Skip The Line: Best of Florence Walking Tour including Accademia Gallery and Duomo

Florence, Italy

Take a small group walking tour of Florence and visit the Accademia Gallery afterwards, to see Michelangelo's famous statue of David. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 20 people ensuring you'll receive personalized attention and audio headsets guarantee that you'll hear the guide clearly. And by booking ahead, you won't waste any time waiting in line at the Accademia Gallery!

Delve into the historic center of Florence on a three hour walking tour including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Uffizi Square, the leather market and Accademia Gallery. Your local guide will identify architecture from the Middle Ages and Renaissance eras as you stroll the timeless streets of Florence.

Visit the former Ancient Forum, now Piazza della Repubblica and a popular meeting place for writers and artists. Glance Ghilberti's Baptistry Doors, known as the 'Gates of Paradise' and be sure to rub the nose of legendary il Porcellino' the boar, so that you may one day return again to Florence!

Dominating the Florentine skyline, Brunlleschi's imposing Duomo never fails to impress. Enter inside the astounding Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore before devouring a delicious homemade Italian gelato or hot chocolate in winter if you prefer. Restrictions on entry to the Cathedral may apply on Sundays and religious holidays.

Next, skip the line into the Accademia Gallery and marvel at Michelangelo's 17 foot David and enjoy the rest of the gallery's artistic works at your leisure.

USD $62.36

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Brooke	February 2012
Tour company, driver and guide were excellent! We missed our train and they worked with us so we could meet them half way through the tour so we were still able to see the Last Supper. Lovely all the way around.

Review by: MS shepherd	January 2012
Good tour of the main areas of interest. The guide was very knowledgable. Would have liked a little more of the history of Florence. Great explanation of David.

Review by: Len	December 2011
Angelo is just a great guide!!! He has such passion about the city of Florence including the Accademia Gallery!!! We were very impressed with the way that Angelo was able to explain the history and he made the tour so interesting. This was an excellent tour given by a very well informed guide.

Review by: Anonymous	November 2011
Excellent tour, excellent guiide who gave a very passionate interpretation of art in the historic context. Worth it!

Review by: Shawna H	November 2011
This tour was informative and great, I learned a ton and enjoyed the local flair.

Review by: mmunson	November 2011
Florence is a beautiful city. Our guide was excellent. We had a smaller than usual group and that probably helped.

Review by: Jack	November 2011
Great review of Florence's offerings.

Review by: lynne	October 2011
Really interesting and worthwhile tour. Tour guide was informative and easy to understand.

Review by: Jo	October 2011
Great tour with someone who had a sense of humor.

Review by: miles2go	October 2011
Our guide Anna provided us with the interesting tidbits a visitor wouldn't get on his own. Seeing Michaelangelo's David and enjoying more gelato (included on the tour) made the cost of the tour worth it.

Review by: erin s	October 2011
i will recommend Viator to everyone. we were thrilled with our tours! thank you for the great experience!

Review by: Kenneth H	October 2011
This tour with our guide Angelo was excellent. He explained the city, culture, history, the architecture, sculptures and art very well. This was an English speaking group and Angelo was terrific. We enjoyed the skip the line as this was an early morning tour and there were lots of people waiting to get tickets..

Review by: Gary E	October 2011
just long enough, guide was very good

Review by: Ria	October 2011
Good introductory tour to Florence especially if you don't have much time there. Guide Francesca was really good, provided a lot of information. Good overall history of the city and covers a bit of ground. Includes Accademia Gallery (just Statue of David) but not Uffizi. I would recommend doing a tour of Uffizi as we did it on our own and it would have been good to have had a guide. Headsets included but would have been good to have had a smaller group.

Review by: David C	October 2011
Florence is a gorgeous city, what better way to experience it than with a fantastic walk around town with a knowledgable guide? Highly recommend this tour.

Review by: Ross C	October 2011
Don't even think of trying this yourself unguided. If you do you will waste valuable time in lines and miss the inspired guidance of Angelo. He not only gave us the facts and history but underscored the significance of the events. Well done Angelo.

Review by: Cynthia D	October 2011
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour and tour guide (who I think was Roberta). She was funny and very informative. Well worth not having to stand in the long lines. Big time saver.

Review by: Jeffrey W	October 2011
Great tour, well, paced. Could have used a little more time in the Duomo.

Review by: Linda C	October 2011
Guide was really good and was great intro to highlights of where to go in Florence.

Review by: Michael E	September 2011
Initially we had no response to questions we emailed the company but when we booked we got immediate confirmation and the tour and guide were excellent-a stop at Santa Croce would have been a plus.

Review by: mtbojalil	September 2011
A great tour thanks to Angelo our guide. He presented us his own version of italian art and it was very interesting.

Review by: Ron C	September 2011
I thought our tour guide did an exceptional job at making evry thing come a live. I thought he was knoweldgable, friendly and I did his best to ensure we had a good time. Well done !!

Review by: Lynda L	September 2011
Excellent. The tour guide was on time and didn't rush us around. She was extremely nice and knowledgable. It is a wonderful way to get the lay of the land.

Review by: Susan V	September 2011
A lovely guide who really knows her city,its history,which she delivered with a subtle sense of humour! The walk was comfortably paced and covered all the significant landmarks,especially enjoyed the gelato stop,which we re-visited almost every day on our time in Florence!

Review by: Susanne B	September 2011
The guide was charming, well-spoken, kept us at a good pace, was patient and very knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the entire tour and guide!

Review by: Danny B	August 2011
Very good guide; excellent ear pieces were comfortable. Smallish group was good.

Review by: C V P	August 2011
Excellent tour and excellent guide!

Review by: Bruce T	August 2011
Such a smart thing to do b/c the lines were incredible. Even at the Duomo where we had a "faster track," we had to wait a half hour, but the other line was 3-4 hrs long! Our enthusiastic tour guide was fabulous and her knowledge of Italy, the David and the "Prisoner" sculptures added so much to our appreciation of these incredible art pieces. Terrific!

Review by: Kathy G	August 2011
The guide was wonderful, but the tour itself was a little light on value. we really enjoyed the walking aspect, but the improvement would be to add more depth to what we see... could have included more with Michaelangelo's house/visiting the tomb, etc. The Doumo should be first to avoid just long lines... and a bit more time on the art at the Accademia Gallery would have helped... just more depth and details to appreciate.

Review by: Steve F	August 2011
AMAZING, our guide was the best of the 5 we had with you, his ability to explain florence from the 1400's was fantastic.

Review by: Margaret F	August 2011
We did this tour on our first day in Florence and were so happy that we did. Our guide had wonderful reccomendations for the rest of our week, we had a GREAT overview of the city and it's history. This tour helped us get around the city and enjoy the history we absorbed the first day. The tour ended at the Accademia where our guide gave an excellent talk about this gallery. This is a must for all first time visitors!!! VIATOR will be my first choice for all tours on my next vacation regardless of the destisnation. I saw other tour guides and was very glad I picked VIATOR - Thank you

Review by: Pam J	July 2011
Our guide always pointed out what the people of Florence disliked about their city. I would have rather her focused on the beauty and history. Informed everyone that no one new how the dome of the Duomo was constructed. Funny thing - it was explained very clearly on the series "Engineering an Empire. Perhaps your guides need to do a little more home work.

Review by: A Campbell E	July 2011
Marvellous

Review by: russdana	July 2011
Great tour - our guide very knowledgeable and passionate about her city - skip the line really worth it - the queues are a mile long with everyone pushing and shoving (very italian) - David is sooo beautiful and our guide provided a great insight into history of this iconic statue - do this tour its worth it.

Review by: yaz2k79	July 2011
Overall the tour was very good with a great overview of the major sites of central Florence. Of note, you definitely skip the linear the accademia but you do still wait in the general line at the duomo- not necessarily too long but just something to know. The stop at the gelato was perfect timing. Our guide was good, it did take some time to adjust and understand her explanations, possibly because of the quality of the audio equipment. Still, a good experience- would definitely recommend following this up with a climb to the cupola of the Duomo!

Review by: AKRyan	July 2011
Our guide really knew her stuff. Really enjoyed this tour. Remember where the gelateria is. You will want to go back.

Review by: Albert N	July 2011
Interesting tour. All went as described on the website. Great way to see "David" without spending hours on line - definitely worth the price alone. Tour guide was great and gave us hints on other aspects of visting Florence - saving us lots of money on bottled water (use the public spigots to refill our bottles) and expensive expresso (stand up at any expresso bar and they can't charge you more than a Euro for an expresso, it's the law).

Review by: Jared A	July 2011
We didn't go into the Duomo as it was a Sunday, I feel that this was most misleading and a tour that includes the Duomo should not run on a day that it is closed! We would not have booked this tour with this knowledge. The Academy part was okay, although the tour guide was not as informative as a tour we took several years ago through a different company,

Review by: Tammy M	July 2011
Great tour. Short wait in line.

Review by: Lawrence H	July 2011
Excellent introduction to the highlights of Florence.

Review by: Nadia	July 2011
Our guide very knowledgeable and showed us some interesting sites and illustrated with facts. Only dissappointed was not to be able to go to the Duomo (last minute change we were told) and spending 30 minutes to get to the Accademia when you pay money for the visit to go a bit faster. Amazing to see the David so close!

Review by: Matt	July 2011
I thought that this tour was just "okay". A lot of the sights that were visited could have easily been done on my own. The "Skip the Line" was misleading in my opinion because our group ended up having to wait 15 minutes to enter the Accademia Gallery. There was also a wait to enter the Duomo, but you do not need a ticke to enter the Duomo. If interested in seeing David at the Accademia, I would recommend some type of ticket in advance, but the other sights visited on this tour can easily be done on your own.

Review by: 19pip83	July 2011
Great tour, tonnes of interesting info with a very entertaining guide. Really enjoyed it.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	July 2010
Our tour guide was great. She was very informative and engaging. The gelateria was delicious. I found the company to be very professional compared to other walking tours and would highly recommend.

Review by: David M, Australia	July 2010
The guide Francesca, was knowledgable and enthusiastic. We learnt alot about the city, had a really good time. Would highly recommend it

Review by: John W, United States of America	July 2010
Tour guide was wonderful and very informative. She brought the city to life and the tour was paced just right. Highly recommend!!!

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	June 2010
Great guide, with a lot of knowledge

Review by: Patrick B, Ireland	June 2010
Excellent tour with very knowledgeable local guide, speaking v good english. Well worth the money.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
this was a nice relaxed introduction to the city of florence. everything went smoothly and the tour was very well executed.

Review by: Christine K, United States of America	June 2010
I was SO impressed with how knowledgable and personable our guide was. Every part of the tour was a delight!