Florence Italy Guided Tours

OUR GUIDES
In Florence Today operates exclusively with native Florentine professional guides who use all their experience to organize tailor-made visits throughout all Florence, its museums and its monuments. Doing their best to satisfy all your needs for a memorable stay, however special they may be.

OUR TOURS
Our tours are for small, private parties. We do not group different people together. Our guide will meet you at your hotel in Florence, at the time you choose. The tour will be entirely designed to meet your interests, curiosities, and any requirements for seeing Florence. On request, we can also provide assistance and guide services for educational programs or cultural events.

HOW TO BOOK
Select a tour among those shown on the righthand side of this page. Specify date, number of participants, the hotel in which you'll be staying in Florence, and write to us for reservations. One of our guides will promptly reply and provide all the necessary information and details. Should you need any advice about selecting a tour, feel free to contact us, and we'll be happy to help you ! As soon as you confirm (that should be at least two weeks before the tour), we'll send you your guide's name and cell phone number. Book a tour guide in Florence Italy and confirm your reservation one week before your arrival!

Cost and form of Payment
We charge 65 Euro/hour. Up to 8 people. Most of the tours last 3 hours. So calculate 195 euros for a three hours tour of Florence.
Entrance fees to museums, churches and transportation are not included. You'll pay directly in cash or travelers' cheques.

Museums and Exhibitions
We also conduct tours in the Museums: National Bargello Museum, Uffizi Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Pitti Palace...
Would you like to visit the major art exhibitions in town with an expert?
Contact us and we'll provide you specialist. Our fee is 130 euros for a two hour visit for a party up to 8 people.

FLORENCE WALKING TOURS AVAILABLE

ART & HISTORY IN FLORENCE

• FLORENCE FROM ITS ORIGINS TO MIDDLEAGE
  
  This is a preliminary introduction to the history of the city, particularly recommended to visitors who have never been to Florence before or have a short time to spend.
  - Piazza della Repubblica, once upon the time the seat of the roman Forums
  - Cathedral Square with Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistry with Ghiberti’s Doors of Paradise
  - Signoria Square , the seat of the secular life, with its fortified and massive Town Hall, and outdoor sculptures
  - The Old Brigde once the seat of the butcheries, nowday worldy famous for its jewellery shops
  - The franciscan Church of Santa Croce with the tombs of some the italian masters: Michelangelo, Galilei, Rossini
  
  Admission:
  S. Croce € 4 per person. The churches are CLOSED on Sunday morning.
  
  
• UFFIZI GALLERY AND THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
  
  A must to the visitor who wants to learn about florentine renaissance painting and sculpture.
  - In the Uffizi we will visit the rooms of the renaissance civilisation with Masaccio, Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael Titian and the new opened wings of the gallery.
  - The visit will continue at the Academy of Fine Arts with Michelangelo’s David, his Slaves, Saint Mathew and one of his Pieta.
  The tour lasts four hours.
  
  Admission:
  Uffizi Euro 12.50, Accademia Euro 11.50. CLOSED on Monday.
  
  
• PITTI PALACE AND BOBOLI GARDENS
  
  The granducal palace at the time of the Medici and its history trhough the centuries.
  - Visit to the winter apartment now aday the seat of the Palatine Gallery, with its painting collection: Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Van Dyck, Lippi.
  - Visit of the Royal Apartments.
  - Visit of the splendid XVI-XVII century Boboli Gardens one of the finest example of Italian topiary garden.
  
  Admission:
  Palatina and royal Apartments Euro 9.50, Boboli gardens Euro 6.
  
  
• THE NATIONAL 'BARGELLO' MUSEUM OF SCULPTURE AND FLORENTINE SCULPTURE
  
  - The early XIII century building once the seat of the foreign governor “ the Podestà” now houses one of the laegerst XV and XVI sculpture italian collection, works by Donatello, Ghiberti and Brunelleschi’s panels for the 1401 competion for the second door to the Bptistry, Verrocchio, Della Robbia, Michelangelo, Cellini, Giambologna.
  - Piazza Signoria, the secular hearth of the city and staggering example of an outdoor sculpture museum
  - Cathedral Square 'Duomo', vist of the Cathedral, Giotto Bell Tower, San John the Baptist Baptistry with Ghiberti’s Gate of Paradise
  
  Admission:
  Bargello Euro 7 per person. CLOSED on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.
  
  

Perseo. Signoria Square