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Excursions  from florence

Firenze - Cupola di BrunelleschiFirenze - David

> Full Day visit of Florence (7 hrs)
> Half Day visit of Uffizi Gallery (3 hrs)

> Full Day visit of Pisa  
> Full Day visit of Siena and San Gimignano
> Full Day Chianti region

 

City Tours

Full Day visit of Florence
(7 hrs)    

The  private   guide will  meet you and  together   you  will reach the  Accademia  Gallery   where  you can admire  Michelangelo's David. Everything in the fascinating story of its creation contributes to its lasting fame: the fact that the work was begun by another artist, the low quality of the marble block and Michelangelo's genius, which finally transformed it into the figure of a man with classical shape and an anatomically perfect body. Finished in 1504, the statue was exposed for 250 years on the Piazza della  Signoria, right opposite of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Proceed  for  the visit   of the  Duomo and its Giotto’s bell tower that was begun by Giotto in 1334, carried on after his death by Andrea Pisano, and finished in 1359 by Francesco Talenti; the Baptistery of Saint John, for centuries thought to be a pagan temple "converted" to Christian use. Dante calls it his "lovely Saint John's". And from the 14th to the 16th century, the exterior sculptural decoration for which the Baptistery is famous was put in place: three sets of bronze doors and the bronze and marble statuary above them. These works illustrate Bible stories which the believer is invited to ponder if he would live his faith to the full.
Free  time   for  light   lunch  and in the afternoon visit  of Piazza della  Signoria and  admire the marvellous Palazzo Vecchio (external visit) and the beautiful Loggia del Lanzi. Forward to  Ponte Vecchio  and   Santa Croce  Basilica. The architect  Arnolfo di Cambio begun the construction in year 1294 and became one of the masterpieces of the Italian gothic style. Cimabue , Brunelleschi, Giotto and   Donatello worked in this basilica. End of the  tour.

Half Day visit of Uffizi Gallery (3 hrs)   

The private guide will meet you at the hotel. Together you will reach the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most complete Italian painting gallery. It was the private collection of the Medici Family, who were as interested in money as in art. Several hundred works were bought, confiscated and commissioned in over 200 years of their political regency.
The  tour starts with the rooms dedicated to medieval painting (Giotto's Maestà and the works of Cimabue and Duccio). From there we visit the most famous paintings of Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo's only accomplished painting, the Tondo Doni.
At the  end  a visit to the rooms dedicated to Raffael, Tiziano, Tintoretto and Veronese. At the  end of the   visit   you will walk through the famous Piazza della Signoria, to admire the marvelous Palazzo Vecchio (external visit) and the beautiful Loggia del Lanzi. End of the visit.
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Excursions from Florence
Full Day visit of Pisa

Your private  guide and  driver   will  meet   you at  hotel. You will reach  Pisa in  2  hours .
With our guide, you will discover Pisa's most important monuments and squares: our walking tour starts with a visit to the world famous Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) with many medieval masterpieces: Leaning Tower, Baptistery, Cathedral (inside visit) and the Campo Santo (inside visit) cemetery Passing medieval Tower houses we head for Piazza Dante with Pisa's State University where Galileo Galilei taught  and finishes at Piazza dei Cavalieri, the central civic square of medieval Pisa with Italy's academic showpiece, the Scuola Normale Superiore. 
Back to Florence in the afternoon.
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Full Day visit of Siena and San Gimignano

Your private guide and  driver   will meet   you at the  hotel. The excursion   leads   you in the  Tuscan  countryside where   you can   visit   Siena  that together with Florence and Pisa, is one of the leading art cities in Tuscany. This city has managed to preserve its medieval character completely.
Your guided tour starts with a visit to San Domenico, a church much frequented for its venerated relics of Saint Catherine, patron saint of Italy and Europe. Then we head for the magnificent palace of Monte dei Paschi bank, founded in 1472 - the oldest bank in Europe.
From there we reach nearby Piazza del Campo, the unrivalled center of vivid city life. Here is the place where  the Palio  is  played  , Siena's breathtaking bareback horse race. With a stop at the Chigi-Saracini Palace you finally reach the Duomo with its marble pavement made with a startling sequence of 56 marble. 
Free time   for  lunch and  in the  afternoon   continuation of the   tour   with the  visit  of  san Gimignano .Positioned favourably at the via Francigena - an ancient roadway used by merchants, prelates, soldiers and pilgrims - this charming little town of only a few thousand residents reveals an unexpected richness of art treasures. Passing the main entrance gate Porta San Giovanni,  you   will see  Piazza della Cisterna with its impressing medieval tower houses, and the church Santa Maria Assunta, with frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, Taddeo di Bartolo and others. We continue to the Rocca di Montestaffoli, the old fortress with a tower from where you will enjoy a superb view on the surrounding Tuscan landscape.
The tour concludes with a visit to the church of Sant'Agostino, embellished by Bennozo Gozzoli with 17 scenes of the Saint's Life. Back to  Florence  in the afternoon.
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Full Day Chianti region

Your private guide and  driver   will meet   you at the  hotel. The excursion   leads   you in the  Tuscan  countryside  and is  dedicated to the visit of the Chianti Classico area.
In the morning visit of  S.Gimignano, small medieval village with its 13 towers, where is possible to taste the “Nobile di Montepulciano”. Forward to  Greve in Chianti, for a lunch  in a castle  with the roast suckling pig “ Maialino Chiantigiano”  and to visit the  wine cellar.  In the afternoon forward to Radda in Chianti for a wine tasting in a wonderful wine farmhouse inside a medieval village; Chianti Classico, Chianti  Classico Riserva, Super Tuscan.
On the way  back  to Florence, stop to Castellina in  Chianti  from  where   you can have a panoramic  view of the  Chianti area.
Back to  Florence in the  afternoon.
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