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Florence: Sightseeing Tours

Florence: Sightseeing Tours

Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, is an enticing destination, with its unparalleled blend of art, history, and culture. Sightseeing tours in Florence are an opportunity to wander through narrow cobbled streets, discover architectural wonders, or visit world-renowned museums and galleries.

The Ponte Vecchio bridge spanning the Arno River encapsulates the city's romantic charm, while traditional Tuscan cuisine and bustling markets showcase Florence's rich artisanal heritage. Whether you are a lover of art, history, food, or fashion, Florence offers a vibrant and multifaceted experience, making it an unmissable sightseeing destination in the heart of Italy.

The authenticity of the historical city has been maintained, even as it has modernized, giving you the chance to imagine life during the inspiring Renaissance period.

Walking Tours in Florence

Florence walking tours are the perfect way to familiarize and orientate yourself in a new city. It is also one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the destination, with the sights, sounds and aromas all around you.

In Florence, the Medici Mile is one of the most popular walking routes, but food walking tours, Florence highlights, night tours and sites made popular by Dan Brown’s Inferno are all options for the intrepid explorer.

Free walking tours offer the added benefit of paying no booking fee, but rather remunerating your guide at the end of your tour.

Landmarks such as the Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, the Ponte Vecchio, and the Boboli Gardens as well as the Piazzale Michelangelo may be sites you wander past or across along your route.

Florence Scooter Tours

Vespa is an iconic Italian brand and the ideal way to zip through the streets of Florence and the surrounding Tuscan scenery. You can choose between joining a guided scooter tour, or renting an electric or e-Vespa and enjoying a self-guided experience.

The Tuscan countryside, the rolling hills of Chianti, a taste of Italian wines and cuisine, and maybe even a stunning sunset might all be on the cards on a scooter tour.

If you’re not licensed to drive a Vespa, you can also tour Florence on an electric stand-up scooter in the company of a professional city guide.

Hop-on hop-off bus tours in Florence

An open-topped hop-on hop-off bus tour in Florence is perfect if you like the idea of using transport that stops close to most of the city's top attractions.

There are 24, 48 or 72 hour tickets available to purchase and you have the freedom to join either of the 2 routes offered at any point. You can disembark at as many stops along the routes as you like, as this type of tour gives you both freedom and convenience.

One route passes through the Florence city center and one uninterrupted round trip takes around an hour. The second route focuses on Florence and Fiesole. Fiesole is a famous Etruscan hillside city which offers breath-taking city views. This route is around 2-hours in duration.

Along with a narrated audio guide on the bus, you will also have access to a walking tour that you can navigate using a handy app.

Florence City Tours

The thriving and historical city of Florence is jam-packed with places of historical and cultural significance. With every turn revealing something worth seeing, it is best to explore in the company of a knowledgeable guide.

Shared and private guided tours, family-friendly tours and eco-friendly Florence city tours are all options to choose between. You can join a quick 1-hour orientation tour or allow the city to captivate you for the morning or the entire day.

Attractions and landmarks that Florence is renowned for include the Ponte Vecchio bridge, Palazzo Pitti, the gothic Basilica of Santa Croce and Duomo. The city walls are a reminder of the city’s ancient role as a sanctuary to Roman’s fleeing invaders.

Florence Pass

A city pass is designed to optimize your sightseeing at the best price. With a Florence Pass, you have reserved entrance to the Brunelleschi Dome and Florence Cathedral. You also get priority entry to the Uffizi Gallery and Accademia Gallery where you can view some of the city’s most incredible artworks and sculptures, including Michelangelo’s David. You are able to download a City Audio Guide app for your mobile phone and receive a 10% discount for other attractions in Florence.

The Florence Pass is available to purchase for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days to ensure that you do not miss out on the value for money package.

Dan Brown’s Inferno Tours

If you were introduced to Florence by author Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’, you might appreciate following in the main character, Robert Langdon’s route through the city. Dan Brown's ‘Inferno’ tours can be undertaken on a small group or private basis.

Dan Brown’s novels are laced with intrigue and reveal many hidden symbols and mysteries that date back centuries but remain present in modern-day Florence. On these tours, your guide will blend fact with Brown’s fiction as you explore and examine Florence’s many facets and features.

You can even choose to play an outdoor escape game that requires you to follow clues through the city, unlocking stories on your phone as you proceed.

Florence Scavenger Games

Scavenger games in Florence are a family-oriented activity customized to pair sightseeing with learning in a fun and interactive way. These types of tours have various themes and can include galleries, museums, city highlights and outdoor art and sculptures.

Treasure or scavenger games are also available as a fun but competitive activity to enjoy with friends  or even as a team-building experience.

Segway Tours in Florence

Segway’s are a fun and easy to master alternative form of transport to use on your Florence sightseeing experience. Faster than a walking tour, a segway tour of Florence allows you to cover more of the sights than you could while on foot.

You can choose between hiring a Segway and exploring on your own, or joining a small-group guided tour accompanied by an experienced and knowledgeable local guide.

Street Art Tours in Florence

Florence may be synonymous with the Renaissance, but there is a modern side to the city’s art scene. Close to some of the world’s most instantly recognizable artworks, you can find contemporary works in the form of street art.

Most alternative street art tours take you off the beaten path to Oltrarno, where you can discover hidden alleyways and locate unexpected murals all while enjoying Florence’s artisanal stores and workshops as well as delightful bars and cafés.