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Florence

City tour

3 hours
During the tour you will visit Piazza della Signoria with its Palazzo Vecchio and the fountain of Neptune. On Cathedral Square you will see unique monuments: the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore topped with an enormous dome by Brunelleschi, Giotto's bell tower, the most ancient building of Florence - Baptistery with bronze doors including the famous "Gates of Paradise", the church of Santa Croce, which became the burial place of the great Italians: Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and Rossini.
The possibility of tour with car at disposal will permit you to enjoy the panorama of the city from the highest viewing point - Piazzale Michelangelo.

Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio

3 hours
The Piazza della Signoria has been the center of political life in Florence since the 14th century with the prominent Palazzo Vecchio overlooking the square. It was the scene of great triumphs, such as the return of the Medici in 1530 as well as the Bonfire of the Vanities instigated by Savonarola, who was then himself burned at the stake here in 1498 after he was denounced by the Inquisition as a heretic. A marble circle inscription on the piazza shows the location where he was burned.
Palazzo Vecchio is the symbol of the city of Florence, together with Santa Maria del Fiore and Michelangelo’s David, and has always been the seat of the city government.

Uffizi gallery and individual visit to Vasari corridor (privatization)

4 hours
The "Galleria degli Uffizi" is one of the most famous museums in the world given the rich amount of unique artworks and masterpieces conserved within its walls, the majority from the Renaissance period. The main part of the collections were left by the Medici to the state of Tuscany so that they could "adorn the State, be of utility to the Public and attract the curiosity of Foreigners". The Vasari Corridor is a long, raised passageway that connects Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria to Palazzo Pitti on the other side of the river Arno. It passes through and along some of Florence’s most important landmarks, over the Ponte Vecchio and ends up in the Boboli Gardens. The passageway contains over 1000 paintings, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the largest and very important collection of self-portraits by some of the most famous masters of painting from the 16th to the 20th century, including Filippo Lippi, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Delacroix and Ensor.
It is a very unique space, and closed to the general public, making access to it very exclusive. 

Cost of Vasari’s privatization – on request.

Hidden Florence

Minimum 4 hours
You will visit unique churches and sites to discover the hidden parts of Florence. Enjoy the trip through small streets to visit Church of Santi Apostoli, Ponte Vecchio, Basilica di Santo Spirito, church Santa Maria del Carmine and famous churchof Santa Maria Novella.

Taste of Florence

3 hours
During the tour you'll explore an authentic local market, sample delicacies, meet producers & enjoy dishes at favorite local eateries. Taste breads, cheeses, salumi, crostini, wine, sweets, balsamic vinegars, olive oils and seasonal specialties to now better the gastronomic traditions of Tuscany. You will ahve the pollibility to buy all the products you like.

The Medici Family tour

3 hours
On this tour you will deal with the rise of the Medici family and the relationship between political power and art. While walking Florence, one can't help but run into the symbols of the Medici, the great Renaissance family that ruled this city politically during the Renaissance and patronized its prominent artists, including Michelangelo. During this tour we'll visit several key sites connected with them, including the Medici Chapels.

Bargello museum

3 hours
The National Museum has its setting in one of the oldest buildings in Florence that dates back to 1255. Initially the headquarters of the Capitano del Popolo and later of the Podestà, the palace became, in the sixteenth century, the residence of the Bargello that is of the head of the police and was used as prison during the whole 18th century. The building's use as National Museum began in the mid-19th century. Today it is the setting for works of sculpture, mainly from the grand ducal colleotions, and for many examples of "minor" Gothic decorative arts.

Museum of San Marco

3 hours
Visit the former Dominican convent restored and enlarged to its present size for Cosimo the Elder de' Medici by his favorite architect Michelozzo. Consecrated in 1443, this building was the scene of fervent religious activity, highlighted by personalities such as St. Antonino Pierozzi, Bishop of Florence, the Beato Angelico and, later, Girolamo Savonarola.
The museum offers the visitor an example of a perfectly preserved fifteenth century convent, its rational and harmonious plan based on Brunelleschi's innovations. Everything is designed to coordinate and simplify the monastic life within its walls as much in its calm cloister as in the light-filled library, one of the finest interiors of the Renaissance.

Horne museum and Bardini museum

3 hours
The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi. The Horne Museum takes its name from the English collector Herbert P. Horne who donated his palace and collections of a lifetime to the Italian State, together with the palace where he had collected them.
The museum Bardini is named after its creator, Stefano Bardini, the most authoritative Italian antiquarian, who, after years of intense business activity, decided to transform his collection into a museum and donate it to the Municipality of Florence. The palazzo where the museum is housed was bought and renovated by Bardini himself and is fashioned in an "eclectic taste", with a predominantly Renaissance style.

Churches of Florence

3 hours
You will have the possibility to visit different churches and admire masterpieces they conserve.
You will start from Santa Maria Novella containing works of Masaccio, Giotto, Filippino Lippi, Duccio di Buoninsegna and Ghirlandaio.
The Basilica di San Lorenzo is one of the largest churches of Florence, situated at the centre of the city’s main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence. The church is part of a larger monastic complex that contains other important architectural and artistic works: the Old Sacristy by Brunelleschi, with interior decoration and sculpture by Donatello; the Laurentian Library by Michelangelo; the New Sacristy based on Michelangelo's designs; and the Medici Chapels by Matteo Nigetti.
You will finish the tour in the Basilica di Santa Croce which  is planned as an Egyptian cross, with an open timber roof; there are many tomb slabs set into the pavement. This basilica is the final resting place of many renowned Italians such as Michelangelo, Machiavelli and composer Gioacchino Rossini. The basilica is home to a series of frescoes by Giotto, sculpture works by Donatello, an architectural masterpiece by Brunelleschi (the Pazzi chapel), and Cimabue's crucifix from the 1200's.

Oltrarno: Cappella Brancacci and Basilica Santo Spirito

3 hours
Oltrarno district is a very charachteristic area situated on the left bank of the Arno river.
The beautiful Cappella Brancacci is a small chapel within the otherwise pretty plain Santa Maria del Carmine. It is considered a miracle that the Brancacci and Corsini Chapels survived the intense fire that destroyed everything else in less than 4 hours.
The church of Santo Spirito was founded in 1250 and received its present form in the 15th century when it was built after a model by Brunelleschi who had conceived it as a twin to the church of San Lorenzo. The facade was never finished and is still only a rough plastered wall with an undefined silhouette at the top. The internal facade is comprised of three large doors and was made by Salvi d'Andrea (1483) on Brunelleschi's design. Behind the high altar is a Crucifix that may be an early work by Michelangelo. 

Medici Chapels

3 hours
The Medici Chapels are two structures at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, and built as extensions to Brunelleschi's 15th-century church, with the purpose of celebrating the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
The Sagrestia Nuova, was designed by Michelangelo. The larger Cappella dei Principi, though proposed in the 16th century, was not begun until the early 17th century, its design being a collaboration between the family and architects. The project of building a proper family mausoleum was conceived in 1520, when Michelangelo began work on the New Sacristy upon the request of Cardinal Giulio de Medici, who expressed a desire to erect the mausoleum for some members of his family: Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano; Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino; and Giuliano, Duke of Nemours. 

Michelangelo Buonarroti tour

4 hours
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. During the tour you will have the possibility to admire some of the early masterpieces by the master conserved in Casa Buonarotti, the original marble David and and a number of unfinished works: the St Matthew, the four Prisoners, and the late Palestrina Pietà in Museum of the Academia, New Sacristy with its world famous Medici Tombs in Medici Chapels and other masterpieces of great renaissance artist.

Tours with departure from Florence

Siena – Chianti or Siena – San Gimignano

9 hours
Siena is likely Italy's loveliest medieval city. Siena, built on three hills and surrounded by well preserved walls, is filled with fine examples of Gothic architecture and has one of the world's most unique piazzas known as Il Campo, known worldwide for the famous Palio run here, a horse race run around the piazza two times every summer.
Only a few regions can offer such a beautiful and rich panorama as Chianti: green hills sketched by miles and miles of vineyards and olive groves, ancient walled villages, panoramic curvy roads. Culture, history and tradition together with its famous wine and cookery, make the Chianti zone of Tuscany a wonderful vacation destination.
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena. At the height of its glory, San Gimignano's patrician families had built around 72 tower-houses as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano still retains its feudal atmosphere and appearance. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, San Gimignano offers visitors the chance to step back in time while enjoying its local products including saffron and its white wine, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano. 
The duration and the content of the tour may change – the final program is confirmed during the booking.

Montalcino

Montalcino is one of the loveliest little wine villages in Italy, immersed in the breathtaking Val d'Orcia Natural Park, renowned all over the world for the production of its precious Brunello red wine. The village contains many reminders of medieval times including the impressive 14th century Fortress, the ancient Basilica, a lovely Romanesque chapel, the tower of San Giovanni and a multitude of narrow cobblestone alleyways. Olive groves and vineyards surround the hamlet and from the top of the village you have great views over the whole Orcia Valley.

Arezzo

Arezzo is an extraordinary city of art renowned for its goldsmiths and antiques traders. The old town is home to valuable monuments including the imposing Medici Fortress, theCathedral, the Diocesan Museum and the Basilica of San Domenico. The Archaeological Museum showcases many a valuable find, recalling the city’s importance during the Etruscan heyday, while the State Museum of Medieval and Modern Art provides an overview of the artistic production in the area from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century.
The land around the city of Arezzo has always produced high quality wines and today it can be proud of  8 D.O.C wines. Red wines have always been the most appreciated ones, but also the white wines are a great expression of the Arezzo land.  Arezzo has provided some of the first internationally recognized wines of the area.

Abbey of Sant'Antimo

The Abbey of Sant'Antimo (Abbazia di Sant'Antimo) is a beautiful Romanesque church, in a picture-perfect setting just south of Montalcino. It sits in a large valley with views of the hill town Castelnuovo dell'Abate, rolling hills covered in olive groves and vineyards, and wild forests. Its origin is lost in the mists of time when in 781 AD Charlemagne went to Rome on pilgrimage by Pope Adrian I received a gift and some relics of Saints Sebastian and Antimo. During the return journey a violent epidemic broke out and, to thank the Lord when the plague finished, he founded the monastery which was later erected on the Abbey.

Montepulciano

Montepulciano, located in the Val di Chiana is the ancient Etruscan city of Nocera Alfaterna, which in 308 B.C. made an alliance with Rome against the Samnites. In the Middle Ages it was under the control of Florence, but was conquered by Sienna in 1260. The main street of Montepulciano stretches for 11.5 kilometers from the Porta al Prato to the Piazza Grande at the top of the hill. The cathedral was built in 1619 and until the 18 C it held the tomb of Bartolomeo Arragazzi, secretary of Pope Martin V, a work of Michelozzo. The church of the Madonna di San Biagio was planned by Antonio da Sangallo . Montepulciano is famous for not just one but two excellent wines, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Rosso di Montepulciano.

Volterra and San Gimignano

8 hours
Volterra and San Gimignano are two stony villages dotting the hills of Northern Tuscany. In recent years, Volterra has attracted international attention for its connection to the Twilight series of books and movies. Part of the second movie, New Moon, is set here. Volterra is a town of great architectural interest that stands on a rocky hill and is surrounded by strong walls. The main features are two fine castles and numerous Etruscan remains. Etruscan Museum is filled with precious artifacts from centuries before Christ. You'll see etched mirrors, intricately decorated pot handles, and exquisitely crafted jewelry. Volterra's 800-year-old city hall claims to be the oldest in Tuscany. 
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena. At the height of its glory, San Gimignano's patrician families had built around 72 tower-houses as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano still retains its feudal atmosphere and appearance. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, San Gimignano offers visitors the chance to step back in time while enjoying its local products including saffron and its white wine, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano. 

Pienza – Montalcino in Val d’Orcia

10 hours
It was in Pienza, situated in Val D'Orcia, that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space was realized in the superb square known as Piazza Pio II and the buildings around it: the Piccolomini Palace, the Borgia Palace and the cathedral with its pure Renaissance exterior and an interior in the late Gothic style of south German churches.
Montalcino is one of the loveliest little wine villages in Italy, immersed in the breathtaking Val d'Orcia Natural Park, renowned all over the world for the production of its precious Brunello red wine. The village contains many reminders of medieval times including the impressive 14th century Fortress, the ancient Basilica, a lovely Romanesque chapel, the tower of San Giovanni and a multitude of narrow cobblestone alleyways. Olive groves and vineyards surround the hamlet and from the top of the village you have great views over the whole Orcia Valley.

Lucca

5 hours
Hidden behind imposing Renaissance walls, Lucca is one of the most charming cities in Northern Tuscany. Founded by the Romans in 180 BC, Lucca had already acquired an enormous wealth by the late Middle Ages thanks to silk manufacturing and trade with the whole of Europe. As the walls lost their military importance, the top of the walls became a pedestrian promenade. Other top attractions include the Piazza of San Michele with its beautiful Church of San Michele in Foro, the Basilica of San Frediano as well as the Clock Tower and Guinigi Tower.

Pisa

5 hours
Once a maritime power to rival Genoa and Venice, Pisa now draws its fame from an architectural project gone terribly wrong. The Leaning Tower has made Pisa famous all over the world, and in addition to the tower, the city offers many other interesting things to see. Once you have admired thePiazza dei Miracoli, continue your visit to the other monuments like Cathedral and the Baptistery. Along the perimeter of the square, there is also the Cemetery, the Cathedral Museum and the Museum of the Synopses.

Medici’s Villas

4 hours
Visit two country villas of Medici family.
The Medici Villa della Petraia is an impressive country residence built on a panoramic terrace in the outskirts of Florence in the small hamlet of Castello. From its position, you have an incredible view over its wide Italian garden and over the valley where the famous Renaissance city of Florence is located. The old castle that already existed in 1362 changed owners several times
(Brunelleschi, Strozzi, Alessandra dei Bardi, Salutati) and was finally acquired by the Medici when they returned to Florence in 1530. The villa presents a simple and geometric design with two floors and Renaissance windows. It was built around a courtyard of the 16th century with Tuscan lodges and pillars.
The Villa Medicea at Castello just a few kilometers from Florence's historical center is an ancient complex which boasts an elegant villa and a splendid Italian garden, second only to the Boboli Gardens in Florence. The Villa is not accessible to the public but it is possible to visit the splendid gardens.

Marble quarries in Carrara

8 hours
Carrara is renowned for its marble that is extracted since Roman times. Since 5th century b.C. it was used to built monuments, buildings and works of art. All the famous sculptors came to Carrara to get this precious marble over the centuries.
The most renowned artist is Michelangelo, who came here to choose the best marble to create his stunning Pietá. Nowadays there are 105 marble quarries in activity, that are extracting more than 5 millions of marble tons every year. On the way back you will stop for tasting local products and wines.