Walking Tour of Florence & Michelangelo's David Visit

Walking tour of Florence: discover the city with a professional local guide and then meet David, the greatest masterpiece by Michelangelo

Description

Get the chance to have a full taste of one of the most important and charming cities of the world heritage of the UNESCO.

Discover Florence as you pleasantly walk through it and then visit the main Florence museums with a professional English speaking guide and meet David, the greatest Michelangelo’s masterpiece.

Walk through the amazing center of Florence and discover its unique secular heritage and breathtaking beauty with an expert and fun tour guide.

Our tour explores the historic and architectural evolution factors from the Roman foundation through medieval centuries and its Renaissance glorious period up to modern time Florence.

Our guide will take you to some of the most important spots where the greatest minds and artists have stood and been inspired: Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo, the Baptistery, Santa Trinita and Orsanmichele Church, Pontevecchio Bridge, the secret Vasari Corridor and much much more.

Then enter the Accademia Gallery museum with a fast-track priority entrance ticket and discover the original Michelangelo's masterpiece that has become the symbol of Renaissance splendour. The David.

Admire it from every perspective, gaze in awe at David, that dominates the central gallery of the museum.
The David was sculpted by a very young Michelangelo (in his twenties) entirely from a single block of local Carrara marble and it's 5.17 metres tall (17 ft). It represents the biblical hero David that killed Goliath and when it was unveiled, in 1504, it soon came to symbolize the defense of the civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic.

Admire also Michelangelo's famously unfinished sculptures - Prigioni and San Matteo.
The Accademia Gallery Florence houses also many other masterpieces, both paintings and sculptures, from the Middle Ages to Renaissance, by the greatest artists, like Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Sarto and many more, which you will discover with your knowledgeable English-speaking guide.

Inclusions

• Licensed English speaking guide on walking tour and Accademia Gallery
• Earphones for groups over 5 pax
• Gelato (Italian ice cream) (or espresso/cappuccino in Winter)
• Walking tour (2 and 1/2 half hours)
• Accademia Gallery entrance (skip the line ticket) and tour

Please note that from March 1st 2025: due to a shortened duration of the tour, the stop for gelato will no longer be included in the itinerary. 

 

Meeting Point

This is a COMBO tour

For the WALKING tour (check in at 9:45am):
FLORENCETOWN BOOKING OFFICE - Piazza Mentana 2red - Florence - SEE ON MAP

For the ACCADEMIA GALLERY tour (check in at 12:45pm):
ACCADEMIA GALLERY
Accademia Ticket Office Via Ricasoli, 58/60, Florence "look for Florencetown tour guide in front of civic number 58

Notes

Please let us know in advance any special need or impaired mobility of the clients and we will do our best to accomodate them.

Even with the skip-the-line entrances, there are still compulsory security checks which may cause some delays in entering the museum.
Big bags, liquid bottles and large umbrellas will not be allowed inside the museums (ok small foldable umbrellas).

 

Rain Policy

This tour runs rain or shine.