This tour begins with the guide meeting you at your town centre hotel. Your licensed, local guide will then take you on a private tour through the streets and piazzas of Florence. This customized tour takes you on a historical journey via the numerous historical landmarks that adorn this most beautiful of all Renaissance cities; Santa Croce Church, the Bargello Palace, Piazza della Republica to name a few.
Children are complimentary but please advise if you have with you.
Option 1: tour at 9:30 am
Pickup included
After meeting with your guide in Piazza Santa Croce, you begin the walking tour learning important facts about the wonderful Basilica.
You pass by the “Porcellino” (little pig) market on the way to the Ponte Vecchio, dating to the 1300s and one of the most recognized bridges in the world.The bridge affords a wonderful vista of the hills that surround Florence and your guide will tell you of the history of the bridge and how with the building of the Vasari Corridor there was a significant change to the many shops that line the bridge.
It is then on to what was the political centre of Renaissance Florence, Piazza della Signoria. The offices of the Grand Duke’s of Florence were once housed in the building that is now the Uffizi and the seat of the Florentine government was on the opposite side of the square in the Palazzo Vecchio.
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please confirm your hotel address. If it is central located the guide will meet you in the lobby and you'll start the walking tour from there.