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With its beautiful grassy expanses and Renaissance basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence’s Piazza di Santa Maria Novella is beloved by Florentines and visitors alike. The centrally located square, lined with historic townhouses, restaurants, and cafés, has been a popular gathering place for 800 years.
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Florence Segway Tour
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Explore the heart of the Renaissance by Segway on this our of Florence. Led by a local guide, pass top attractions such as the Uffizi Gallery, the Duomo and Piazza Santa Croce. Cover more ground than a walking tour as you hear the history behind this famous city from your guide. Headphones are provided so that you can hear the commentary more clearly as you glide through the streets.
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$63.37
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$63.37

Florence City Bike Tour
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Enjoy a guided tour of Florence on two wheels with this bike tour. Explore the Tuscan capital by bike.
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$37.59
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$37.59

Florence Private Tour: The Medici Conspiracy Exploration Game
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Gameify your tour of Florence with this downloadable, self-guided treasure hunt. You and your private group will solve clues to unlock stories and facts about Florence's famous Medici family. Stops include the Palazzo Pitti, the Ponte Vecchio, the Palazzo Medici, and others. Move at your own pace through the clues; most groups take about two hours.
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$10.73
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The History of Florence: The Renaissance Era Private Tour
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Enjoy personalized attention and a flexible itinerary on this private tour in Florence. With a guide in the lead, you'll have priority access and be able to skip the line at the local museums, which saves valuable vacation time. You can focus on the sights that interest you and your guide will tailor their commentary to your preferences. This tour includes access to a reserved spot at the top of the Duomo for panoramic views of Florence.
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$135.34
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$135.34
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Kickbike Adventure through Florence with locals
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Get ready for extreme fun and fitness on a footbike tour! The footbike/ Kickbike is a type of scooter that features a larger front wheel than back wheel and a platform upon which the rider can stand and kick off from the ground. When utilized in cities, footbikes provide an excellent means of transportation throughout small, crowded streets. As you adventure around the beautiful city of Florence, you will discover amazing monuments, hidden treasures, and charming neighborhoods. You will pass by the banks of the Arno River and have the opportunity to see famous Italian architecture. No matter your age, riding a footbike in Florence will make you feel like a kid again, and you will not even realize that you have completed an incredible workout.
• Visit the important sites of Florence in 2 hours
• Footbike/kickbike
• Helmet
• Expert tour guide
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$31.15
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$31.15

Livorno Small Shared Group Tour from Livorno Port: Pisa and Florence
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This daylong shore excursion from Livorno takes you through the Italian countryside to the towns of Pisa and Florence. Travel in a air-conditioned minivan with Wi-Fi to Pisa, where you can see and photograph the city’s famous Leaning Tower. Then it’s on to Florence where highlights include Piazzale Michelangelo, a square with panoramic views of Florence, and Piazza Santa Croce, where Galileo and Machiavelli are buried. Have lunch on your own before heading back to port.
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$161.11
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Guided Early Morning Walking Tour of Florence
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Would you like to see Florence when you wake up? This is the tour for you!
A pair of comfortable shoes, a water bottle and you will be ready for a dynamic and healthy walk of about two hours in the silence of the early morning with few people around and without traffic noise.
We will start from the historic centre and through the southern hill we will reach one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the city: Piazzale Michelangelo which, with a bronze replic of David in the centre, dominates Florence.
An unmissable opportunity to admire Florence and its monuments from above: the Ponte Vecchio and the Uffizi Museum, the Duomo and its Dome, Piazza della Signoria and many other places for which we will not fail to tell you the history and a little of anecdotes.
The photos you take with the light and colours that only early morning can give you will remain as a unique testimony of your trip to Florence!
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$5.37
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Florence: Top Private Classic Walking Tour
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Explore Florence on foot with the benefit of guided commentary on this walking tour. Spend just a few hours getting acquainted with the ancient city, listening to your guide talk about the history, culture, art, and architecture as you visit some of the most famous sights. Stops include the Duomo, Giotto's Bell Tower, Piazza della Repubblica, the Uffizi Gallery, the Ponte Vecchio, and others.
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$134.45
Price varies by group size
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$134.45
Price varies by group size

Florence Treasures and Tastes Walking Tour for Small Groups or Private
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Come to discover Florence on our walking morning tour and you will have the perfect introduction to this wonderful town. Our guide will help you grasp the architecture and the food tradition while having a relaxing stroll through some famous roads as well as through unexpected hidden corners! Icing on the cake will be the visit to the food market and the various tastings in authentic stores.
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$75.19
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$75.19
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Highlights of Florence Small Group Guided Walking Tour
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Cover the highlights of Florence's historic city center during this introductory small-group walking tour. Learn the stories and curiosities behind iconic landmarks like Ponte Vecchio, Piazza Signoria, and Brunelleschi's Duomo. Explore the city's winding streets with an engaging and knowledgeable guide. Tours end with a complimentary tasting of homemade gelato.
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$118.15
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$118.15
Price varies by group size

Enjoy Florence as a Family-friendly Experience
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This itinerary is designed for families who want to see the top sites of Florence with their children. Letizia grew up in Florence and knows how to bring the city and its history, art and architecture alive to younger eyes. Children (3-14 years) delight in her kid-friendly anecdotes about the personalities, legends and secrets from the Renaissance.
It’s a family-friendly, interactive tour to discover the highlights and less known parts of the city, departing from Santa Maria Novella Square, reaching Duomo (outside), and Signoria Square, ending the tour on the Ponte Vecchio.
Customize your experience, visiting a museum, like Uffizi Gallery, The Old Palace, Academy Gallery....don't hesitate to contact me!
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$203.00
per group
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$203.00
per group

One day in Florence: Private tour by train from Montecatini Terme
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An ideal way to visit and explore the splendid city of Florence with its treasures, squares, panorama in a relaxing and profound way with the presence of an expert and licensed tour guide, who leaves and stays with the group throughout the duration of the tour
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$128.89
Price varies by group size
From
$128.89
Price varies by group size

Santa Maria Novella Private Tour
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Step inside one of Florence’s spiritual gems with a guided tour of the Santa Maria de Novella church, a Gothic-Renaissance design that’s steeped in centuries of Florentine history. Admire evocative frescoes and devotional sculptures by Giotto, Brunelleschi, and Ghirlandaio that decorate the chapels while a guide explains their meaning and importance. For a sensory treat that combines the feel of a medieval apothecary with the fragrance of luxury Italian perfume, browse elixirs and bath products in the little-known pharmacy tucked within the church walls.
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$150.37
Price varies by group size
From
$150.37
Price varies by group size

Guided tour of Florence by bike with “gelato” tasting
On this small group tour, led by our expert tour guides, you will be able to admire Florence by riding a bike, exploring the four districts of the city with detailed explanations about the history, the architectures and the anecdotes of the most important landmarks in town: Santa Croce, the Duomo, Santa Maria Novella, San Lorenzo, Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza Santo Spirito and Piazza Pitti. During every stop there will be time for pictures and your guide will be glad to answer any questions in order to give everybody tips for places, museums and experiences that you can't miss during your stay in Florence.
After the tour, you can taste one of the best ones in "gelato" in town, not everybody knows, it was invented by Bernardo Buontalenti in Florence during the Medici dynasty!
You can choose to end your great experience with a Tuscan Lunch in a typical "Trattoria" located in Florence city center a few steps from your starting and return point.
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$46.19
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$46.19

Exploring Florence and its ancient and artistic squares.
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Ciao! Are you visiting Florence for the first time or do you live there and want to get to know it better? If the answer is yes this is the perfect visit for you. I will show you the most important places in the city walking through its main streets and crossing its ancient and artistic squares!
Highlights:
We will start our visit in the square of Santa Maria Novella, famous for a now forgotten tradition, the race with wagons. We will also admire the beautiful façade of the church, the work of the genius of Leon Battista Alberti.
Our visit continues in the religious center of the city, cathedral square, the famous cathedral surmounted by the majestic dome, by Filippo Brunelleschi.
We will then continue towards the square that is still the political center of Florence, Piazza della Signoria, where we will get to know Cosimo I de' Medici better through the statues he wanted.
The last part of our itinerary will be dedicated to Ponte Vecchio and the river that flows under it, the Arno.
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$37.59
Price varies by group size
From
$37.59
Price varies by group size

Architectural Walk of Florence with a Local
This Experience is provided by a private local.
Each LocalBini Experience is conducted in a small group of up to 8 people.
Discover the most impressive buildings in Florence and learn about each one and its characteristics in this invigorating architectural walk.
Join me on this adventure to discover the beauty and unique characteristics of the city's most significant buildings and get to know a bit more about the local culture in Italy from my own perspective!
During this walk, you will become better acquainted with the local architecture, while also learning about the way in which this has changed over the years, with the city becoming more modern while still keeping its unique character.
Being the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence is like a living museum with many of the world’s most beautiful buildings, and our tour is designed to show the absolutely best of them!
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$90.22
From
$90.22

VIP art by bike small group day or night
Discover the top sights of Florence by bike on a 2.5-hour cycling tour of the UNESCO listed city center and more. Set at a leisurely pace, the tour is ideal for visitors of all ages. Enjoy frequent stops to take photos and learn about your surroundings. The well-rounded tour also includes a bottle of water to keep you hydrated and a complimentary gelato.
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$80.56
From
$80.56

Best of Florence group tour
A guided walking tour is the best way to discover the historic center of Florence and we will make sure you don't miss any of the highlights.
We will walk among iconic monuments such as the magnificent Cathedral, with Brunelleschi's dome, the Baptistery and Giotto's Bell Tower. Our tour will take you to Piazza Signoria, the political center of Florence, dominated by a medieval fortress that was the seat of the city government for 700 years. The square, an open-air museum, houses some of the finest sculptures from the Renaissance era. Finally we will visit the famous Ponte Vecchio, the oldest in Florence and the only one to survive the Second World War. We will then explore the narrow streets and small squares of medieval Florence, the old tower houses, witnesses of family rivalry, all while your guide will tell you the curiosities of each place.
Finally we will take a "fresh" break with an ice cream to taste while the guide will be available for other curiosities.
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$118.15
Price varies by group size
From
$118.15
Price varies by group size

Renaissance Safari Tour Of Florence For Kids
Introduce your family to Florence on a half-day tour with a private guide who shares child-friendly commentary. See famous attractions such as Piazza Della Repubblica, Palazzo Strozzi, Santa Maria Novella, and more while hearing entertaining stories about the city. Find out about powerful families and celebrated artists from Florence’s history, and animals depicted in their statues and coats of arms.
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$161.11
Price varies by group size
From
$161.11
Price varies by group size

Made in Florence Artisan Tour
Couturista Travel specializes in taking curious tourists who are looking to learn more about the exquisite and unique craftsmanship found only in and around the city of Florence. We take you on a guided tour of secret ateliers and shops that bestow the fashion magic of the city of the eternal Renaissance. Our Florentine guides take you beyond commonly- travelled shopping streets of Florence and share Tuscan history and culture while you discover marvelous items with our special access and discounts in exclusive shops. Our ‘Made in Florence’ Tour guarantees a souvenir-worthy journey with fashionable goodies worthy of deploying while in Italy, or as a stylish memory to take back home. We take you on a totally new curated service following safety protocols for a memorable and learning experience with Couturista Travel.
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$145.66
From
$145.66

Florence Safari Kids Tour
Take a fun tour of Florence with your family, discovering the Tuscan city through the marble animals populating the city!
In this 3 hours walking tour, your guide will point out Florence's main highlights through stories and anecdotes about its animal statues! Discover the medieval alleys of Florence city center through the help of your family-oriented private guide and learn more about the powerful families and the legends hidden behind statues and palaces.
Start from Republic Square and head to Signoria Square. Take the change to play and guess the history behind the Neptune Fountain, having fun with your family!
Hunt for the Coat of Arms and animals related to the Florentine powerful families. This is an interactive tour for families with children who want to enjoy Florence with an outdoor walking tour of the city.
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$161.11
Price varies by group size
From
$161.11
Price varies by group size

Personal Vacation and Travel Photographer Tour in Florence
Let’s face it: those selfies and quick snaps from your camera phone don’t always do your travels justice. Invest in the services of professional photographer while you visit Florence and document the trip properly. A local guide designs a customized route through the city based on your unique needs, then a library of professional photos is available for download within five business days of the shoot.
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$293.35
per group
From
$293.35
per group

Florence Private Tour For Kids: A Safari Experience
Take part in a family-friendly Florence "safari" on this half-day private tour. With a guide in the lead and kids participating, hunt down different coats of arms, statues, animals, and symbols that serve as introductions to Florentine culture. This treasure hunt comes complete with commentary focused on kids to get them learning and keep them interested.
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$161.11
Price varies by group size
From
$161.11
Price varies by group size

Private Florence Photo Session with Professional Photographer
What will make our activity special? My goal is to capture your travel experience while you are visiting such a unique place like Florence. Your emotions, your personality your motivations to visit Italy with your favorites people. Everlasting beautiful and truthful memories in pictures. I have many years of experience as a professional photographer in Florence.
We will go from Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, through Piazza del Duomo and Ponte Vecchio in this 2 hours photography session in the Florence City center.
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$500.71
per group
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$500.71
per group
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