Florence Walking Tour

Florence, Italy

Meet your guide and walk through streets with multi-colored stalls and workshops in the central market zone. Keep an eye out for the Medici Chapels and Basilica di S. Lorenzo, church of the once influential Medici Family (exterior view only).

Stroll through Piazza del Duomo and marvel at the vast Cathedral before stepping inside to admire the interior's intricate Gothic detailing. There's also time to view the dome, the bell tower and St John's Baptistery.

Continue through the medieval quarter to Palazzo del Bargello (exterior visit only) and Piazza della Signoria, where sculptures beckon. Glimpse Palazzo Vecchio and the world-renowned Uffizi Gallery as you roam the open-air like museum. Visit the picturesque Mercato della Paglia (Straw market), home to the famous Piggy Fountain.

Your walking tour concludes after crossing Florence's signature bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, at Pitti Palace.

USD $31.81

Review by: jp	March 2012
A great way to start your visit to Florence. The guide was excellent.

Review by: PETA	October 2011
The guide William was very lovely but his English really wasn't adequate to be giving a guided tour in English....he was definitely enthusiastic though. The tour was an excellent quick way to introduce you to Florence, I would make sure next time you ensure the guide is fluent...better still we actually tracked down an Aussie living in Florence (Freyas tour of Florence, ie Freya middelton). We also booked her for3 hours, more expensive but definitely worth it for those who have a good knowledge of art, renaissance history and wanting someone to make Florence come alive!

Review by: Kevin S	September 2011
An excellent way to start our first visit to the city._br/_ Our guide not only showed us the main sites of Florence but also one two that we would never of found on our own,

Review by: Elaine S	September 2011
This was one of the best parts of our trip. The guide was very knowledgeable, providing interesting tidbits of information, history and stories as we walked around. I would do it again the next time in Florence!

Review by: Bruce R	July 2011
This didn't work for me. It was done in two languages (Spanish/Engilsh) and was not audible. I dropped out after about 10 minutes as the only English speaker.

Review by: Samuel R. T	June 2011
Very Goog

Review by: Margaret D	May 2011
An excellent guide and well-paced walk to all of the major sites in historic Florence made this a perfect walking tour for all ages .

Review by: Margaret H	May 2011
Guide was enthusiastic and very knowledgeable about the sights and sites of Florence. We had the god fortune of having very small group (just 2 of us for most of the time) and so had a very personal tour. Guide did not rush, spoke excellent English and allowed plenty of time for conversation and questions. A map of our route and the features we saw would have been helpful being newcomers to Florence. Would strongly recommend this tour, early in your visit as it is helps to orientate the visitor to the key attractions.

Review by: Glenn A	April 2011
Best tour of Florence!

Review by: Yolande N	November 2010
Guide was very good her ability to convey her knowledge was great!

Review by: Margie P	October 2010
Covered a lot of ground, and gave us a good idea of what we wanted to go back and spend more time on. Tour guide was nice and informative, and kept a good pace. A lot of walking, so wear good shoes!

Review by: Graham V	October 2010
This is the only way to start a visit to Florence. The guide was very entertaining and knowledgable and because we were only a small group of 4, took us to a few spots which weren't on the standard tour. A very enjoyable morning and a good way to get your bearings of the city.

Review by: Sarah S	October 2010
Great! Tour guide was so nice & very informative!

Review by: Dennis F	September 2010
It was a disappointment. My wife and I were grouped together with the French. The German guide had to speak in English first then in French. Probably because of the time limit of the tour, the guide did not give more details than we would have wanted so we ended up listening to the other tour guides in other groups. No choice. I do not recommend this. Or if you intend to book, make sure all of you speak the same language.

Review by: Wayne F	September 2010
excellent guide

Review by: TABITHA W	September 2010
It was short, compact and just what we wanted. I'd recommend it.

Review by: Moira L	September 2010
The guide was certainly informative and knowledgeable. Having her translate in 2 languages was somewhat time consuming. The guide was lovely, but perhaps some more enthusiasm would have improved the tour.

Review by: Naomi B	August 2010
A great tour led by a very knowledgable and experienced guide. A must is Florence as it's quite easy to lost in the cobweb of streets and tall buildings!

Review by: Carleen S	August 2010
A great way to be introduced to a beautiful city so rich in history and culture. It is a wonderful way to learn interesting details and unknown tidbits that about all the beautiful sights that are everywhere you look

Review by: Anthony S, United Kingdom	July 2010
Good introduction to Florence.

Review by: Barbara W, United States of America	July 2010
The guide spent too much time on historical minutiae and dates that eventually become muddled in the listener's mind. Visitors are interested in the family stories of the Medici and others. I would have liked to have visited Santa Croce, and perhaps just strolling the back streets of Florence. We spent time hiking over to the Pitti Palace, but were not taken in. That time was wasted. Discussing current life in Florence would have been interesting, such as the flooding in 20th century. More time was spent walking that visiting inside historic spaces.

Review by: William F	July 2010
Instructions on the confirmation email were confusing listing 2 piazzas which intersect and stretch over 500 meters. When at one end, you are unable to see the 15cm by 40cm yellow sign attached to only 1 side of a bus lamp post as it is too small to be seen from a distance and it is always hidden by buses picking up and dropping passengers. After 2 telephone calls and 2 sets of bad instructionsdirections, we located the yellow sign but after the tour had left. Our only choice was to lose the money or book a more expensive "bus tour" that same day. We took the bus tour to avoid losing our money. We do not recommend that tour as the tour contained folks speaking more than one language. Because the guides were speaking concurrently in each language, the information about many places of interest was relayed to each of us in our own language after we had passed that spot. Sometimes we got it at the right time and sometimes the other folks did also, but neither translator provided the information at the right time, all the time. No telling what we missed - in either language. A very bad experience.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	June 2010
Highly informative and the guide was very friendly and funny.

Review by: Rosemary B, United States of America	May 2010
Our tour guide, Antonio, was excellent. He was engaging and managed to tell the stories in a way that made history come to life. I highly recommend him.

Review by: Marina H, Australia	April 2010
In two hours the guide took us to the best places in Florence and gave us a bit of info on when and why they were built. Is an excellent way to choose where you'd like to see again later in more depth, and what is fine to see only from the outside. I loved this tour!!

Review by: Susan R, Australia	October 2009
A beautiful guide and learnt so much in such a short time. A nice small group and easy to hear. No silly flag or hats either!

Review by: Hernani A, Portugal	October 2009
This walking tour was very good to get to know Florence and its story.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	October 2009
Absolutely amazing! Feels like a private tour with a group of people under 10 and personal attention from a guide with amazing knowledge of local history and customs.

Review by: Sarah A, United States of America	October 2009
A brilliant guide who knew everything!

Review by: Michael H, United Kingdom	August 2009
This is the perfect introduction for the first time visitor to Florence, so much better than the bus tours! Our guide was perfect, he was knowledgeable and passionate about Florence, its history and architecture. We saw the key sights and learned quite a bit about them that really informed our later more specific visits to places like Duomo. The guide really cared for the group as well, making use of shade, giving us time to take in the sights and speaking perfect English and Spanish for a mixed language group.

Review by: Fouad B, Lebanon	August 2009
Interesting! We visited places and corners that we wouldn't think of visiting on our own. The guide was very knowledgeable.

Review by: Joseph Scott B, United States of America	August 2009
Good walking tour - guide was just okay.

Review by: Fouad E	August 2009
Interesting! We visited places and corners that we wouldn't think of visiting on our own. The guide was very knowledgeable.

Review by: Tertia R, United Kingdom	October 2008
It was fine, but I expected a bit more. Maybe because the walking tour in Berlin was so absolutely fantastic. But it was good.