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Florence Florence HIGH SEASON 2018 ENGLISH Florence Visits and excursions Valid from 1st April to 31st October 2018 We feature tours in Florence or full day tours in the surroundings of Florence (Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Lucca, Chianti) for travelers who desire to discover the cultural heritage and the local gastronomy. We offer Skip the Line access to museums and cultural sites, with professional and authorized local guides. i T rrani Tour Ca s since since 1925 c e m It1alian D Why are HIGHLIGHTS Florence Tours unique and beloved by Travelers? Culture Customize your city break with profes- sionally-guided tours to heritage sites and and Leisure experience new ways to visit Florence with us. From art visits to excursion experienc- es, we are your key to Florence. Expert Guides All of our tour guides are experts, profe- and Tour Escorts sional and friendly. Speaking Your Our best sellers tours are performed in Language one language only. Departures No minimum number of participants requested for most of our tours and activi- Always ties. Guaranteed Fantastic Day Reach the surroundings of Florence and live the wonders of Italy in an easy and af- Excursions fordable way. 2 3 Useful All rates are per person. TOUR INDEX information Cancellation policy: CITY CENTRE TOURS 100% penalty for cancellation within the 72 hours before tour date before or no-show. 1C AM Florence & The Accademia 7 1C PM Florence & Uffizi Gallery 8 booking 3C AM-PM All Florence - Accademia and Uffizi Galleries with lunch 9 our Tours 5C PM Heart of Florence Walking Tour 10 9C AM Special Visit to the “Terrace of the Florence Cathedral” “Exclusive Opening” 11 13C AM Best of Renaissance and Medieval Florence walking tour 12 1A AM My Florence with Accademia & Uffizi Gallery 13 7A AM Accademia Tour 14 7A PM Uffizi Tour 15 15C PM Florence “Duomo Monumental Complex” Guided Tour NEW! 16 16C PM Palazzo Vecchio and its battlements guided Tour at sunset with spectacular View from the Top NEW! 17 17C -17CB AM Florence Medici’s Mile: walking along the path of the Medici Residences and of the Vasari Corridor NEW! 19 20C AM/PM Electric Bike Tour of Florence and its Hills with typical tasting - small group NEW! 20 21C PM Dinner and Opera in the Heart of Florence - Typical Restaurant NEW! 21 18F PM VIP Small-Group: Sunset Boat Tour with Aperitivo on Arno River 22 COOKING CLASSES IN FLORENCE 11C PM Tuscan Cooking Class with Dinner in an old Palace in the Heart of Florence 25 12C PM Pizza, Ice-cream, Chocolate Cake and Sorbetto - Cooking course with Dinner 26 OUTSIDE FLORENCE 2C PM Pisa 29 6A AM Exclusive Pisa with Leaning Tower 30 3A AM Pisa & Lucca 31 4A AM Siena, San Gimignano & Monteriggioni NEW! 32 8A AM Cinque Terre with light lunch 33 14C AM Highlights of Tuscany: Siena, San Gimignano, Chianti, Pisa - lunch with delicious local wines NEW! 34 19F AM VIP- Small group Tuscany grand Tour – Best of Siena, San Gimignano, Chianti, Pisa and Lucca 35 Be our client 36 Contact Us 37 4 5 1C AM City Florence 55€ ADULT Centre & the Accademia FREE 0-6 Tours YEARS OLD Have a walking guided tour of the best of city centre and don’t miss to the unforgettable Accademia Gallery! WHERE Drive along the romantic Viale dei Colli up to Piaz- PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO zale Michelangelo, a stop to admire the wonderful DUOMO SQUARE panorama of the city, one of the most beautiful in CATHEDRAL the world. The tour will proceed by coach through GIOTTO’S BELL TOWER BAPTISTERY & PARADISE DOOR the old city centre. Then walking guided visit of the ACCADEMIA GALLERY (ORIGINAL outdoor Duomo complex: the Baptistery with its DAVID OF MICHELANGELO) INCLUDES bronze doors including the famous Porta del Parad- ASSISTANCE AT THE MEETING iso and the visit to the cathedral with the magnifi- POINT cent Cupola del Brunelleschi and Giotto’s bell tower. TRANSPORT MUSEUM ENTRANCE TICKETS (SKIP A short walk through the historic streets of the heart THE LINE) of Florence brings you to the renowned Galleria LOCAL GUIDE DEPARTURES dell’Accademia* where you can admire the famous DAILY AT 9:00 AM David by Michelangelo and other works by the great BLACKOUT DATES artist. End of the tour inside the museum. MAY 1ST AND FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH MEETING POINT 08:45 AM PIAZZALE MONTELUNGO IN FRONT OF THE YELLOW STREET SIGN GRAY LINE LANGUAGES ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND GERMAN (MIN. 2 PAX) TOUR ENDS AFTER *ON MONDAYS THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY IS CLOSED - REPLACED WITH THE SAN APPROXIMATELY MARCO MUSEUM OR THE MEDICI CHAPELS 3.15 HOURS INSIDE THE ACCADEMIA GALLERY 6 7 1C PM 3C AM-PM Florence 67€ All Florence 133€ ADULT ADULT & Uffizi Gallery Accademia and Uffizi Galleries FREE 0-6 FREE 0-6 Enjoy a panoramic tour of surrounding of Florence, have YEARS OLD with lunch YEARS OLD (LUNCH NOT INCLUDED) a short walking tour of the city center and discover the All Florence, museums and hills, in just one day: Accademia and Uffizi famous art collection of Uffizi Gallery with expert local Galleries by bus with lunch. A drive up to Piazzale Michelangelo, Santa guides! Maria del Fiore, the Gallery of the Accademia, a drive up to Fiesole, Santa Croce and the Gallery of the Uffizi. A fine coach tour offering panoramic views of the WHERE A remarkable valuable experience at a promotional WHERE FIESOLE PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO unparalleled beauty of Florence, taking in Fiesole, SANTA CROCE price. An expert local guide will be with you all day SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE a delightful town of Etruscan origin set on the hills (EXTERNAL VISIT) to show the city. This is the best way to know a place ACCADEMIA GALLERY UFFIZI GALLERY (ORIGINAL DAVID OF MICHELANGELO) overlooking Florence and the Arno Valley. The tour thanks to the comments of who lives the city every FIESOLE INCLUDES SANTA CROCE (EXTERNAL VISIT) continues to the old city centre for a visit to the Fran- ASSISTANCE AT day and knows it like no one else. The history, the UFFIZI GALLERY ciscan Church of Santa Croce (exterior only). A short THE MEETING POINT art and the culture of Florence explained in a fas- TRANSPORT INCLUDES ASSISTANCE AT walk through historic streets of heart of Florence MUSEUM ENTRANCE TICKETS (SKIP cinating way through the unforgettable panoramas THE MEETING POINT THE LINE) brings you the famous Piazza Signoria, where you of Piazzale Michelangelo and Fiesole and by visiting TRANSPORT LOCAL GUIDE can admire the imposing Palazzo Vecchio (exterior) the city, the old town and the famous Accademia* MUSEUMS ENTRANCE TICKETS DEPARTURES (SKIP THE LINE) and the beautiful Loggia dei Lanzi. The tour contin- DAILY AT 2:30 PM and Uffizi* Galleries. The tour includes lunch with EARPHONES ARE PROVIDED FOR GROUPS OF OVER 15 PARTICIPANTS ues with a guided tour of the famous Galleria of the BLACKOUT DATES drinks in a historical restaurant in the most ancient INSIDE THE MUSEUMS ST ST MAY 1 AND 1 SUNDAY LUNCH WITH DRINKS Uffizi* where you can admire the superb paintings OF EACH MONTH part of the town, to which you will be escorted by DEPARTURES of Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raf- MEETING POINT our assistant. DAILY AT 9:00 AM AND AT 2:30 PM 2:15 PM PIAZZALE MONTELUNGO BLACKOUT DATES faello, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio. The tour ends in- IN FRONT OF THE YELLOW STREET MAY 1ST AND FIRST SUNDAY side the museum. SIGN GRAY LINE OF EACH MONTH LANGUAGES MEETING POINT ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, 8:45 AM PIAZZALE MONTELUNGO ITALIAN AND GERMAN (MIN. 2 PAX) IN FRONT OF THE YELLOW STREET SIGN GRAY LINE- AFTER LUNCH AT THE SAME PLACE AT 2:15 PM TOUR ENDS AFTER APPROXIMATELY LANGUAGES 3.15 HOURS INSIDE THE ACCADEMIA ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND GERMAN (MIN. 2 PAX) GALLERY *ON MONDAYS THE UFFIZI GALLERY IS CLOSED - REPLACED WITH THE MUSEUM OF *ON MONDAYS THE ACCADEMIA AND UFFIZI GALLERIES ARE CLOSED - TOUR ENDS AFTER PALAZZO VECCHIO ACCADEMIA GALLERY REPLACED WITH THE SAN MARCO MUSEUM OR APPROXIMATELY THE MEDICI CHAPELS; UFFIZI GALLERY REPLACED WITH THE MUSEUM OF 3.15 HOURS INSIDE THE ACCADEMIA PALAZZO VECCHIO GALLERY 8 9 5C PM 9C AM Heart of Florence 19€ Special Visit to the “Terrace 53,50€ ADULT of the Florence Cathedral” - ADULT Walking Tour 15€ 29€ CHILD 7-12 CHILD 6-11 YEARS OLD “Exclusive Opening” YEARS OLD Guided visit of the imposing Cathedral with its dome by FREE 0-6 The unique opportunity to discover an exceptional scenic spot, FREE 0-5 Brunelleschi, the bell-tower by Giotto and the Baptistery YEARS OLD with direct access to climb the famous Dome. YEARS OLD of St. John with its fabulous Door of Paradise. SHOW A DOCUMENT PROVING CHILDREN’S AGE UPON REQUEST SMALL GROUP SMALL GROUP MAX 25 MAX 20 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS Admire with our guide the marvellous Duomo com- WHERE This exclusive tour begins with an evocative intro- WHERE DUOMO (OUTSIDE) SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE plex with monuments completely covered in poly- CAMPANILE BY GIOTTO (OUTSIDE) duction movie, played in an ancient rectory private FLORENCE CATHEDRAL chrome marbles: the Cathedral with the great Du- BAPTISTERY (OUTSIDE) room, located in the Duomo Square, then, avoiding INCLUDES CHURCH OF ORSANMICHELE ASSISTANCE omo by Brunelleschi, the Baptistery, the Campanile (OUTSIDE) the line you will enter, accompanied by a licensed INTRODUCTORY MOVIE TO THE by Giotto. We proceed on to the imposing and sin- MERCATO DELLA PAGLIA English speaking guide, inside Santa Maria del Fiore, HISTORY OF FLORENCE AND TO THE DUOMO COMPLEX PONTE VECCHIO gular stone building of the Church of Orsanmichele where you will discover the superb works of art pre- GUIDE AUTHORIZED PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA 48 HOURS ENTRANCE TICKETS FOR in which the wonderful tabernacle of Orcagna, a PALAZZO VECCHIO (OUTSIDE) served there.
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