Private tour in Florence Anna
up to 4 people
6 hours
Walking
1
Anna
Benvenuti alla Dolce Vita! Brilliant licensed art and history guide, PhD, with over a decade guide...
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Florence is the Medici and the Medici family is Florence. Unscrupulous bankers who exploited secret books and Renaissance art to promote their business ambitions, they privatized Florence, dressed it in palaces, built libraries, monasteries, academies and even sponsored the Dome. Discover the passions and places of the Medici, their quest for money and power, their splendid artistic commissions and, eventually, their demise. Fascinated by the Medici, I researched this tour for years. A funky church where Michelangelo took on Brunelleschi, hid from his patrons and immortalized them in stone. A library for forbidden knowledge. A splendid palace with "live reporting" from mid-1400s. A monastery that harbored the seeds of the inevitable downfall. An incredible story of a pirate Pope, of 17 deadly stabbings, and of the marriages into the royal house of France. We unveil the secrets behind their favorite masterpieces and artists: Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelozzo, Bennozzo Gozzoli and of course Michelangelo.
We visit the exterior and interior of these museums: 1. Medici palace and Magi chapel (not Wednesdays) 2. San Lorenzo church (masterpieces by Brunelleschi, Donatello, Bronzino and others) 3. Old Sacristy (with 15th century Medici tombs) 4. Medici Chapels with skip-the-line tickets (entirely by Michelangelo, with 15-17th century Medici tombs) 5. Laurentian library (entirely by Michelangelo, available week days only) 6. San Marco monastery (the cells of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and Savonarola, frescoes by Fra Angelico, introduction to the other collections: the tour ends here so you are welcome to explore the rest of the monastery on your own) We will also see the exterior of and talk about the Baptistery of Florence and the Duomo. This itinerary can also be customized into a full day tour for more leisury pace and additional insight - please ask me for a quote. It can also be shrank by one hour by removing the San Marco monastery (that you can visit on your own another time - basic info will be provided).
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Walking between the monuments (ca 1 km).
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Your hotel or rental or monument or address in central Florence. Please note that this tour is unsuitable for cruise ship passengers.
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Book with a 20% deposit!
Size:
up to 4 people
Duration:
6 hours
Transportation:
Walking
1
Book with a 20% deposit!
Size:
up to 4 people
Duration:
6 hours
Transportation:
Walking
1
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