Duration: 2 hours
Type - Skip the line Uffizi Tour - small group tour
Lines at the Uffizi Gallery can last up to three hours, especially during peak season. Cruise past the lines on this guided tour and see Florence's most celebrated museum with an expert in Renaissance art.
Calling all art lovers! Located in the heart of Florence, the Uffizi Gallery is filled with artwork from renown Italian Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Leonardo, Caravaggio and Botticelli. But with over a million visitors every year - during the high season, waiting time to get inside the museum can last as long as five hours! Our Uffizi tour includes skip the line tickets so you don't have to waste time waiting in a queue. Limited to a small group, this 2-hour tour includes:
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Duration: 6.5 hours
Type of Service: Florence in a Day Combo Tour with David and Uffizi - small group tour
This tour combines our Florence City Walking Tour with Statue of David and our Skip the Line Uffizi Gallery Tour in one package. Experience Florence in a Day for a discounted price.
Accompanied by a local tour guide, explore the beautiful city of Florence. Associated with Dante, the Medici family, Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence is known as the “Cradle of the Renaissance”. This Florence tour visits the Accademia Gallery, Michelangelo’s Statue of David, Palazzo Vecchio, the exterior of the Duomo of Florence, the Uffizi Gallery, the Bronze Boar, Ponte Vecchio and more. This 6.5-hour tour includes:
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Type of Service: Food Tasting Tour + Visit Accademia Gallery (Statue of David) – private tour
Duration: 2.5 hours
Your tour will begin in central Florence, where you’ll meet up with your expert local guide and head straight to a local favorite café for a pastry/coffee. Enjoy samples of two different pastries and enjoy a cup of expresso or Florence’s famous hot chocolate drink. During your walking tour, your guide will provide historical commentary and local tidbits about famous landmarks, best places to eat and shop along the way. Next up, you will visit a deli and sample a meat and cheese sampler at a local enoteca. Your final stop with is a visit to the Accademia Gallery with skip the line access. The Accademia Gallery is the mandatory stop for all those who wish to admire Michelangelo's original David. This is only one of his masterpieces on display, others including the Palestrina Pietà, Saint Matthew, and the four unfinished Prisoners. A fun, engaging history and architecture tour with food tastings.
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Duration: 10 hours
Type of Service: VIP Brunello Wine Tour - semi-private tour
Delve into the famous Tuscan wine region to educate yourself in the “King of Italian Wine”.
On this true wine experts tour, discover the world famous, Wine Spectator’s prized Brunello di Montalcino - one of the most renowned wines worldwide, and arguably one of the most esteemed wines in all of Italy.
The Brunello wine is especially known for its longevity that you can store a bottle of Brunello wine even for 100 years! Americans have a tremendous thirst for Montalcino's flagship wine, buying roughly 175,000 cases each year, and has become one of the most famous wines in the world, prized and praised by important wine critics, wine collectors and wine lovers.
In Tuscany’s most beautiful panorama, skirting the city of Siena, the Brunello di Montalcino territory offers the perfect microclimate. More so, the wine is given a maturation of about 5 years before it hits the shelves - which is part of what makes Brunello so unique and so precious!
Visit two of our favorite wine cellars producing from the same Sangiovese grapes. In the smaller boutique winery sample and taste Brunello DOCG together with an abundant traditional multi-course Tuscan lunch.
By visiting two wine cellars different in size and wine making philosophy, you will better understand the nuances between innovation and tradition in Brunello wine production.
Besides our knowledgeable guide giving pointers on how to best taste the wines during the tasting, you will also have a chance to visit, together in a small group, a typical medieval village town. While strolling down the little windy roads and alleys, you will hear stories of this adorable little UNESCO hamlet village.
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Duration: 11 hours
Type of Service: Tuscany Tour of Montalcino, Pienza and Val d'Orcia Wine Roads – group tour
We give you an outstanding experience in Tuscany, guiding you through the most beautiful places in this charming region of Italy. Join our unique tour through the attractions of Tuscany, including the beautiful Montalcino, Pienza, Montepulciano and Val d'Orcia. Explore the fascinating world of the Tuscan wines with a unique full day tour from Florence.
Visit Montalcino and discover its tradition and its story - The amazing tour of Tuscany will start with a visit of a typical winery in Montalcino, famous for its Brunello wine. There, you will have a fascinating wine tasting session, as well as snacks. The tour of Montalcino also includes a visit of the fortress and main attractions in this old hilltop town.
Visit Pienza, wonderful hilltop village in Tuscany -The tour will then pass to the beautiful Val d'Orcia, with visits of two small treasures, Pienza and Montepulciano. These are the perfect introduction to this fascinating natural area, among the most beautiful in Italy. Pienza is famous for its Pecorino cheese. You will have the opportunity to visit on your own this small charming town and the captivating landscapes around.
Stop in Montalcino to taste its world-famous wine - Lastly, a tour of Montepulciano will uncover its treasures, with Renaissance buildings and amazing churches. Another feature of this place is the ancient tradition of its wine, the Nobile di Montepulciano, one of the most famous in Tuscany. You will have a wine tasting session in Montepulciano, in one of the most popular local wineries.
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Duration: 8 hours
Type of Service: Montalcino Brunello Wine Tour with Lunch
We start the day with a scenic drive through the Tuscan country side to our first winery, with incredible views of the valley and mountains around Montalcino. We’ll begin with a tour of the wine cellars before our first tasting of the famous Brunello wines.
Next, we’ll visit the ancient walled city of Montalcino where we’ll tour the fortress, and enjoy a relaxing walk around the town. After our walk through Montalcino, we will have lunch at a family restaurant that serves food harvested from their organic gardens. After lunch we will visit our second family winery, which includes a tour of their vineyards and an olive oil tasting.
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Duration: 6 hours
Type of Service: Tuscany Wine and Olive Oil Trail – small group tour
Carefully designed to offer an all-round immersive Chianti wine experience. Our signature Tuscany Wine and Olive Oil Trail Tour leads you down country roads and vineyards, through the cellars and straight under the labels and into the bottles of one of the world's most exceptional wines: Chianti!
Enjoy the exclusive privileges of exploring Chianti and Chianti Classico in a small group, aboard a minivan, with the expert guidance of a sommelier throughout your tour.
Renowned worldwide for its precious ruby-red blends the Chianti hillside is quite unique: a sea of softly rolling hills dotted by swaying cypresses, olive groves and golden farmhouses and a myriad of extensive vineyards. This is the land of the black rooster - il Gallo Nero - which you can see defiantly looking out of all the signs along the countryside roads and labels, the land where back in 1872 the ideal percentage of different grapes (Sangiovese, Canaiolo and others) used to make the area's namesake wine was discovered.
Explore the marvelous realm of wine in its very kingdom, learn about the history, the peculiar characteristics, the different tastes and aromas.
Your tour includes visiting two wineries and an ancient olive oil mill.
The mill boasts ancient architectural features and modern technology and produces delicious gourmet olive oil. Enjoy learning about the centuries-old olive oil tradition, the harvesting and pressing process, and finally savor the unique, full, flavor of the estate oil.
Experience the thrill of exploring the cellars lined with precious blends (both wineries are internationally renowned and acclaimed), learning about wine production in general and about the two different approaches and techniques, while savoring the very best of the estate blends.
At the end of the tour, you will savor a typical Tuscan lunch.
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Duration: 3 hours
Type of Service: Family Friendly Discover Florence Walking Tour - private tour
Explore the most important sites in Florence with your very own privately guided walking tour.
Meet your guide at your hotel accommodations in the center city to begin your fascinating and fun tour of Florence for families with children. Your kid-friendly guide will keep the younger minds engaged with interesting history and tidbits. Follow your guide through the historic center of Florence to see the ancient Ponte Vecchio, the most famous bridge that crosses the Arno River. See the sculptures in the open-air loggia on one side of the Piazza della Signoria. Admire the Palazzo Vecchio, where the Medici family once lived, and the exterior of the Uffizi Gallery, which was once the Florentine government offices. Visit an outdoor market and rub the nose of a boar statue for good luck – the Porcellino. See the Piazza della Repubblica and visit Florence's magnificent Duomo. Your tour will finish at the San Lorenzo Market, where you can shop, or check out the food stalls. Taking this tour early in your visit to Florence means you'll get great tips and information for the rest of your stay.
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Type of Service: 1 Hour with David - Accademia Gallery Tour - small group walking tour
Duration: 1.5 hours
An exclusive cultural experience: easy, hassle-free priority entrance to Florence's Accademia Gallery, home to Michelangelo's awe-inspiring David!
Admired and acclaimed by experts and travelers worldwide. This amazing sculpture is not only one of the greatest works of art ever, it is also an icon of the Renaissance, one of the most revolutionary artistic periods of all times.
Carved from a single block of far-from-perfect Carrara marble when Michelangelo was only in his twenties the sculpture is truly impressive. Enjoy the chance to learn about this sculpture and much more from your experienced professional guide!
The massive statue - over 5.17 meters (17 ft) tall - represents the biblical David who killed Goliath with a stone from a slingshot. You will note how perfectly it depicts the young hero's limbs, muscles, veins, and find out that when it was finished, in 1504, it was placed at the entrance of Palazzo Vecchio to be admired by the people as an inspiring symbol of the strength and independence of the Florentines.
In addition to presenting the David your guide will explain how to appreciate Michelangelo's striking Prisoners and St. Matthew, as well as talk about many of the other remarkable works of art exhibited in the Accademia, including religious paintings, many with gold-background by major artists from the 13th to the 17th century, sculptures by 19th-century masters, and more.
Please note that entrance to the museum entails mandatory security check which may cause delays in access even with skip-the-line priority tickets.
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Duration: 6 hours
Type of Service: Tuscany Vespa Tour - The Tuscan landscapes on board of an Italian icon - small group tour and private tours offered
We designed this trip for those who want a quick and fun adventure. A private van transfer takes you into the countryside to meet your guide and your scooter, away from the busy and hustling city. The tour is led by our experienced guide. Every person will have his or her own scooter to ride if they wish. After an orientation, your English-speaking escort will lead you out for an engaging and enjoyable ride, along quiet and scenic country roads offering splendid views of the rolling hillside and visiting different small medieval villages, cruising along Chianti’s quiet roads, gliding past vineyards and villas.
No need to worry about where to go and what to see because your guide will lead the way! They know the most scenic roads, the loveliest places, and the best food and wine in Tuscany. We will then stop for some lunch savoring Tuscan specialties with a little tasting of Chianti wines, featuring sweeping views over the romantic Tuscan landscape. Touring by scooter is a wonderful way of exploring Tuscany. You can stop when and wherever you want and parking is never a problem. Furthermore, you and your Italian Vespa become a part of the scenery rather than being sealed off from it. Combine the freedom and exhilaration of touring by scooter with the amazing food, wine, and beauty of Tuscany.
A valid driver’s license is required and you must be at least 18 years of age. Guests do not need a motorcycle license. The Vespa experience offers an original take on touring Tuscany, while we take care of each and every detail.
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