Your guide to travel and experience Florence, Italy
Here you can find all my private guided tours in Florence, those ones that I am personally leading as a licensed tour guide. Of course this list is not complete and will be slowly updated, however keep in mind that I am more than happy to satisfy your special requests as themed tours, customised walks and combined tours (museum +
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Palazzo Vecchio is one of the most beautiful and important palaces of Florence. Built in the late 1200s and extended several times in the Renaissance, it has been the heart of public and political life in Florence for over 700 years. Before telling you more about my Palazzo Vecchio private guided tour, let me give some info about this building.
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The cathedral of Florence (Duomo is cathedral in Italian) is one of the most famous and visited tourist attractions in the city. And there is not only the church to see: in the Piazza del Duomo there are many other ancient and important religious buildings, which all together make up the Duomo Complex. So many monuments, hundreds of works of
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The Opificio delle Pietre Dure Museum is a small but extremely interesting museum, one of my favorites ones! It tells the story of an artistic technique unique in the world and typical of Florence. It is the Commesso Fiorentino, a kind of mosaic made up of semiprecious stones. With this technique the last ones of the Medici decorated the Chapel
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Would you like to visit an old apothecary that has been in business for over 700 years? In Florence there is a special place, where you can immerse yourself in a world of natural aromas, perfumes and cosmetics, surrounded by art and history. It is the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica of Santa Maria Novella, the oldest historical pharmacy in Europe. History
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The church of Santa Maria Novella is one of my favorite places in Florence. It is a magnificent example of medieval architecture, full of masterpieces of painting. Giotto, Masaccio, Brunelleschi and Ghirlandaio are just some of the great names who have worked there and have left their mark on the history of art. Santa Maria Novella Church: what to see
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Cemeteries are one of my biggest interests! I love their peaceful atmosphere, and the co-existence of art, nature and architecture. Here in Italy cemeteries are often monumental and they are like open-air museums of art and local history. I love wandering among the tombstones of Florence Cemeteries, learning something about the people of the past, indulging in vintage portraits and
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I love giving a Boboli Gardens private tour, as my University background was in architecture history and gardens history. It’s the perfect combination of art, architecture and nature, with the beautiful shapes of Florentine Renaissance. Boboli is not just on the most beautiful gardens in the world, but is also a stunning open air museum with sculptures, fountains and architectures
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The Opera del Duomo Museum is a true institution in Florence: its collection of works of art goes from the end of the 1200s to the 1800s and is one of the most important in Europe. After 3 years of restoration on 29 October 2015, it finally re-opened its doors, bigger, more stunning than ever and completely renovated. The new
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It’s one of the most beautiful gardens in Florence (especially in the spring when it is filled with flowers), it has a beautiful view over the city and it is linked to one of the most interesting Florentine figures of the 20th century: I am talking about the Bardini Gardens. It is not one of the oldest gardens in the
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