Private Florence Oltrarno Art and Crafts Walking Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Private Florence Oltrarno Art and Crafts Walking Tour

Duration: 3 hours
Destination: Italy, Toscana, Florence
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  • 3 hours
  • Florence
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Enjoy a thrilling walking tour with your private guide, through one of the most picturesque districts of Florence, where you can meet the genuine Florentine people and learn how they live and work in. A unique walking tour in the charming Oltrarno district, to discover the local Workshops and the charming Santo Spirito Church.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Palazzo Pitti, Piazza Dei Pitti 1, 50125, Florence Italy

Enjoy a thrilling walking tour with your private guide, through one of the most picturesque districts of Florence, where you can meet the genuine Florentine people and learn how they live and work in.

A short distance away from the impressive Piazza Pitti, you will visit some of the extraordinary workshops where to admire local artisans at work, producing marvelous traditional handicrafts such as engravings, art prints, marble paper, enamel and silver objects.


Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: Basilica di Santo Spirito, Piazza Santo Spirito 30, 50125, Florence Italy

Led by your expert guide, you will also reach the charming Piazza Santo Spirito, with its typical family restaurants, small shops and artists’ studios.

Here you will be able to visit the charming namesake church designed by Brunelleschi (the Church was the last masterpiece of the great Artits). Here, if you wish, you will have the opportunity to discover the wonderful Santo Spirito Monumental complex (cloister, refectory, chapter house, and sacristy), where to admire the only existing wooden sculpture of Michelangelo: a crucifix that he carved at the age of only 17.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Porta di San Frediano, Borgo S. Frediano, 303, 50124, Florence Italy

To complete this unforgettable experience, your guide will finally bring you into a famed sculpture workshop* where to admire the impressive collection of models, molds and replicas of classical art.
* In case the visit of the Atelier is not available, it will be replaced with the visit of an additional Florentine Artisan Workshop


Duration: 15 minutes

Inclusions
  • Local professional Guide at your side

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Santo Spirito Monumental Complex Admission (to be paid on the spot)
  • Gratuities
  • Everything not mentioned as Included
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Piazza de' Pitti, 24, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy


Return Details

Borgo San Frediano, Borgo S. Frediano, Firenze FI, Italy

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

3 hours


User's Reviews

Backtogtmo2023

17 Feb, 2023

Everything,,,,!! Our guide was the most knowledgeable, gracious, and lovely guide ever. She took us to the places that were our most treasured memories! Not only that, but because of the time of the year it was, February, we had her all to ourselves!. Our three tours were spot on, and the artisans were both knowledgeable and gracious hosts. We I am sure received the best of the best getting to know the craftsmen and the lovely owners of each shop we visited! Bravo!

Eloise_B

18 Sep, 2022

This private walking tour of the Oltrarno area was truly one of the highlights of our stay in Florence. Our guide Simona was so knowledgeable and shared some interesting insights about the history of the city while taking us to see some incredible artists. It was fascinating to see the traditional ways of cutting stone for mosaics or carving wood by hand still being used to make stunning work. I love how personalized the tour was, and Simona was so gracious to answer all our questions about the city and even help me find a lapidary artist because I was looking for a specific stone to set in a ring. I would wholeheartedly recommend this tour to anyone interested in seeing beyond the tourist areas to craftspeople who have been working their whole lives perfecting their craft.

dawnbailey1017

04 Feb, 2020

One of the true highlights of our tour. Watching the artisans create their pieces was wonderful! Had a spectacular tour!

Paula R

02 Oct, 2014

VERY disappointed. This is supposed to be a tour of the arts of crafts area and we only saw only saw three real crafts-marble papering, a silversmith, and a leather shop. Then we saw a church and a mosaic stone. Where is a bookbinder, the gold-leaf artists, and some of the other crafts. We only saw 3 demos. I thought the whole tour would be arts and crafts-not another church. I wanted to see how things were made no stores. We saw more crafts walking around on our own and going into workshops.

Gail H

06 Nov, 2013

Mainly the "artisans" just wAnted us to buy something

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