permitted the Grand Dukes to move safely from Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti, the new residence of the family.
Duration: 3 hours
We’ll visit the Renaissance square of Santa Maria Novella with its famous Basilica. Santa Maria Novella is one the most beautiful churches of Florence with its impressive facade by Leon Battista Alberti. Inside there are works by Giotto, Masaccio and frescoes by Ghirlandaio. The Antique Pharmacy near the church was founded by the Dominican monks in the year 1221.
Duration: 3 hours
It’s called the ‘Greenway’ the walk that takes us through two beautiful gardens: the Bardini, with an amazing view over the city and Boboli the most famous Italian garden in the world.
Duration: 3 hours
Up in the hills above Florence lies Fiesole, the ancient Etruscan capital of the region since the VIIth century b.C. and a blooming city during under the Roman Empire. From these hills Leonardo da Vinci made his first experiments with human flight. In modern times Fiesole became an important cultural center frequented by Newton, Proust and Queen Victoria.
Duration: 3 hours
The Medici built 24 villas in Tuscany. Originally farmhouses, as a countryside alternative for the hectic city life, these buildings became centers of political power for the Medici Grand Dukes. All villas are masterpieces of Renaissance architecture, filled with art collections and surrounded by lovely gardens which show us how gardening can be considered an art and plant collections can become art collections of historical value. We’ll visit the villas closest to Florence, Villa La Petraia and Villa di Castello.
Duration: 3 hours
A pleasant, ecological and fun way (and also the fastest!) to know all of Florence’s historical center in a few hours!
Duration: 3 hours
