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The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance and Medici Tales

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The Best Tour in Florence Renaissance and Medici Tales
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  • 2 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Discover the best of Florence, learn all about the Medici family and their role in shaping the Renaissance, and see the city’s hidden corners, too—this immersive walking tour is designed to provide a wide-ranging introduction to the city. Meet your guide in central Florence, and set off on foot: you’ll see highlights like the Duomo, Giotto’s Campanile, and Palazzo Vecchio, and will learn the stories behind the sights.
  • This budget-friendly tour offers an affordable way to explore the city
  • Discover many of Florence’s top attractions and lesser-known landmarks
  • Learn the stories behind the sights from your guide’s commentary
  • Exploring on foot makes it easy to soak up the city’s ambiance

What's Included

  • Licensed Guide
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Piazza di San Lorenzo, 35R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy

    The meeting point is in front of the façade of SAN LORENZO church (main entrance, not the entrance of the Medici chapels) next to the marble statue of Giovanni de' Medici who is sitting on a small throne. Look for a small red flag.

End point

  • Piazza della Signoria
    P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

    The endpoint is only indicative and can vary slightly within the indicated area.

What To Expect

Your walking tour starts in front of San Lorenzo Church in the heart of Florence. Meet your guide next to the statue of Giovanni de' Medici sitting on a throne.

With this wide-ranging introduction to Florence, cover main attractions and hidden gems while you learn about the Medici family and their role in shaping the Renaissance.

After the Basilica di San Lorenzo, your first stops are the Palazzo Medici Riccardi and the Baptistery of St. John, one of Florence’s oldest buildings. See the famous Florence Duomo and the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Renaissance masterpiece dome sitting atop it.

Next, pass the House of Dante, the museum and birthplace of the Florentine writer. Continue to the Piazza della Signoria and the Palazzo Vecchio. See the copy of Michelangelo’s “David.” Your tour ends in this convenient spot near the Uffizi Gallery.

Basilica di San Lorenzo

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Battistero di San Giovanni

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Duomo

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Campanile di Giotto

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Cupola del Brunelleschi

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Museo Casa di Dante

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piazza della Signoria

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palazzo Vecchio

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Gallerie Degli Uffizi

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour is made possible only thanks to your donations. We offer the tour in this way because we are confident in the quality of what we are providing. At the end of the tour, you will decide the appropriate amount to compensate for the expertise and professionalism of the guide who accompanied you. The only form of compensation for the guide is what you choose to donate.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Florence city tour, secrets of Medici family
Robert_L, Apr 2024
Our guide Jacmo was the best, very knowledgeable. Interesting considered and easy to understand. Mmm
Great introduction to Florence
Sue_E, Apr 2024
Lovely tour giving a great introduction to Florence. Large group but still managed to hear everything that was said
Fantastic Tour
Lisa_M, Apr 2024
We had a Fantastic tour with Alberto our guide on this English speaking tour. He was excellent and gave us lots of information and tips. Loved hearing about the Medici family and their roots and homes. Recommended a book “The Medici - godfathers of the renaissance” which we sourced in a bookshop for extra reading. Enjoyed it better and was more professionally ran than a guided tour we paid a lot more for at the Accademia Gallery. We tipped our guide, Alberto at the the end of the tour and it was well worth it.
Best price for what you receive
Lucy_S, Apr 2024
Giachamo was fabulous, he was funny, informative, and did a great job. He is an architect by education so had an interesting spin on the city.
Don’t miss. I recommend going when first getting to Florence
Dan_T, Apr 2024
Our guide was an art historian and life-long Florence resident. Great tour and very enthusiastic. Best tour ever.
Be guided by an expert
Helen_O, Apr 2024
Valentina expertly selected and explained the most important pieces. Warm, authoritative and clear, she helped us understand key areas of the development of artistic style. Highly recommended.
Great trip!
julia_f, Apr 2024
Great tour, my friend and i had such a great tour in Florence, so much history, facts from our wonderful guide!
Go for it!
Kristy_K, Apr 2024
Manuel was fantastic. He’s articulate, funny and personable. My daughters and I thoroughly enjoyed his tour. I would recommend this tour 100%!
Wonderful tour and a great guide!
Tamila_R, Apr 2024
It is very important to have a right guide even in such a beautiful place as Firenze. Our tour was at 4.30 pm, I wish we had it at the beginning of the day so we could escape many mistakes we have done. It was an amazing story and introduction to this beautiful city. Alberto is a great story teller and a lecturer. He definitely loves his city. He also recommended places to eat and to hang out. Unfortunately we had a trip back home. But we are planning to have the tour with Alberto about Tuscany. Thank you Viator, All around Florence and Alberto for such a great opportunity.
Walking tour
Stephanie_L, Apr 2024
We enjoyed our guide Alberto. He was extremely knowledgeable and engaging with all of us. Answered any questions and truly seemed to enjoy himself and the tour.
Great tour!
Andrew_C, Apr 2024
We loved how Manuel weaved a story with humor and historic details that educated us on the uniqueness of Florence.
Perfect start to our Florence visit
Deborah_S, Apr 2024
Manuel led a very entertaining and informative tour, told in the form of the story of a famous Florentine family. He showed us places we never would have found on our own. Highly recommend.
great tour
Simon_F, Apr 2024
good historical background. Knowledgeable guide That's all i want to say viator. Why can't I say just a few nice things?
Deeper look at F Florence.
Denette_D, Apr 2024
This tour takes you places off the beaten path, I really liked it! The guide was knowledgeable. We went down streets I didn’t know were there. It was great!
Highly recommended
William_J, Apr 2024
Camilla was amazing, so passionate and knowledgeable. We learnt so much about the history of the Medici family and how all the monuments are linked back too them.
10/10 tour
Andres_F, Apr 2024
The tour was absolutely fantastic - Deborah brought the history of Florence to life, and we left so much better informed and thankful for having spent a few hours to learn more!
A must do in Florence!
Lydia_A, Apr 2024
The tour was PERFECT! Very knowledgable, yet not too much. I would highly recommend. It is the best two hours to start off your stay while visiting Florence. It gives you the lay of the land with some history behind it all. I would give this tour 5 stars!
A “must-do” for the first day in Florence!
LynetteF_B, Apr 2024
Alberto was an excellent and engaging guide through the city! His thorough knowledge of the history and art of Florence clearly demonstrated that this was his city. We appreciated his recommendations of sites to see and restaurants to sample. It was a wonderful way to start our visit to this beautiful city!
Delightful walking tour of Florence
Korinne_M, Apr 2024
Deborah was so personable and, clearly, very knowledgeable and passionate about the history of Florence. I would definitely do another tour with this group
A great starting point for a few days in Florence
Mark_H, Apr 2024
Helped paint a picture of how Florence came to be and explained what we were looking at from a larger perspective than just one building or one statue.
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