FULL-DAY IN FLORENCE WITH MULTIPLE GUIDED TOUR

Tour Highlights

• A passionate and art-lover local guide
• Climb to the top of the Cupola, the highest point in Florence
• View house paintings ranging from the 13th century to the 18th century
• Accademia Gallery skip-the-line ticket

Description

Enjoy tours of several of Florence's most popular highlights all in one day. Take tours of the Accademia, Cupola, and Uffizi to discover Florentine masterpieces and explore the city on a walking tour.

Itinerary

The Accademia- Tour The locally qualified guide will introduce you to this museum revealing all the secrets about David and the other masterpieces hosted in it. After that quick detour, the guide will lead you to the Hall of the Colossus to see the works of art of Giambologna’s “Rape of the Sabines”, Cassone Adimari, Domenico Ghirlandaio’s solemn “St. Stephen between St. James and St. Peter”, then onto the main Hall of the Prisoners to learn more about the unfinished statues by Michelangelo “Slaves”, and the friendship and mutual influence with artist like Fra’ Bartolomeo, Pontormo, Granacci, etc. Later, the guide will spend time at The Tribune, sharing all the information about the world-famous statue of Michelangelo, “David's Statue”, and the Tribune Left Wing ", Allori’s Coronation of the Virgin Mary". Finally, the guide will introduce you to the Gipsoteca Bartolini, the plaster casts of the Reclining Venus, Arnolfo, Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Monaco, Documentation centre on the first floor.

Cupola del Brunelleschi- After seeing the Duomo from all sides and visiting the cathedral inside, all you need to do to complete the experience is a climb to the top of the cupola! The exterior view of the Cupola is a showstopper, but the only way to see the inside of the dome up close and enjoy the extraordinary sight of Florence is to climb its 463 steps (there is no elevator) Your guide will talk you through how the Cupola was designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi, who won the competition for its commission in 1418. The way up (and down) are tight corridors like the workmen who built the cathedral for maintenance. They were never thought of as being open to the public. On the dome's interior, you can admire Giorgio Vasari's frescoes of the Last Judgement (1572-9) up close with an interesting explanation of the frescoes from your guide on your way up to the top.

Galleria Degli Uffizi- The guide will start off with a bit of history of the Uffizi Gallery, which used to house the administrative and legal offices before it became a gallery and information about the Medici as the majority of artistic masterpieces in Florence and in the Uffizi are their own collection as well as the support provided by the Medici for arts and artists of past centuries. After entering, the guide will show you the portrait of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, the last surviving member of the Medici responsible for donating all of the family's collections to the city. As you climb the grand staircase to the top floor, where the museum collections begin, the guide will explain the museum's architecture and fascinate you with the secrets, legends and other exciting bits of information behind the many paintings on display in this gallery.

The first hall contains works by Giotto, Cimabue, and Duccio di Buoninsegna. You'll see and learn about the paintings of Venus de Milo by Botticelli and the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci and the only panel painting in the world by Michelangelo from the guide. Along with the local and art expert guide, discover the Uffizi and its masterpieces, an exciting and fun journey where the artists and their paintings are brought to life by the guide. Knowing some of the who, what, and why will enrich the visit to the museum. The tour takes about two hours, the perfect amount to see the highlights inside the museum without feeling overwhelmed. You can also return to anything you might want to see again after the tour ends.

Walking Tour- From the point of the meeting, the guide will give you an insight of the history of this Renaissance city and how this incredible cultural movement of the Renaissance transformed not only Florence but eventually the rest of Europe. The guide will start off with Piazza Della Republica, the main square of Florence that marks the centre of the City. After a little talk of history & the changes of Piazza Republica since its origin, you will walk straight to the marvellous piece of art, the Piazza Della Duomo. A showstopper of Filippo Brunelleschi, Giotto, Arnolfo & Francesco Talenti.

Walk passing the Duomo Square the guide will lead you straight through the old buildings and some of the historical landmarks of Florence to Palazzo Vecchio, where the David’s’ sculpture (the original is in the Galleria dell'Accademia) by Michelangelo is placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio as a symbol of the Republic's defiance of the tyrannical Medici.

Afterward, as you walk past the Palazzo Vecchio, the guide will explain to you about the Uffizi Gallery, one of the greatest museums of the world, and then you will reach the most famous old bridge of Florence known as “Ponte Vecchio”. Your next stop is Palazzo Pitti, the enormous palace of Florence's largest architectural monuments of Filippo Brunelleschi and the household of Pitti Family, later of the Medici’s’. We will not go inside this attraction

Finally, the guide will talk you through the artists, architects, thinkers and political figures who led to the Renaissance and born on the fertile soil in and around Florence, within the same century till your final stop to “La Strega Nocciola” for a delicious gelato offered by us Star Florence. The tour takes about two hours, enough time to help you understand the uniqueness and beauty of Florence city.

Meeting Point and Description

1. Accademia Gallery Tour- Via Ricasoli No 57, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy

Please be present in front of the Supermarket Via Ricasoli No 57, 50121 Firenze FI, at least 15 minutes before departure.

2. Uffizi Gallery Tour- Statua di Leonardo da Vinci, Piazzale degli Uffizi, 209, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

Please be present in front of Leonardo Da Vinci's statue, Piazzale degli Uffizi, 209, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy at least 15 minutes before departure.

3. Cupola Tour - Lindt Chocolate Shop Firenze Duomo, Piazza del Duomo, 15 R, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy

Please be present in front of Lindt Chocolate Shop Firenze Duomo in Piazza del Duomo, 15R, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy at least 15 minutes before departure.

4. Walking Tour - Hard Rock Cafe, Via dei Brunelleschi, 1, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy

Please be present in front of the Hard Rock Cafe Firenze in Via Dei Brunelleschi, Piazza della Repubblica, 1, 50123 Firenze, at least 15 minutes before departure.