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  Florence Guided Walking Tours

  2.a  Medieval and Renaissance Florence complete Walking Tour: morning
 P.zza San Lorenzo, P.zza Duomo, P.zza Signoria, Ponte Vecchio, P.zza Pitti
On foot Comfortable shoes  
Season: All year round - Every day
Meeting: P.zza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Start: 9:15 (10 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: around 11:45
The most complete and thrilling guided walking tour starts from the peculiar Central market zone, characterised by its workshops and multicoloured stalls, where the Medici Chapels, and Basilica di S. Lorenzo, the church of Medici’s Family, are located.
In a short time you can reach Piazza del Duomo, where you can admire the Cathedral* (inside visit) and its dome by Brunelleschi, the bell-tower by Giotto, Saint John Baptistery with its Paradise Door.
The tour continues by visiting the medieval quarters where Dante Alighieri and Beatrice lived.
Further on you can find Palazzo del Bargello. Not too far, there is Piazza della Signoria, a great “open-air sculpture museum”, overlooked by the imposing Palazzo Vecchio.
Next to it the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most important museum all over the world.
Then you proceed to the picturesque Mercato della Paglia (Straw market), where the famous Piglet Fountain is located.
You walk along the street that leads to Ponte Vecchio, the “jewels bridge”.
By crossing the bridge, you will reach the wonderful Pitti Palace where our tour ends.

(*) Cannot be visited on National Holidays
and for reasons beyond our control.

Free for children under the age of 8
Includes: guide, entrance fees where required.
€ 25,00 per person
Booking on line

 

 


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