FLORENCE
3126 Tours Reviewed
A medieval-tower day with wine. This small-group tour links two hill towns you see on postcards with a real Chianti tasting stop in between. You start from Lucca and spend the day with an expert leader, plus round-trip bus or…
Galileo’s inventions turn a museum visit into a story. This small-group tour at the Museo Galileo gives you a guided, 90-minute path through the history of science, with a real focus on Galileo’s own instruments—including telescopes and lenses tied to…
San Gimignano tastes better with a guide. This two-hour winery visit outside town pairs vineyard and cellar time with a proper tasting session. You get to learn how wine is made in the hills of San Gimignano, then unwind with…
Florence has a way of turning big names into real rooms. This private tour takes you into the Pitti Palace complex—once the Medici power base—then sends you behind it into the Boboli Gardens, where statues, fountains, and garden geometry tell…
Brunello with a time twist. This private stop at Paradiso di Cacuci in the northwestern corner of Montalcino is built around a vertical tasting so you can compare different Brunello vintages instead of doing a standard single-flight pour. You’ll start…
Florence can be overwhelming fast. This private Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens tour turns it into a focused, high-impact stroll through the Medici world. I love that you get pre-reserved admission and a guide to translate what you’re seeing, instead…
Early mornings meet great cheese. This private 11-hour Emilia-Romagna day trip turns food you already know into something you can actually picture, from the parmigiano wheels in stagionatura to the vinegar barrels at an acetaia. I love that the day…
Five museums in one go. This Florence Bargello combo ticket is a smart way to stack high-value art stops without playing ticket-scheduling Tetris. I like that you can move at your own pace while seeing Renaissance and medieval works across…
Siena feels different when it’s a quest. This self-led treasure hunt turns the Centro Storico into a series of puzzle stops, with riddles, quick history bits, and anecdotes you solve at your own pace. The Polaguide guides you stage by…
Pisa is bigger than one slanted tower. This cycling highlights tour is designed to show you the parts of town most people skip—shopping streets, Renaissance loggias, medieval holdouts, and riverbank beauty—then finish at the monuments you came for. I especially…
Truffles make the woods feel alive. This Chianti farm outing mixes truffle hunting with a real working dog and then turns your morning find into fresh tagliatelle for lunch. It is practical, hands-on, and very Tuscany in the best way:…
Pizza and gelato, made your way. This class turns Florence from sightseeing mode into hands-on fun. You’ll head south of the Arno to Oltrarno, meet a professional chef in a studio (often in a centuries-old building), and learn how to…
Handmade pici turns Tuscany into something you can do. In a small-group class in Montepulciano, I love how you learn the real technique behind pici (rolled, then rubbed with both hands in a motion locals call appiciare) and then eat…
That golden Baptistery catches your eye fast. This guided tour strings together the big-three stops in Florence’s Cathedral complex: Santa Maria del Fiore, the Florence Baptistery, and the Opera del Duomo Museum, where you can see original Renaissance sculpture and…
Wine here comes with a human story. This is a private winery experience with a member of the Valentini family from Bocale Vini, where you get the work-to-wine picture from vineyard tasks to vinification and aging. You’ll hear the process…
