FLORENCE
2250 Tours Reviewed
Dinner with opera? It’s a surprisingly great idea. This 3.5-hour evening pairs a hands-on Tuscan cooking class in a beautiful 1600s villa with a real live opera performance during your meal, set in the countryside near Florence. I like the…
A big Florence day. Accademia + Uffizi in one guided sweep is a smart way to hit the Renaissance heavyweights without spending your whole afternoon stuck in lines. I like that this tour is built for flow: reserved entry, clear…
A day in a tiny vintage car is a simple idea. Here it turns into a scenic Chianti loop with a real local winery stop. You’ll spend time on winding roads and in hill towns like Castellina in Chianti, with…
Two cities, one phone, and zero waiting. This Florence and Pisa self-guided experience gives you smartphone audio guides that walk you through the big sights at your pace, without a group schedule. You can start where you prefer since there’s…
Florence’s Duomo hits different up close. This tour gets you past the worst of the wait for Santa Maria del Fiore, then treats you to the dome climb and more access around the Duomo complex. The small group size helps…
Organic wine and old-stone rooms go together. At Montechiaro, a family-run organic winery near Siena, you tour a historic cellar and then enjoy a sommelier-led tasting of Chianti and Super Tuscans paired with classic Tuscan food. I love the historic,…
If you only have a short time in Florence, this tour helps. In about three hours, you hit two heavy hitters of Renaissance art without doing the guesswork yourself. The small group setup keeps things more focused, and you get…
Two cities of stone, one long day. This private tour is built for big-ticket Renaissance sightseeing without the hassle of ticket lines or stitching together transport on your own. I like that you get an air-conditioned minivan for the long…
Your hands get busy in Lucca. This Cesarina market tour and cooking class is built around real local shopping, then real cooking in a home kitchen—so you learn what makes Lucca food taste like Lucca. You’ll get hands-on practice making…
Style is a language in Florence. This private fashion tour strings together three stops that explain how Italian taste grew into today’s major design houses. I like how the guide helps you trace Florentine style (not just name-drop brands), and…
Want photos that look like you belonged. This Bologna photo tour is built for real people in real places: you get a pro photographer guiding where to stand, how to face, and how to use the city as your background.…
Medici politics gets real fast. This private tour packs Palazzo Vecchio and the Medici Chapel into about an hour, with a licensed guide telling the family’s story through power plays, legends, and all the juicy details that made Florence famous.…
Florence gets a queer new lens. This 2-hour Renaissance gay life walk takes you off the main sightseeing tracks and into places where sexuality, power, and punishment all tangled together. You’ll hear stories about queer figures from Florentine history, and…
Florence feels like a warm-up act. This 3-day Tuscany plan strings together Pisa and Cinque Terre plus a Chianti wine day with guided night walking and a proper aperitivo, all in a small group. I love that it’s built around…
Chianti tastes best with food and real process. This tasting at Terre di Perseto gives you both: a cellars tour with barrels and production machineries, then a focused tasting room flight paired with Tuscan tapas. I love the hands-on, explain-it-as-you-go…
