Florence: Walking Tour, Accademia Gallery & Uffizi Gallery

Highlights

• Skip the lines at the Accademia Gallery. Marvel at David by Michelangelo.
• Embark on a guided tour through major monuments in Florence, passing by its most noteworthy landmarks

Full description

For the full-day tour in the morning, you will be taken for a guided visit to the Accademia Gallery. Find out just why David is so important to Florence, the most famous symbol of it, and what the statue represented at the time. Get up close with masterpieces of art that are eternal, listening to stories about the life and times of Michelangelo— the consummate artist during the period of rebirth.After the guided tour ends, you have some free time to further explore on your own and perhaps have lunch.The second part of the tour begins in the early afternoon. Take a fully guided introductory tour to this city, which will cover 2,000 years of Florentine history.Learn about its Roman origins plus pass by Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi courtyard (famous for its museum), Brunelleschi magnificent Dome while heading towards Baptistery's golden Gates of Paradise.After the walking tour you’ll be taken to one of the world’s top art museums, Uffizi Gallery. Your knowledgeable guide will make the works of great artists from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance such as Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian clear to you. Admire famous paintings that you have grown up with through books, magazines, and television. Learn the secrets of the craft, techniques, and tools of the artists. When coming across such an immense wealth of artworks from that period one can realize why Florence is referred to as the birthplace of Italian Renaissance.

Includes

• Pro Guide
• Guided Visit to Accademia Gallery

Not includes

• Lunch

Know before you go

• On the first Sunday of every month, entrance is free, but because tickets can not be reserved in advance, entrance is not guaranteed.