Itinerary
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Stop At: Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Piazzale Degli Uffizi 6, 50122, Florence Italy
Start with a two-hour guided tour to the Uffizi. Your guide will begin with a little history of the Uffizi Gallery and then proceed to explain how it came to be a gallery. See and learn about the paintings of the Birth of Venus by Botticelli, the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci, and the only panel painting in the world by Michelangelo.
Listen to your guide and be fascinated by the secrets, legends, and interesting bits of information behind the many paintings being displayed in this gallery. The guide will also answer any questions that you may have.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Della Repubblica, Florence Italy
Later in the evening join for the walking tour. From the point of the meeting, the guide will give you an insight of the history of this Renaissance city and how this incredible cultural movement of the Renaissance transformed not only Florence but eventually the rest of Europe.
The guide will start off with Piazza Della Republica, the main square of Florence that marks the center of the City. After a little talk of history & the changes of Piazza Republica since its origin, you will walk straight to the marvelous piece of art, the Piazza Della Duomo. A showstopper of Filippo Brunelleschi, Giotto, Arnolfo & Francesco Talenti.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Walk passing the Duomo Square the guide will lead you straight through the old buildings and some of the historical landmarks of Florence to Palazzo Vecchio, where the David’s’ sculpture (the original is in the Galleria dell'Accademia) by Michelangelo is placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio as a symbol of the Republic's defiance of the tyrannical Medici.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ponte Vecchio, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy
Afterward, as you walk past the Palazzo Vecchio, the guide will explain you about the Uffizi Gallery, one of the greatest museums of the world, and then you will reach the most famous old bridge of Florence known as “Ponte Vecchio”.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Pitti Palace, Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy
Your next stop is Palazzo Pitti, the enormous palace of Florence's largest architectural monuments of Filippo Brunelleschi and the household of Pitti Family, later of the Medici’s’.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Florence, Florence, Tuscany
Finally, the guide will talk you through the artists, architects, thinkers, and political figures who led to the Renaissance and were born on the fertile soil in and around Florence, within the same century.
The tour takes about one and a half hours, enough time to help you understand the uniqueness and beauty of Florence city.
Duration: 15 minutes