Firenze Trip Overview
Once you get to Florence, you may like to have a pleasant, unusual stroll of the town centre, without finding yourself standing in a queue or stuck in chaotic streets.
This tour will allow you to go round Florence centre on a comfortable private coach, while a professional guide will show and explain all the most outstanding places you will encounter. A perfect experience for couples as well, who may just sit down and look at the sunset, at the relaxing pace of horses.
At the end, a homemade ice cream or a hot chocolate (in wintertime) will be a sweet ending for this unique time.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Once you get to Florence, you may like to have a pleasant, unusual stroll of the town centre, without finding yourself standing in a queue or stuck in chaotic streets.
This tour will allow you to go round Florence centre on a comfortable private coach, while a professional guide will show and explain all the most outstanding places you will encounter. A perfect experience for couples as well, who may just sit down and look at the sunset, at the relaxing pace of horses.
At the end, a homemade ice cream or a hot chocolate (in wintertime) will be a sweet ending for this unique time.
Pass By: Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Della Repubblica, Florence Italy
On the site of the ancient Roman “forum”, densely built-on during the Medieval age, this square was created in the 19th century, when Florence became the Italian capital city for a few years (1865/1871). The so-called “Risanamento” (restoration) meant to introduce modern urbanist concepts in the dense Medieval texture of the town centre. Unfortunately, many important buildings of the past went lost during the demolitions.
Pass By: Duomo – Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Via della Canonica, 1 Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
Built between 1296 and 1436, the main cathedral in town was, at its completion, the largest ever built. Nowadays it is considered the third in the world, after St. Peter in Rome and St.Paul in London. Indeed, the dome by Filippo Brunelleschi is still the largest brick dome ever built and – at the inner side – the widest frescoed surface worldwide (3600 sqm). The architectural style, influenced by the pristine design by Arnolfo di Cambio and later modified by Francesco Talent and Filippo Brunelleschi, marks the turning from a mature Gothic manner to the first Reinassance.
Pass By: Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza San Giovanni, 50122, Florence Italy
Standing between Piazza San Giovanni and Piazza Duomo, this Romanesque building was completed around 1059. The exteriors are characterized by the alternation of white marble from Carrara and green “serpentine” from Prato, with three majestic bronze portals designed by Andrea Pisano and Lorenzo Ghiberti.
Pass By: Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza Santa Croce 16, 50122, Florence Italy
One of the masterpieces of Gothic architecture in Italy, it was built between 1294 and 1385, to give a proper seat to the growing Franciscan community in Florence. It has been attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio, one of the most outstanding artists and architects in town at the time.
The present facade was only built between 1853 and 1863, since it had been previously left unfinished, just like other churches in Florence, as San Lorenzo.
Pass By: Santa Maria Novella, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany
The Dominican motherhouse in Florence stands on the same site of the pristine church of Santa Maria delle Vigne and was initiated in 1279. The Gothic building was completed within the 14th century but only consecrated in 1420.
The facade, in its current and most known look, was designed by Leon Battista Alberti and completed in 1470, in a already recognizable Reinassance manner.
