A CERTIFIED GUIDE FOR YOUR FLORENCE EXPERIENCE
Florence is known throughout the world as an ideal destination for its views of the surrounding rolling hills, for its history, its art and architecture with fascinating palaces and magnificent churches.
Staying in this city you can get to know giants of history such as Dante, Giotto and Michelangelo, simply walking through the streets of the historic center.
For your visit to Florence I propose classic itineraries with visits to individual museums or monuments, or thematic combinations of a whole day to live a unique experience.
Relying on an expert and certified guide is the best way to discover the true essence of a city and get information that only a profound expert can give you.
GUIDED TOURS
CLASSIC ITINERARIES
UFFIZI GALLERY
The art collection created in the sixteenth century by the Medici family is the first museum in modern Europe and houses Giotto's masterpieces, Botticelli, Raffaello, Titian, Michelangelo and Caravaggio.
ACCADEMY'S GALLERY
The museum which has important works from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as well as a collection of gold-background paintings unique in the world and nineteenth-century plaster casts, it is also the place that hosts a spectacular environment specially designed at the end of the nineteenth century, Michelangelo's David.
MUSEO DELL'OPERA DEL DUOMO
The Opera del Duomo Museum houses the masterpieces of art from the complex of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
PALAZZO VECCHIO MUSEUM
The imposing Palazzo della Signoria has always been the seat of the city's government and with its splendidly decorated rooms bears witness to centuries of Florentine history.
PALATINE GALLERY
The charm of this collection lies in preserving its original nature as a picture gallery commissioned by the Medici, with the paintings of the greatest painters of the Renaissance and the seventeenth century that crowd the walls with the stuccos and frescoes of Pietro Benvenuti as a backdrop, Luigi Sabatelli, Volterrano, Pietro da Cortona and Ciro Ferri.
BASILICA OF SAN LORENZO AND MEDICI CHAPELS
The Basilica of San Lorenzo is one of the oldest religious buildings in Florence, rebuilt by Brunelleschi at the behest of Cosimo the Elder of the Medici, with the Chapel of the Princes which celebrates the apotheosis of the family in a blaze of semi-precious stone inlays and the New Sacristy with Michelangelo's masterpieces for the Medici tombs.
BARGELLO MUSEUM
By visiting the Bargello Museum you can learn about the sculpture masterpieces of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, by Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Giambologna and Cellini, in addition to the important collections of minor arts, bronze statues and armor kept here.
SAN MARCO MUSEUM
Inside the Convent of San Marco is the museum with the works of Beato Angelico and the Michelozzo Library, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture that is also the first library open to the public in the modern world. The San Marco Museum is a unique place where spirituality and art meet in an absolute union.
CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE
One of the most important religious buildings of Christianity, happy combination of Gothic architecture in its structure and Renaissance in its dome which is the masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi.
BASILICA OF SANTA CROCE
The importance of Santa Croce for the history of art is demonstrated by the chapels frescoed by Giotto, Agnolo Gaddi, Maso di Banco and Cimabue's masterpieces, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Bronzino and Vasari. Its importance for scientific culture is also notable, literary and poetic, attested by the tombs of the greats, from Michelangelo to Machiavelli, Galileo, Alfieri and Foscolo.
BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella combines the original Gothic style of the interior architecture with the Renaissance façade, masterpiece by Leon Battista Alberti, as well as containing Giotto's works, Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi and Paolo Uccello.
BASILICA OF SAN MINIATO
San Miniato al Monte, excellent example of Florentine courtly Romanesque, with its marble mirrors in Bianco di Carrara and Serpentino Verde di Prato, it is one of the oldest buildings of worship in the city and stands on the hill where it is located, the legend says, the beheaded holy martyr Miniato, he went up holding his head in his hands.
WALKING TOUR HISTORIC CENTER
The walk in the center of Florence is a tale of its history, with its squares, like the Signoria, the Cathedral square has always been a symbol of the political power of the city, emblem of religious authority. The Ponte Vecchio cannot be missed on this visit, one of the most famous Florentine monuments in the world is Palazzo Pitti, the residence of the Medici grand dukes.
WALKING TOUR MEDICI
The Medici have maintained a leading role in the city of Florence for over three centuries and with this walk we will focus on the palaces in which they lived and from which they governed, on buildings of worship and statues linked to their power and patronage.
FULL DAY TOUR
The most complete itineraries, with combinations of two or three tours in one day they can be a good compromise if you have little time available and want to get to know the city as much as possible.
You can book your full day visit among those proposed or you can ask me for a personalized itinerary according to your interests.
UFFIZI E GALLERIA DELL'ACCADEMIA
A single tour to get to know the two most famous and visited museums in the city: the Uffizi Gallery with Giotto's masterpieces, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio and the Accademia Gallery which houses Michelangelo's David, the most famous marble statue in the world.
THE CATHEDRAL COMPLEX
The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the most impressive in Christianity, pride of the city of Florence which with the splendid Baptistery with pure geometric shapes and the Bell Tower, Giotto's architectural masterpiece, it makes up a unique complex in the world.
PITTI PALACE AND THE BOBOLI GARDENS
A journey to discover the treasures of Palazzo Pitti, where in addition to the Palatine Gallery which was the Medici Picture Gallery, we will visit the Gallery of Modern Art, the Treasury of the Grand Dukes and the Boboli Gardens.
THE SPLENDID HISTORY OF DOCTORS
The Medici family dominated Florence for over three centuries, leaving an enormous legacy of art and architecture that we will get to know togethervisiting Palazzo Medici Riccardi, their first important residence and the nearby Basilica of San Lorenzo which was under their patronage, as well as touching all the places symbolic of their power: the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Piazza della Signoria, the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti.
MICHELANGELO AND FLORENCE
With this tour we will visit the places linked to Michelangelo, starting from Casa Buonarroti which houses the master's first sculptural essays, and then move on to the Accademia Gallery with the most famous statue in the world which is his David, to the Laurentian Library designed by him and finally to the Medici Chapels with the masterpieces of the Medici tombs. We will thus have a complete vision of Michelangelo's activity in Florence before the master's definitive transfer to Rome.
TAILOR-MADE TOURS
A tailor-made visit can range enormously, depending on your interests and the places or historical periods you prefer to explore.
We could focus on thematic walks centered on great characters such as Leonardo or Brunelleschi, rather than on specific events in Florentine history, such as the capital of Florence or the Florence of legends and dark and mysterious stories, medieval or Renaissance Florence.
I can then create a bespoke itinerary suited to your interests, in this city that never ceases to amaze us. I am waiting for you!