There is plenty to do and see in the stunning Italian city known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, and Florence in a Day Semi Private Tour is a great way to see the best of what this city has to offer. This comprehensive tour is designed to give you a taste of all the highlights around the city, with an expert local guide by your side to best optimize your time during your stay. See Florence masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s David, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and La Primavera,the Ponte Vecchio Bridge and more in just one day!

Your tour will start with a meet and greet with your guide and your small group of MAX 6 PEOPLE GUARANTEED at Piazza della Signoria, an L-shaped square in the heart of this art city, surrounded by some of the most important buildings of Florence. Admire centuries of architecture and history in just one square which includes buildings such as Palazzo Vecchio, the town hall of the city, Uffizi Gallery, one of the most important art collections in the world, and Palazzo Uguccioni, whose building facade was designed by the great Raphael. This is one of the most important squares in the city – what better way is there to start a tour!

Your first art stop is the Uffizi Gallery – the former offices of one of the most powerful families of Italy, the Medici Family. This once private art collection which consisted of master works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio and many more who adorned the walls of the Medici Family corridors. You will also see master works such as the Birth of Venus, one of the most famous depictions of the mythological goddess emerging from the sea on a shell – a now icon of Italian Renaissance. The amount of breathtaking masterpieces is endless.

The next portion of your tour consists of a walk around this gorgeous city where you will be able to fully understand the many layers of architecture which makes this city of only 400,000 inhabitants, one of the most spectacular and culturally rich in the world.

Admire the Ponte Vecchio Bridge, the oldest bridge in Florence which overlooks the Arno River and the only bridge which survived Nazi bombings during WWII. Brunelleschi’s Dome from the outside – the largest duomo in Italy and learn how the architect’s rival Lorenzo Ghiberti was seething when he lost the bid to complete the dome himself. Lastly, admire the magnificent 17-foot marble sculpture of David by Michelangelo.