On the footsteps of the Medici family. A whole day visiting the city houses, a summer Villa and their magnificent chapels

Morning: - At first we go to Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the first palace built by Cosimo the elder, we'll enter inside the courtyard where Michelangelo started to work for Lorenzo il magnifico. - Medici's chapels are not far, inside there are the graves of all of them. Most of the funeral monuments were carved by Michelangelo. - In front of the Duomo, I'll tell you the story of the Pazzi plot against Lorenzo and Giuliano while you could take amazing pictures. - Palazzo Vecchio, today museum and town hall of the city, where lived Cosimo the first Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Eleonora. We'll visit the interior of the palace. - Photo stop for the immense Palazzo Pitti, that was bought because the couple had 11 children! Afternoon: The gardens of Villa di Castello where is located the Crusca Academy (house of the Italian language), the Villa Petraia (interior), the favourite villa of the Granduke Ferdinando, where are preserved frescos about Medici and 14 famous lunettes of Giusto Utens.