Bardini Gardens (Giardino Bardini)

Enjoy a relaxing visit to two of Florence's most spectacular green spaces with this walking tour of Florence gardens. Explore the massive Boboli Garden behind the Pitti Palace, once the private garden of the Medici family. See the Bardini Garden with its collection of art work on display.

Escape the bustle of Florence with this private 2-hour gardens tour. Visit the lush green spaces of the Villa Bardini Gardens and Boboli Gardens with a guide.

Revel in the lavish lifestyles of Florence’s grand dukes and duchesses on a tour of the Pitti Palace, built to house the powerful Medici rulers. See the impressive Renaissance and Baroque collections of these legendary art patrons, plus regal apartments and ceremonial quarters, while a guide fills in details of the Medici reign. Then step outside for a guided stroll through the palace’s elaborate Boboli and Bardini Gardens.

Have you ever thought about combining a sightseeing tour of a city with healthy physical activity? Florence, surrounded by gentle and panoramic hills, offers you this opportunity! An unusual soft-trekking to enjoy some of the green areas and reach an unforgettable point of view. From Ponte Vecchio you can reach Oltrarno, to reach the Boboli gardens that extend from the hill behind Palazzo Pitti. Go up the amphitheater, admiring enchanting fields, avenues, small groves and splendid panoramic views dotted with fountains, statues and caves. After reaching its highest part, you will appreciate the Belvedere Fortress, used by Galileo Galilei for its astronomical observations, thanks to its strategic position. You will enter the nearby Bardini garden, walking along the baroque staircase and the wisteria tunnel, both leading to the Kaffeehaus. Your "detoxifying" walk will end in Piazzale Michelangelo.

This amazing tour will show you Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti), the sumptuous residence of three royal dynasties that ruled Florence over the centuries, the Medici, the Lorraine and the Savoy families, and two Renaissance gardens, Boboli Garden and Bardini Garden, great examples of “giardino all’italiana” where literally Nature meets Art.

This Experience is provided by a private local. Come with me to discover the city of Florence through your camera lens! Join me on this short city walk for the unique opportunity to get to know the city from an insider’s point of view and taking stunning pictures of it at the same time! Our walk will take us from the most beautiful spots in the old town to the impressive waterside views. While you use your camera to capture the beauty of Florence, you will also get to discover local spots and hidden gems that a typical tourist tour won’t show you. Treat your curiosity by discovering an alternative side of Florence and all the unique beauty it has to offer! Don't forget to book the Experience at a suitable time to have the best light possible for the pictures! You can take the best photos of the legendary Ponte Vecchio from another bridge, Ponte Santa Trinita, while the best panorama shots can be taken from Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte.

I am an artistic storytelling photographer from Tuscany based in the Renaissance city of Florence, Italy. I am known for my spontaneous candid style and for my empathy and energy. My photography work focuses on portrait, fashion, architecture, marriage and couple photography. I believe that photography is the best therapy to preserve the good memories and the emotions lived for the whole life. I am an esthete and a dreamer, I believe in the beauty that we have every day around us and know how to grasp it with our eyes open. I love the hidden details of the city of Florence, the many hidden corners of our Florentine culture and folklore.

If you want to see Florence in a different way and you like to hike and walk that is the tour for you. We will enter the beautiful Boboli Garden and visit it till the highest point where we will go out and after few meters we will have a walk in the beautiful Bardini Garden with one of the most spectacular view of Florence. Through little street along the ancient walls we will arrive in the area of San Niccolò full of art galleries and great little restaurant to start our hiking to piazzale Michelangelo to see the church of San Miniato al Monte, one of the oldest in Florence! 10 km (5 miles) in total out of the crowd!!!

My Gardens of Florence tour is an itinerary studied for open green space lovers and for those who want to flee from the crowds of Florence. Our gardens were all built on the slopes of the hills, which is the reason why foreign visitors have always been enchanted by them and by the view of the city that these charming places offer. They are all perfect examples of Italian style gardens, boasting elegant fountains, mysterious grottoes and ancient sculptures, which render them open air museums! This tour is suitable for visitors who want to see something off the beaten tracks and who like photography.