Private Walking Tour: Florence and All Its Beauty
Florence, Italy
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 2 hours
Let your professional tour guide, walk you through the beauty, history and passion of Florence and its beautiful surroundings on this private
walking tour. This is a small group tour that gives you a personalized experience for your memorable trip to Florence.
walking tour. This is a small group tour that gives you a personalized experience for your memorable trip to Florence.
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Let your professional tour guide, walk you through the beauty, history and passion of Florence and its beautiful surroundings on this private
walking tour. This is a small group tour that gives you a personalized experience for your memorable trip to Florence.Your tour will depart from Piazza della Republica, an ancient roman forum and the heart of this great city. You'll then visit the popular Loggia del Porcellino and Ponte Vecchio with its famous goldsmith workshops. Next, following the Vasarian Corrider, you'll see Piazza della Signoria. This is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic as it maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city. There, you will appreciate the Statue of Cosimo on horseback, the Neptune fountain, the replica of the David Statue of Michaelangelo, the Bronze statue of Perseo and Medusa.
From the Priors' fortress then renovated as Medicis' house: Palazzo della Signoria, you will cross Dante's quarter to arrive at the impressive cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic center of Florence.
Il Duomo is one of Italy's largest churches and it was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. It's faced with poly-chrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. You will finish the tour in San Lorenzo Square after a brief visit to Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Basilica of San Lorenzo and the famous Central Market.
walking tour. This is a small group tour that gives you a personalized experience for your memorable trip to Florence.Your tour will depart from Piazza della Republica, an ancient roman forum and the heart of this great city. You'll then visit the popular Loggia del Porcellino and Ponte Vecchio with its famous goldsmith workshops. Next, following the Vasarian Corrider, you'll see Piazza della Signoria. This is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic as it maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city. There, you will appreciate the Statue of Cosimo on horseback, the Neptune fountain, the replica of the David Statue of Michaelangelo, the Bronze statue of Perseo and Medusa.
From the Priors' fortress then renovated as Medicis' house: Palazzo della Signoria, you will cross Dante's quarter to arrive at the impressive cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic center of Florence.
Il Duomo is one of Italy's largest churches and it was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. It's faced with poly-chrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. You will finish the tour in San Lorenzo Square after a brief visit to Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Basilica of San Lorenzo and the famous Central Market.
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