I will get the con out of the way first, the tour was pushed back about an hour. Since we took the train to Florence from Rome, we had an entire day so this wasn’t too much of an inconvenience but it might cause issues for others who are on a strict schedule. We also had to wait a little bit to actually get into the museum, but seeing the statue was well worth it. Amazing artwork and the rest of the location was great as well. Our guide was very knowledgeable in art history and was a joy to ask questions to
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- After the guided tour you can stay inside the museum as long as you want
- Music Exhibition
- Radios and headsets to hear the guide properly
- Picture Gallery
- Expert guided tour
- Accademia Gallery timed entry ticket
Excludes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Please meet 'THINGS TO DO IN' assistant in Via Ricasoli 41 (Black), 50122, Florence, Italy. (It's not an office. Please do not ring any bell and, stay in front of the door. 'THINGS TO DO IN' assistants will assist you as soon as you come there) Please be at the meeting point 10 minutes in advance.
Return
- The activity will conclude at the attraction.
Itinerary
Join an Accademia Gallery tour and get to see Michelangelo's Statue of David. Your guide will take you through the highlights within one hour time.
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Do it. Martina was wonderful and knowledgeable. Informative beyond description. Don’t go without this tour.
Martina is Very knowledgeable and wonderful to guide us
Very Nice guide Martina gave lots of interesting information with a sense of humour
Martina was so helpful and she did a great job explaining everything. Very helpful and informative!
Awesome tour across academia museum with a fantastic tour guide Martina
Martina was an incredible guide. She was very friendly and knowledgeable. Any group would be lucky to have her.
Great to avoid big queue with enthusiastic guide with time to explore on own afterwards. Highly recommend you join over 2 million people a year viewing this museum.
Much better to have a guide on this tour. We were able to avoid the lines and our guide, Martina, gave us many interesting facts about the David, and many other masterpieces inside, all while navigating the crowd.
Martina was a fantastic guide! She swiftly lead us through the long lines and other tour groups to the Accademia entrance to enter at our assigned time. Martina was a wealth of knowledge about the art on display, the history and politics of the time period, and life in Florence today. Though the Accademia is a relatively small museum, it is full of paintings, sculptures, icons, etc. I greatly appreciated how she curated the visit so we focused on the most significant pieces and maximized our time in the space. Highly recommend Martina!
Tour guide Martina was informative and to the point. No time was wasted. The tour itself was 45 minutes. The rest of the time ~ 15 min was introductions, passing out ear pieces, checking their workability, and finally getting through the check point. Would recommend this tour with Martina.
Martina was so good with explanations and very nice. She made the effort to speak slowly as we were doing the tour in english
The guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining at the same time. Would definitely do another tour with her
Really interesting tour with Martins!
Martina was.very informative and interactive. Great tour!
An amazing sight to see and learn the history behind this magnificent sculpture of David and much more! Our guide, Martina was excellent! Easy to follow and understand with right amount of details and information on the museum, sculptures and history of Florence. She was sweet, fun, energetic and SO knowledgeable!!
Our meeting spot was extremely close to the museum tour which was nice. We had a tour in Rome and the meeting spot was not all that close Our guide was lovely! Great sense of humor and really knew her history!
Outstanding. Very comprehensive information of all of the art
Martina was fantastic, excellent and very knowledgable
Martina was Amazing - very friendly, personable, and knowledgeable. We learned much more than we expected, thank you!
Great guide, super small group of 4 people, only had to wait thru security line which was about 5-10 minutes. Overall a perfect experience.
Martina is such a nice guide:)
Our guide Martina was great, very informative and a great sense of humor… would highly recommend!!
Martina was an excellent tour guide, probably one of my favorites. Very knowledgeable and timed everything perfectly. Made everything interesting but yet informative.
Easy meeting point. Martina was delightful and well versed in the museum. We enjoyed our visit immensely! A must see on your trip to Florence
Martina was super friendly and passionate with giving us the tour. Very informative and helpful for understanding the artworks.
Great tour with Martina! We learned so much and enjoyed David!
Martina was amazing! A personable and highly knowledgeable guide, with a great sense of humor too! You'll enjoy your tour. This was one of the highlights from my trip to Italy.
We had an amazing tour with a knowledgeable guide named Galya. She was very knowledgeable and provided a lot of information, painting the picture of the period of time we were observing. We enjoyed getting to see one of the most amazing pieces of art with her. She ensured we got the right pictures at the right angle, even taking my phone and taking a photo at an exceptional angle of David.
Martina was entertaining and knowledgeable. Our group tour was sufficient for covering the main exhibits and of course Michelangelo’s David. Martina was receptive to all questions and was able to answer in a clear and thorough manner. We highly recommend getting a tour with her. Her passion for Art and Florence was easily contagious.
Start time was delayed but luckily saw what’s app message. Martina was a lovely guide and spoke English well and we enjoyed the tour
Perfect guide Martina, very good journey! Recommend!
Martina was the best tour guide I’ve ever had ! Seriously, she was SO funny and knowledgeable and had the perfected the balance of teaching and allowing tourists to enjoy the experience & take photos as well !
Martina was an incredible tour guide very personable and educated about the museum. Very clear and polite and entertaining.
Martina was awesome and very informative. The tour was beautiful.
Martina was an amazing guide. It was educational, fun and engaging. Highly recommend her tour!
Martina was a very engaging and knowledgeable tour guide. You can tell she really care deeply for the art and the city of Florence, which comes across through her animated and personable communication style. Would recommend!
Was great! Martina was very informative and funny, too. Also, David is great, of course.
What a fabulous tour. Our guide, Manuela, was so knowledgeable and passionate about Michelangelo that it was infectious. Really enjoyed and would thoroughly recommend.
We had a wonderful experience on the guided tour of the Accademia Gallery! Martina was an excellent guide—knowledgeable, engaging, and passionate about art and history. She explained the stories and significance behind the masterpieces so beautifully, making the entire experience both interesting and memorable. Her explanations brought the artwork to life and helped us appreciate the gallery on a much deeper level. Thank you, Martina, for such a fantastic tour. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Florence!
Guide Martina was very knowledgeable and able to explain everything very clearly
Tour guide very knowledgeable and able to answer questions. Museum is very crowded. This tour lasted only 45 minutes.
Martina was an absolute phenomenal tour guide for our visit to see the David and the Accademia! She has a wonderful sense of humor that instantly brought our group together. Even in a group setting, she made sure to give everyone individual attention. Her knowledge of the art and artists of the period is top-notch, and she shared fascinating background stories that really brought the works to life. Martina pointed out subtle details on Michelangelo’s David and his other sculptures that we never would have noticed on our own. She made the entire experience fun, educational, and truly memorable. Highly recommended!
Martina was an excellent guide, funny and informative and gave us an insight into the various paintings as well as David. Highly recommend.
Martina was amazing she was very knowledgeable and very entertaining
Martina was amazing, very funny and engaging
Thank you Martina!! Excellent guide and Statue of David was terrific.
Martina was a wonderful guide. Thank you for showing us the beautiful Accademia.
The meeting point was easy to find and we were checked in with ease. It was nice to be able to gain quicker access. Our guide was polite, but I wear hearing aids and I could not hear her at all, even wearing the equipment provided. Her microphone did not pick up her voice well enough. The gallery was very crowded and it was difficult to stand in a spot for such a long time while being told about the sculptures. There are so many tours offered and so many retired-age people who travel, I feel that Viator and the tour companies that are used should have ways that Bluetooth headsets could work with hearing aids for a better experience. Until then, I would say that this tour is not for the hearing-impaired.
Good experience with knowledgeable tour guide. Wish the tour were a little longer with an explanation of all rooms
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