Accademia Gallery and Free Florence City Walking Tour

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Accademia Gallery skip-the-line ticket, don’t waste your time queuing for the whole day!
• Visit the stunning sights & discover the hidden treasures of the Florence city
• Learn from a passionate and art-loving local guide
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Join us on a combined tour to the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze with a professional and friendly guide, where you will experience Michelangelo’s David as well as other prominent Renaissance artworks & a walking tour to check out the highlights of the city and get the most out of your stay here in Florence. 

The locally qualified guide will introduce you to this museum revealing all the secrets about David, and the other masterpieces hosted in it. After that quick detour, the guide will lead you to the Hall of the Colossus to see the works of art of Giambologna’s “Rape of the Sabines”, Cassone Adimari, Domenico Ghirlandaio’s solemn “St. Stephen between St. James and St. Peter”, then onto the main Hall of the Prisoners to learn more about the unfinished statues by Michelangelo “Slaves”, and the friendship and mutual influence with artist like Fra’ Bartolomeo, Pontormo, Granacci, etc..

Later, the guide will spend time at The Tribune, sharing all the information of the world-famous statue of Michelangelo “David’s Statue” and the Tribune Left Wing “Allori’s Coronation of the Virgin Mary”.

Finally, the guide will also introduce you to the Gipsoteca Bartolini the plaster casts of the Reclining Venus, Arnolfo, Brunelleschi and Lorenzo Monaco, Documentation center on the first floor.

The tour takes about an hour, the perfect amount to see the highlights inside the museum without feeling overwhelmed.

Later in the evening join for the guided city walking tour. From the point of the meeting, the guide will give you an insight of the history of this Renaissance city and how this incredible cultural movement of the Renaissance transformed not only Florence but eventually the rest of Europe.
The guide will start off with Piazza Della Republica, the main square of Florence that marks the center of the City. After a little talk of history & the changes of Piazza Republica since its origin, you will walk straight to the marvelous piece of art, the Piazza Della Duomo. A showstopper of Filippo Brunelleschi, Giotto, Arnolfo & Francesco Talenti.

Walk passing the Duomo Square the guide will lead you straight through the old buildings and some of the historical landmarks of Florence to Palazzo Vecchio, where the David’s’ sculpture (the original is in the Galleria dell’Accademia) by Michelangelo is placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio as a symbol of the Republic’s defiance of the tyrannical Medici.

Afterward, as you walk past the Palazzo Vecchio, the guide will explain you about the Uffizi Gallery, one of the greatest museums of the world, and then you will reach the most famous old bridge of Florence known as “Ponte Vecchio”.

Your next stop is Palazzo Pitti, the enormous palace of Florence’s largest architectural monuments of Filippo Brunelleschi and the household of the Pitti Family, later of the Medici’.

The tour takes about two hours, enough time to help you understand the uniqueness and beauty of Florence city.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Confirmation will be received at the time of booking
• “Skip-the-line” access for Accademia Gallery is guaranteed, even during peak season (except in the event of delays or strikes by the museum management)
• Walking Tour is subject to favourable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date.
• Please note that the tour requires a minimum number of guests to run
• Please refer to the correct meeting point which is displayed at the time of reservation.
• Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled
• There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements, in the event of this occurring you will be offered an alternative or full refund
• Please note that the walking tour will only be conducted from the outside of each attraction mentioned in the itinerary.
• The customers choosing the Accademia Gallery guided tour at 09.00 am, 10.00 am or 3.00 pm join the walking tour at 5.00 pm.
• Customers choosing the Accademia Gallery guided tour during the Winter Season at 09.00 am or 10.00 am will join the walking tour at 3.00 pm.

• German Guided Tour
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  Walking Tour Information: The Florence city walking tour will start at 17.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
  Combined Walking and Accademia: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00, 10.00 or 15.00 and later followed by the Walking Tour at 17.00pm.
• Winter Schedule in Italian
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  Tour Description: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00 or 10.00 and is later followed by the Walking Tour at 3.00 pm.
• English Guided Tour
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  Walking Tour Information: The Florence city walking tour will start at 17.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
  Combined Walking and Accademia: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00, 10.00 or 15.00 and later followed by the Walking Tour at 17.00pm.
• Italian Guided Tour
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  Walking Tour Information: The Florence city walking tour will start at 17.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
  Combined Walking and Accademia: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00, 10.00 or 15.00 and later followed by the Walking Tour at 17.00pm.
• Spanish Guided Tour
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  Walking Tour Information: The Florence city walking tour will start at 17.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
  Combined Walking and Accademia: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00, 10.00 or 15.00 and later followed by the Walking Tour at 17.00pm.
• Winter Schedule in German
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  Tour Description: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00 or 10.00 and is later followed by the Walking Tour at 3.00 pm.
• Winter Schedule in English
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  Tour Description: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00 or 10.00 and is later followed by the Walking Tour at 3.00 pm.
• Winter Schedule in French
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  Tour Description: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00 or 10.00 and is later followed by the Walking Tour at 3.00 pm.
• French Guided Tour
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  Walking Tour Information: The Florence city walking tour will start at 17.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
  Combined Walking and Accademia: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00, 10.00 or 15.00 and later followed by the Walking Tour at 17.00pm.
• Winter Schedule in Spanish
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  Tour Description: The Accademia tour operates at 09.00 or 10.00 and is later followed by the Walking Tour at 3.00 pm.

• Entrance Ticket with reservation to the Academia Gallery
• Guided city walking tour
• Radio system to hear the guide
• Officially Certified Guide

• Hotel pick-up and drop-off
• Transportation to/from attractions
• Food and drinks
• Entrance tickets to the attractions of the walking tour

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The tickets will be delivered by the guide or our representative at the meeting point prior to the start of the tour.

Please refer to the correct meeting point which will be displayed during the reservation stage.

Meeting point 01 (Accademia Gallery) – Please present next to Supermarket Via Ricasoli No 57, 50122 Firenze FI

Meeting point 02 (Walking Tour) – Hard Rock Cafe, Via dei Brunelleschi, 1, 50123 Firenze, Italy

The customers choosing the Accademia guided tour at 9.00 am, 10.00 am, or 3.00 pm join the city walking tour at 5.00 pm

Customers choosing the Accademia Gallery guided tour during the Winter Season at 09.00 am or 10.00 am will join the walking tour at 3.00 pm.

Please be advised..

• This Tour is Provided by Star Florence.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Europe/Rome.
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted.
• For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
• This Tour is Rated 5 Stars based on 1 valid reviews on VIATOR.
• Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
• Maximum 15 Travelers is accepted for booking.