The jewel of Renaissance Italy, Florence is a city of timeless beauty and myriad artistic treasures. Full of family legacies and modern imaginings, Florence is a city to savour. If you're lucky enough to be traveling here, pour yourself a glass of Chianti and start planning your private Florence tour!

Even people who don't consider themselves "art gallery types" end up bewitched by the sheer richness and historical scope of the sculptures and paintings on display in "Firenze". Visits to the Uffizi Gallery and Accademia Gallery are a must. From Giotto through Botticelli, your guide will explain what you're seeing and provide you with tools to understand the context of the artwork. Outside the galleries, wander the city's streets, knowing your guide's expertise also extends to where to find the best gelato, or view over the rooftops of Florence.

Your local guide can also provide day trips to the many attractions of Tuscany outside the city limits. Enjoy your private Florence tour!

Florence

Private fully customized tour-mix of magical landmarks of Florence

My tour can be fully customized but imagine how much fun it would be if you got to start with a museum, then walk through a marvelous palazzo from 1200, then stop for coffee in a little coffee bar, then wander on to visit a beautiful church. Then you might be hungry and I will take you to a special Florentine restaurant away from tourists to make you experience simple, delicious, home-cooked Italian food. Freshly nourished, we will wonder on to have a stroll along the banks of the Arno, a hidden place with beautiful views. Ice cream might sound perfect at this moment and then we segue into another museum for a bit of mind-blowingly beautiful art. Then I would want to take you for aperitivo to a gorgeous garden. This list of possibilities is simply a taste of what a day with me could be like. My tours won't be a lecture but the storytelling of the history of Florence and the lives of the most intriguing families with juicy details and a little gossip. I can't wait to hear from you to get the planning started.

If you had a full day in Florence, I would be so delighted to be your guide to show you a mix of magical landmarks of Florence.

The Highlights of Florence: Half Day City Tour

If it is the first time for you in Florence a walking tour is a great idea to have an overview of the city. 
My passion for Florence is immensely and I want my clients to feel the same after the end of our visit through the amazing Florence!
You will discover particulate details that only a real local and intender of the city can show and explain you.

Join me !I'm the perfect one for you !

Half day- city walking tour, Accademia gallery&amp;uffizi museum 

The Highlights of Florence: The David, Uffizi Gallery 

Private Florence Walk and Michelangelo's David

Starting in the central Republic Square we walk through the medieval city learning about its history, architecture and art.
What makes this tour unique is that we wind our way off the beaten path, to see aspects of the city that are often overlooked or hidden in place sight.
Approaching the north side of the Duomo, aka Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, we proceed to the Accademia where, in a purposely made hall, Michelangelo's original statue of David is housed together with other stunning works by the same artist.

Michelangelo's supremely famous statue of David in all its glory.

A view of the Ponte Vecchio, or Old Bridge, on the Arno river

A masterpiece hidden in plain view: Donatello's Saint George in one of the niches of Orsanmichele church in Florence.

Palazzo Vecchio has been the seat of power in Florence ever since its construction in the early fourteenth century

According to the original plan, a statue of the prophet David was meant for the outside of the Duomo of Florence.

A private tour of the city centre ending at the Accademia to see Michelangelo's famous work

Cinque Terre Hiking day with boat ride from Florence

One of the classic day trips from Florence, visiting the magnificient Cinque terre National Park including Portovenere.

Discovering by foot the incredible beauty of the Cinque Terre, 5 little villages along the coastline and more little towns settled on the hills.
You will explore by foot towns coming out of a fairy tale.

Tasting delicious local products like Cinque terre white wine DOC, Sciacchetrà e Limoncino and least but not last the pesto sauce.

This experience is for those who loves nature and tasting delicatesses in the five little fishing villages.

Hiking in between towns along the rocky coastline of Liguria region to reach the next village

HIking equipment:
Running shoes or trail running shoes or HIking shoes
Water 
Hat
Suntan lotion
Comcy clothes for a hike in nature

All day train tickets and National park entrance

Explore the Cinque Terre by foot, have a boat ride and much more

This guided walking tour is predominately spent strolling along the historic streets of Florence, making it the perfect introduction to the rich history of this spectacular city. With an exploration of the city's art and architecture, we concentrate on the religious center of Florence comprised of the Cathedral, Baptistery and Bell Tower, before heading to the heart of the ruling powers, with Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio and Piazzale degli Uffizi. From Medieval towers to Renaissance palaces, this private tour offers captivating insight into the legendary past of Florence. Depending on personal interests, we can also visit Piazza della Repubblica, Palazzo Strozzi, Dante's neighborhood and the famous gold bridge - the Ponte Vecchio. Discover some of the city's curiosities, from a Medieval measuring stick for checking fabric length (to check you weren't being cheated by a wily fabric merchant!), to the Renaissance version of a "walk up" window used not for food, but for wine!

For First Time Visitors with an Art Historian

Fabulous Florence

Renaissance Florence (museums tickets not included)

We'll be going through one of the most renowned and visited museums in the world, the Uffizi Gallery, we'll admire the highlights of its priceless collection. We'll trace the evolution of Italian painting through a magnificent selection of artists that range from the Gothic master Giotto and continue on through the apex of the Renaissance with Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Botticelli and other extraordinary artists.

After we will head over to the Accademia, to see one of the greatest masterpiece of the genius of Michelangelo, the David, as well as some others of his works.

During the tour I'll give you the details behind these amazing artworks and the stories around them for you to have a better understanding of the relevance of each work of art.

An overview of the most famous artworks between the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia.

If you don't have enough time in Florence but you want to see the best of the Renaissance art, this tour is for you!
Four hours to discover the most important masterpieces of the art history.
We'll start with the Gallery of the Accademia to admire the splendour of David, sculpted by Michelangelo in 1504, we will continue, then, with the Uffizi gallery: the biggest collection of renaissance paintings in the world.
Together we'll see the Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and much more.

Pleas note that tickets are NOT included in the price

Four hours to discover the best of the Renaissance art

David and Uffizi Gallery

The beauty in Tuscany is art, history, food and craft work. Discover in a walking tour the marvellous Piazza of the leaning tower and the less-known historical town of Lucca, with its stunning city-walls and many old churches, to feel the atmosphere of a true authentic city, with its traditions, local specialties and artisans.

The charming Square of Pisa with the Leaning tower is decorated with a white marble and black detailing Romanesque Cathedral, the round shaped Baptistry and the Monumental Cemetery.

Lucca is also known as the City of 100 Churches, surrounded by its Renaissance city-walls. We will travel back in time, from the Roman times to the Gothic, from the Renaissance to the 1800s.

Let's find out the secrets of the Leaning Tower and the less known but rich in history and hidden treasures, the city of Lucca

Full Day Pisa tour from Florence

Florence Academia Gallery, Michelangelo and much more!

You can't visit Florence without looking at the sculpture masterpiece : the original David by Michelangelo on display here since 1873 and since 1909 his four Prisoners and other statues have joined him.
I would like to take you for a short walk to show you places so important to Michelangelo when he started off his art in Florence, protected by Lorenzo De Medici. Walking inside the Academia should be a revealing experience as this museum was founded in 1784 by Pietro Leopoldo, Gran duke of Tuscany as an Academy of the Arts. Artists have always learnt from other artists, so we have the chance to look at a number of Florentine paintings dates 1400-1500 so influential to Michelangelo and others after him like Giambologna and Lorenzo Bartolini.
On the upper floor a special collection of fifty musical instruments of the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini located nearby that was the private collection of Gran duke of Florence dated 16th and 17th cent.

One of the most famous museums in the world with more than 1M visitors a year

Murders, Rivalries and Conspiracies. Private Tour of Middle Ages Florence

This is one of my favourite tours because. . . no doubt, Florence is the city of beauty and the Renaissance but there is something else to discover.

The bloody fights and rivalries between the richest Florentine families that allowed, among other things, the Medici family to gain and wield absolute power for more than three centuries.

Let' s walk along the medieval streets of the city to learn the dirty tricks merchants used to expand their wealth. Let's see how people were publicly punished as a warning against insolvency. Let's look at the few remaining tower houses, built to prevent assaults during the night. . .

In a word, I am more than glad to show you the dark side of Florence!

The dark side of Florence revealed, before and during the Renaissance

If you love paintings like me and you want to spend some time surrounded by unforgettable artworks, my private guided tour at the Uffizi museum won't disappoint you. It is no coincidence that I am a passionate Art Conservator of paintings and I also had the chance through my work to get in touch and come closer to Masterpieces displayed in the Uffizi Gallery. The tour will give me the opportunity to show you details you were never -ever!- expecting to see.

We will focus on the greatest Florentine Renaissance paintings made by artists such as Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others. Come with me on a fascinating journey through famous Renaissance Masterpieces and the life of their artists!

Experience one of the world's greatest collections

Half Day Uffizi Gallery Tour in Florence

The religious heart, the Duomo, the baptistery, giotto's bell tower and Brunelleschi's Dome. (Outside)
The medieval quarters with the house-towers from 1300.
The polical heart with the cityhall palazzo vecchio, the Uffizi Palace (outside), the Vasari Corridor path (outside) the porcellino market, republic square the center of the old Roman forum, signoria Square and the famous old bridge, golden bridge.
The "Oltrarno" artisans quarter and the Pitti Palace (outside)
The "mercato centrale" with its food market
A complete tour also suggested to first time visitors with the main monuments.
The itinerary can be changed to fit your interest and it depends from where it starts.

Highlights in a Half Day Walking Tour

Florence Orientation Tour

Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo are the best known Renaissance artists, but many other great figures lived and worked in Florence at that time.

Why so many geniuses headed here in the same historical period?
Why was Florence the cradle of Renaissance?
Why was it one of the biggest and richest cities between XIII and XV centuries?

We will answer this and more, while exploring the streets of Florence. From the religious center, to the center of the political power, we'll get to know the Medici family and all the great art works and monuments they commissioned. Stepping through less crowded parts of the city, we'll learn Florence also played a crucial role in the foundation of the modern banking system. In the meantime, we'll stop by and meet some local artisans who have run their workshops for generations and still make everything by hand.

Join me and enjoy my magical city! You will not regret it.

Discover Florence with your local guide - Private Walking Tour with an Art Historian

Experience the very best of my Florence!

Masters of the Renaissance 4hr tour with Art Historian

Let me show you all the sights that brought me to Florence and made me never want to leave. If you love art, history, and hearing great stories like me, you will absolutely love this engaging itinerary. Allow me to take out the hard part of planning your visit and I'll show you all the best there is to see!

At the Accademia learn how Michelangelo turned an abandoned block of marble into a masterpiece and see unfinished works still bearing his chisel marks. At the Uffizi discover how an office building was transformed into one of the world's first art museums. Learn how the building became a key element connecting one side of the city to the other across the Arno and why thousands of shells from the Indian Ocean were brought here. See the beautiful Venus that was whisked away by Napoleon and made her way back home.

Hear the stories and legends behind the masterpieces. Walking from one museum to the other stop to admire the dome of Florence Cathedral and the magnificent Piazza della Signoria!

Cost for Uffizi and Accademia entrance ticket and reservation "skip-the-line" 

Skip the line to the Accademia and Uffizi Galleries

Is it the first time that you are visiting Florence and you don't want to be overloaded of information? This is the PERFECT TOUR for you! In this 3 hours of walking tour you will get to know EVERYTHING about the highlights of Florence and the Medici family without the stress of fighting against long lines and crowds of people! We will see together amazing buildings such as the enormous Duomo with its gigantic Dome or Signoria Palace with its elegant courtyard. We will talk about Ladies, Love affairs, fights and plots, but also ART, FOOD and TRADITIONS! Because Art is not just paintings or statues, but Art is also made up of food and craftsmanship! We will also talk about GELATO (did you know that the famous Gelato was invented in Florence?), WINE and LEATHER! This is a perfect combination for a FIRST-TIME VISIT or if you want to RELAX: a memorable experience to keep in you heart!

Cathedral of Florence and Brunelleschi's dome

Walking Tour in the Cradle of Renaissance

A Taste of Florence

It is an amazing tour through the city that includes all the main historic squares and most striking buildings, including the riverbanks to arrive, through the San Niccolo district, to Piazzale Michelangelo, from which you can contemplate a breathtaking view of the city. What are the benefits? The one-and-a-half-hour route is tackled comfortably seated in a golf cart, so there is absolutely no stress!

Brunelleschi's Dome from Michelangelo Square (Piazzale Michelangelo)

Palazzo Vecchio (The Old Palace) to the left and Giotto's Bell Tower to the right

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