Best of Florence City Center + The Accademia + Uffizi Gallery
€156,00
DURATION: Approx. 8 hours
DEPARTURE TIME: 10am
FREQUENCY: Every day, excluding Monday
LANGUAGES: English
MEETING POINT: Piazza Mentana, 2red at 9.45am
Experience the best of Florence on this guided tour of the city center. Our guide will take you to some of the most important spots where the greatest minds and artists have stood and been inspired: Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo, the Baptistery, Santa Trinita and Orsanmichele Church, Pontevecchio Bridge, and much more.
You’ll skip the line at the Accademia Gallery to see Michelangelo’s David, then you’ll enjoy a variety of artists (Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and many others) at the Uffizi Gallery with one of the best Uffizi guided tours.
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- Reviews (5)
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Best of Florence City Center + The Accademia + Uffizi Gallery Highlights
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TOUR ITINERARY
Walk through the amazing center of Florence and discover its unique secular heritage and breathtaking beauty with an expert and fun tour guide.
Our tour explores the historic and architectural evolution factors from the Roman foundation through medieval centuries and its Renaissance glorious period up to modern time Florence.
Our guide will take you to some of the most important spots where the greatest minds and artists have stood and been inspired: Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo, the Baptistery, Santa Trinita and Orsanmichele Church, Pontevecchio Bridge, the secret Vasari Corridor and much much more.
Then enter the Accademia Gallery museum with a fast-track priority entrance ticket and discover the original Michelangelo’s masterpiece that has become the symbol of Renaissance splendour. The David.
Admire it from every perspective, gaze in awe at David, that dominates the central gallery of the museum.
The David was sculpted by a very young Michelangelo (in his twenties) entirely from a single block of local Carrara marble and it’s 5.17 metres tall (17 ft). It represents the biblical hero David that killed Goliath and when it was unveiled, in 1504, it soon came to symbolize the defense of the civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic.
Admire also Michelangelo’s famously unfinished sculptures – Prigioni and San Matteo. The Accademia Gallery Florence houses also many other masterpieces, both paintings and sculptures, from the Middle Ages to Renaissance, by the greatest artists, like Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Sarto and many more, which you will discover with your knowledgeable English-speaking guide.
Then move toward Signoria Square and enter the beautiful Uffizi Gallery, where you will enjoy an approx. 2.5-hour guided tour of the main rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, skipping the usual long lines. You will thus be able to view the main masterpieces by artists like Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc.
Finally our professional English speaking guide will lead you on a discovery external walk along the Vasari Corridor, the secret Corridor built by Giorgio Vasari ad commissioned by the Grand Duke of Florence, Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1564, with the aim to build a path that would allow him and the Medici family to move freely from their residence (Palazzo Pitti) to the government palace (Palazzo della Signoria, other side of the Arno river), passing above the famous Pontevecchio (the landmark of Florence).
There will be a break during the visit: take the time for a frothy cappuccino or coffee at the Uffizi Café located on the terrace above the ancient Loggia dei Lanzi, with a spectacular panorama on history.
PLEASE NOTE
Meeting Point
- For the WALKING tour (check in at 9:45am- duration 3hrs):
Piazza Mentana 2red - For the ACCADEMIA GALLERY tour (check in at 12:45pm – duration 1,5 hrs):
ACCADEMIA GALLERY – Accademia Ticket Office Via Ricasoli, 58/60 - For the UFFIZI tour (check in at 2:45pm – duration 3.5 hrs ):
Piazza Mentana 2red
CANCELLATION POLICY:
- Full refund when the cancellation occurs 2 days before the tour
- no refund for a cancellation that occurs after that
Rosie –
Amazing!! I strongly recommend it our guide was amazing.
Zach Reynolds –
We couldn’t have asked for a better guide. Lauren was amazing on multiple levels. Her knowledge was unsurpassed and her passion for the history, country, and culture was contagious! She made the trip an adventure with her stories, experiences, and humor. She balanced the “time to take things in” perfectly with the rigorous demands of our vacation schedule. She is as much a gem in Italy as the sights she’s showing you.
Danielle –
It was so perfect to have a personalized feel of Italy! Most of us have never been, and Lauren was simply fantastic. She had an amazing way of sharing not only the common history teaching, but the local and personal theories. We will definitely book tours again!
Jim –
This was my second tour with Luca and my friends and I enjoyed it immensely. He has a fun and engaging style which makes his tours so easy to relate to. We particularly enjoyed him pointing out hidden local spots to view the Duomo and local graffiti art. He even threw in some tips for dining and shopping. Luca also went well above and beyond the call of duty to help me locate my lost cell phone…he called cab companies and searched for and located my phone…saved our trip. I highly recommend this tour!
Shawn –
Lauren was OUTSTANDING. She has an incredible ability to combine history, legend and romance on the magnificent pallet of Florence. It seemed as though we were with an old friend so passionate about her subject matter. She is a 10 out of 10!!!