Best of Florence Walking Tour, Accademia & Uffizi Masterclass

Our tour explores the historical and architectural evolution factors from the Roman foundation through the medieval centuries and its Renaissance glorious period up to modern times 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 along with 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 the Renaissance, by the greatest artists, like Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Sarto and many more.

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 and 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 to the government palace on the other side of the Arno river.

Departure Location:

• Towns of Italy Tourist Hub - Piazza Mentana 2red, opposite the Arno River; From the 1st Mar 2025 tours will depart from 'Towns of Italy Kiosk' - Piazza della Repubblica, under the arches on the left facing the Apple Store 

Departs:

• Tuesday to Sunday (except the first Sunday of every month)

Start Times:

• 10.00 am

Duration:

• Please allow approximately 8 hours