FLORENCE
780 Tours Reviewed
Tuscany hits fast on this 12-hour coach day trip. You get Pisa’s Field of Miracles first (with the Leaning Tower area), then San Gimignano and Siena, plus a bus ride through the Chianti hills. I like how guides such as…
Florence gives you the easy part. This day trip adds medieval hill towns plus Chianti wine and lunch, all in one long but satisfying sweep south. I like how the tour is built around “do-it-and-see-it” stops: you get real wandering…
Florence’s power center is surprisingly easy to enter. I like the skip-the-ticket-line setup and the chance to stand in the Salone dei Cinquecento. The one thing to watch is the flow: if you’re doing Arnolfo’s Tower, plan on moving through…
Medieval towns, vineyard lunch, and Pisa all in one day. This tour is interesting because it strings together Siena, a Chianti farmhouse meal, San Gimignano’s towers, and Pisa’s marble landmarks without you needing to plan tickets or transport. Two things…
Uffizi gets easier with a guide. I like this small-group setup because you spend less time herding your way through crowds and more time learning what you’re actually looking at. I also love the headsets, which help the guide’s explanations…
Boboli Gardens are Florence’s calm escape. Rising behind the Palazzo Pitti, these Medici grounds feel like an open-air lesson in how Renaissance power liked to style a garden. You get a timed entrance ticket, so you can step in without…
Two floors up, big art down below. This skip-the-line Uffizi tour keeps you moving and turns a famous museum visit into a clear story you can actually follow. I like that you walk in with priority access and a guide…
Three Tuscan icons in a single day. This tour strings together Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa’s Square of Miracles with a winery lunch option that turns a sightseeing day into a proper Tuscan meal. You get the drama of hilltop…
Florence’s Duomo stories are way better than they sound on paper. This short, licensed guide tour focuses on what you’ll actually notice—how the façade was created, what the interior art means, and why the Medici mattered. I especially like the…
A second look at Florence starts on a bus. This open-top double-decker setup helps you see the main sights without planning every turn, and the onboard multilingual audio commentary turns street scenes into a quick lesson on what you’re looking…
The Uffizi can eat an entire morning. This setup gets you in faster with fast-track entry and then lets you explore the galleries at your own pace using an audio app made for the museum’s highlights. I like how the…
David waits, but lines don’t. This Accademia Gallery tour saves you the headache of long entry lines with reserved, fast-track admission to see Michelangelo’s David quickly, plus a small group setup (max 19) with an English guide. You’ll get a…
Florence tastes better when you cook it. This hands-on pasta and tiramisu class turns you from diner into cook inside a local restaurant in the heart of the city. I love that you learn fresh pasta steps from an English-speaking…
Nothing beats fresh pasta. This hands-on Florence class turns a medieval tower into your cooking classroom, just a short walk from Brunelleschi’s Dome, with a story threaded through Dante Alighieri’s family ties. You’ll get to make three types of fresh…
Wood-fired pizza beats most Florentine tours. This class takes you out of the city and up into the hills, where a private Tuscan estate turns into a real working kitchen. You’ll get pro help from Italian chefs like Cris, Arla,…
