Are you planning a trip to Tuscany or a Shore Excursion? Pisa leaning Tower and Florence must be on your must-see list!
All in one day! Just sit back, relax in a comfortable private car, and discover everything about these two gems.
- Only your or your group can participate in this activity!
- Your driver will pick you from your hotel/apartment/Ship dock to discover the elegance of the Florence Renaissance.
- Travel in style and comfort in a luxury Mercedes to Pisa.
- Climb the leaning tower and enjoy the majestic Fields of Miracles.
You will be back to your hotel/apartment in the early evening/on time for your embarkation.
Note: Tickets to the leaning tower and Florence museums must be booked with significant advance. On Monday, Accademia, Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti are not open. On its place, you will visit the not less precious Palazzo Vecchio.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Certified Professional Guide in Florence. Kindly ask for languages that are not listed..
✔ Transfer to Pisa where you will have free time (leaning tower tickets on rquest)
✔ Luxury car with professional English speaking chauffeur
✔ Food tour of local products
✔ Port Transfers ( for the Shore Excursion Options )
✔ Pick up & Drop off at your location (central hotels/apartments/B&B/rail stations/ports)
✖ Tickets to the Leaning Tower are on request because of health/age restriction; see "additional info"
✖ Entrance tickets to Accademia (Palazzo Vecchio on Monday)
✖ Guide in Pisa (The driver will stay at your disposal and give you all necessay information)
Pickup Locations
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2. The Westin Excelsior, Florence
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Additional Info: A private local guide will PICK YOU UP FROM ALL HOTELS/B&B/APARTMENT/RAIL STATIONS IN CENTRAL FLORENCE! If your hotel/B&B/Apartment is **not in central Florence**, let us know its location, and we will organize a private pick up with a luxury car (extra fee depends on the distance).
If you have not booked your hotel yet, you will amend your booking later on with your hotel's name or the address of your B&B/Apartment.
SHORE EXCURSION OPTIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM LIVORNO OR LA SPEZIA.
Kindly, on your booking, enter the information regarding your pick-up/drop-off location.
Kindly add to your booking a mobile phone (if possible with a WhatsApp connection) and use for your booking an email address you can check frequently.
**If you do not receive further messages, the default pick-up time is confirmed.**
It is a Private Tour and is customizable!
Make sure you booked the right package option. There are three, and have different car options:
- Option 1: WOW LA SPEZIA Shore Excursion
8 HOURS - 9:15 am Pick-up: Includes pick-up and drop-off at La Spezia Port Cruise Terminal, which you will reach with a shuttle bus (free and organized by the port authorities). Due to the port distance and the fact the pick-up is at the Terminal and not at the dock, time is limited, and you will not have time to go to Pisa, but only Florence.
- Option 2: WOW TOUR Florence & Pisa
8 HOURS - 9:00 am pick-up: Pick-up and drop off at any Florence Central hotel/B&B/apartment. After the 4-hour tour of Florence, a private driver will bring you to Pisa, give you 1,5 hours of free time, and bring you back to your location in Florence. You can book a private guide in Pisa upon request.
-Option 3: WOW LIVORNO Shore Excursion
9 HOURS - 8:00 am pick up: Includes pick-up and drop-off at The dock of your Ship at Livorno port. After the 4-hour tour of Florence, a private driver will bring you to Pisa, give you 1,5 hours of free time, and bring you back to the port.
Itinerary
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Piazza del Duomo
Your guide will pick you up at your Hotel/apartment/B&B in Florence. The departure point of your tour depends on the location of your accommodation.
In case of Shore Excursion pick up will be at the port.
One of the first stops might be Piazza del Duomo housing the octagonal Baptistery with its famous bronze doors by Ghiberti. Together with Giotto Bell’s Tower and the impressive Cathedral, they offer an impressive architectural ensemble. The octagonal dome is the ingenious masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi. ( visits from outside )
Duration: 20 minutes
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Florence
A food tour is included in this experience! Your guide will bring you through a culinary experience according to your tastes, with the aim of making you discover as much as possible of the true Florentine atmosphere and culture.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Galleria dell'Accademia
TICKETS ON REQUEST ARE NOT INCLUDED. The Accademia houses significant Gothic Florentine art music instruments collections. The museum’s core is Michelangelo’s works; his David is the most significant. Other masterpieces of artists dating from 1.200 to 1.500, like Giotto or Perugino, make this Gallery worth visiting.
NOTE: Upon request and availability, we can book the Uffizi.
On Monday, all the museums are closed, and the best alternative is Palazzo Vecchio.
This 14th-century fortress-like palace was a residence of the Medici family. Today, it is the seat of the municipality and houses a famous museum with works by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donatello, and Verrocchio.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Ponte Vecchio
Florence has its romantic face in the spectacular views over the Arno river, you will see on the way to the picturesque bridge Ponte Vecchio. Antique and jewelry shops are in abundance.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Piazza della Signoria
The main square in Florence is Piazza Della Signoria. Here, beside Neptune Fountain, you will also see the magnificent Loggia Dei Lanzi, a 14th-century arcade, enriched with outstanding statues. In front of the imposing Palazzo Vecchio, there is a copy of the world-famous Michelangelo’s David.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Piazzale Michelangelo
Before or after the tour to Pisa, the driver bring you to this famous neoclassical terrace dedicated to the artist to enjoy a fantastic view over the city.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Piazza dei Miracoli
Field of Miracles:
NOTE THAT the Shorex from La Spezia does not allow enough time to go to Pisa and you will have 3,5 hours tour in Florence.
After lunch ( the food tour is included in the package), your driver will lead you to the Field of Miracles in Pisa, where you will have one hour and a half free time to climb the famous Leaning Tower, where Galilei did his experiments on gravity.
Cathedral:
Visit the marvelous Cathedral with the famous bronze lamp that inspired Galilei in his discovery of the pendulum. Not only the bronze doors but also the west façade hides surprises. Inside, the Cathedral is the house for magnificent works of art.
Note that guide in not included in Pisa and is on request.
At the end of the tour, the driver will bring you back to your location (hotel, B&B, apartment, port)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Wheelchair accessible
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• For your tour, we selected the Accademia Galery. (Tickets are not included and must be requested at the moment of the booking; see "what to expect" section). Visiting the the Uffizi is possible, booking in large advance. Depending on availability and according to your requests, we will program and book the museum you prefer to visit. As an alternative you will explore other sites with your guide.
• Leaning Tower of Pisa tickets must be booked in large advance. Furthermore, the tower has a 297 step spiral staircase leading to the top, and is not recommended for visitors with back or heart problems and pregnant women. For safety reasons, children who will not have turned 8 are not permitted to enter. An adult must accompany under 18s. Kindly confirm you wish to include the Leaning Tower.
• Inside all sites, handbags/bags/luggage are not allowed. Only small bags or backpacks will be accepted, with a max size of 20x30x38 cm.
• Kindly confirm you wish to include the Leaning Tower to your visit, specifing the age of participants.
• Please provide any mobility or wheelchair access and diet requirements, together with the age of children.
