Enjoy the experience of a full day tour of Florence in a private group with the fast train and an assistant who will accompany you throughout the trip. When you arrive the assistant will show you the most characteristic and interesting places, you will learn about the habits of the Florentines, you will visit the market of San Lorenzo, famous for leather and shoes.
For lunch, you have many options as typical restaurants, but the most famous dish in Florence is the Florentine steak with good red wine.
In the afternoon visit the city with a guide, breathe the atmosphere of the medieval streets and the artisans' workshops and see masterpieces by Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and Botticelli, including Michelangelo's David at the Accademia. See the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, with its beautiful dome designed by Brunelleschi and admire the Baptistery and Giotto's Bell Tower. At the end of the day return to the capital with the fast train. Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ 2 hours walking tour with a professional guide
✔ Tour-guide assistant all day trip
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off (inside Aurelian wall)
✔ Fast train ticket in 2nd class (1st class optional)
✔ Emergency number also operational via whatsapp
✔ Admission Ticket Accademia Gallery
✖ Food and drinks
✖ Gratuities
✖ Tips
Pickup Locations
1. San Pietro Rooms 84
2. Maalot Roma - Small Luxury Hotels Of The World
3. Hotel Domus Termini
4. Sophie's Choice 2 a San Pietro
5. Hotel Madison Roma
6. Hotel Positano 2
7. Radisson Collection Hotel, Roma Antica
8. BePlace Holy See
9. Esposizione Luxury Rome
10. Hotel La Place
11. Vertex Suite
12. Hotel Maximus
13. Casa Santa Sofia
14. DoubleTree by Hilton Rome Monti
15. Hotel Alex Square
16. Hotel Il Campo Marzio
17. Romantic Vatican Rome
18. Giorgio B&B
19. B&B Domus Aurea
20. Hotel Positano 2
Additional Info: - Free Pick-up and drop-off to the Hotels, Appartments, Bed&breakfast, accomodations in the city center
- The address must to be provided on the reservation.
- Please contact customer services one day before the tour to confirm the pickup time.
- Please wait in the hotel lobby or outside your accommodation 15 minutes before your scheduled pickup time
Itinerary
1
Centro Storico
Enjoy a full-day walking tour of Florence, the city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments such as Palazzo Vecchio, the Church of San Lorenzo, Santa Maria del Fiore (built by Brunelleschi). The nearby Campanile (designed by Giotto) and the Baptistery are also highlights. But Florence is also an important city for Italian fashion, being one of the 15 fashion capitals of the world. Have all day for yourself to do what you prefer to do. For lunch, you have many options such as bars, typical restaurants, pizzerias but the most famous dish in Florence is the Florentine steak with good red wine.
Let yourself be guided by the tour guide for shopping, eating, sightseeing and everything will be easier.
Duration: 6 hours
2
Galleria dell'Accademia
The visit includes the acAdemy Gallery where inside is the David, Michelangelo's famous sculpture. Michelangelo’s David at the “Accademia in addition to the work of David, there are also other sculptures and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists.
Duration: 45 minutes
3
Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Visit from outside), with its beautiful dome projected by Brunelleschi, is the cathedral of Florence. 1296 , Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.
The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.
Duration: 20 minutes
4
Battistero Di San Giovanni
the Baptistery of San Giovanni (visit outside) is located in Piazza Duomo, in front of the Cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore, it is one of the most important monuments in Florence.
The origins of the monument are not certain. It is thought to have been built on the ruins of an ancient Roman temple dedicated to the God Mars around the 4th-5th century AD. The first mention dates back to 897 when it was referred to as a basilica. In 1128 it officially became the city's baptistery, where the baptism rite took place.
The baptistery, named after the patron saint of the city, is characterized by an octagonal plan, covered by a dome with eight segments covered on the outside by a pyramid roof. The exterior of the building is decorated with white Carrara marble and green Prato marble, characteristic of Florentine Romanesque architecture.
Duration: 10 minutes
5
Campanile di Giotto
Adjacent to the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is the Bell Tower designed by Giotto (visit outside). Giotto's Bell Tower is the majestic bell tower of the Cathedral and one of the masterpieces of Italian Gothic. The Bell Tower has a square base of approximately 15 meters per side with corner reinforcements that rise up to the horizontal cantilevered crown located at a height of 84.7 metres.
Duration: 20 minutes
6
Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria has been at the center of Florence's political life since the 14th century. The Square has seen important historical events and great triumphs take place, such as the return of the Medici in 1530.
The famous sculptures located in Piazza della Signoria have references to the political events of Florence. The David (the original is located in the Accademia Gallery) was created by Michelangelo and positioned in front of Palazzo Vecchio to symbolize the power of the Florentine Republic in contrast with the tyranny of the Medici. Hercules and Cacus (1534) by Bandinelli instead symbolizes the physical power of the family.
Duration: 20 minutes
7
Ponte Vecchio
Built near a Roman-era crossing, the Ponte Vecchio was until 1218 the only bridge that crossed the Arno in Florence.
Above Ponte Vecchio you can see a part of the beautiful Vasari Corridor. This corridor, built in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari, passes just above the goldsmith shops that currently stand on either side of the bridge. Commissioned by the Medici, it allowed them to move from Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti without having to cross the streets of Florence, in complete safety. At the time of the construction of the Corridor, the butchers' shops were gathered on the Ponte Vecchio, whose activity probably disturbed the passage of the Medici, who in 1593 had them moved, replacing them with the more "decorous" goldsmith shops.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional info
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
• Dress code is smart casual
• The conditions of packages are not valid during fair periods and special events. In these cases special conditions will be established in due course.
• This product is on request and subject to availability of the train
• Provide the Correct address of your accommodation , hotel, B&B
• PICK UP only in the city center inside the Aurelian Walls
• Provide the correct phone number with international country code
• One day before 24 H. Call to confirm the pick up
• check that you provide all the details to the agency
• Time for pick up at the hotel must be confirmed the day before between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm on the emergency phone or whatsapp
• Coronavirus information: Below a brief list of the measures will be taken to ensure the safety of customers during the tours and on board our vehicles: - gloves and surgery masks; - disinfectant gel - Sanitization of vehicles at the end of each tour - staff, assistants, guides, drivers wearing masks and gloves - preventive information to the customer once on board the vehicles - the capacity of minivans and groups will be regulated according to the law and regulations of the virus corona in customer protection
