We will walk by the Duomo Square on our to the Uffizi Gallery and have a brief explanation about the construction of the Cathedral, the mystery behind the Cupola of Brunelleschi and the Baptistery of San Giovanni.
Our guide will give you some highlights about the Signoria Square, and talk about the Palazzo Vecchio, one of the residences of the Medici Family in Florence before entering the museum.
Once inside the museum, we will have a one and a half-hour guided tour with our experienced licensed tour guide.
Get ready to meet David! We will see each other again at our Via Ricasoli office for the Accademia tour, where you will hear and learn about Michelangelo's life and masterpieces.
This agency helped me a lot in organizing my days and making the most of the most iconic museums, thanks to their fantastic tour guides. I highly recommend it. They are also very flexible and accommodating if you need to reschedule.
Uffizi with our Guide Raffaello was great. He was very knowledgeable and more importantly was interested in explaining the details. Two hours just like that went by The guide for Academia was also very good. Not sure of his name may be Antonio but again was very passionate in sharing details
Excellent tour guide. Had lot of dedication and passion in explaining in depth of the artefacts. Could give more time for the guided tour considering the vast area that was to be covered. Good value for money.
The booking information led me to believe that the tour included visiting both places, one right after the other. It said the duration of the tour was three hours. When we checked in, we were told that the first tour would last from 11:00-1:00 and the second tour would last for one hour beginning at 2:00. It worked out fine, but was not what we were expecting. Our guide at the Uffizi spent too much time on certain pieces of art, making us feel like we were missing out on seeing most everything else. It was hard to understand him. We enjoyed the guide at the Academia. She gave us time to see all of the exhibits.
The local company running the tour was unfriendly and seemed annoyed to talk to us at check in. After waiting at their store, walking several blocks to Uffizi, only then did we put our headphones on to realize that several of them did not work. So then we waited in the heat for staff to go back and get functioning headphones. If they hadn’t been so unhappy to talk to their customers at the check in, they could have handed out headphones and done a test. Our guide was very good. Extremely knowledgeable.
Our guide was amazing. But we could not make the second tour as the first was still finishing. Part of the tour is just getting to and in the museum which are up some of our time. If there is a longer tour, take that one.
The guide was knowledge but her accent jade it very difficult to understand. It also was not made clear that this was 2 separate tours and not 1 combined tour. This was very confusing.
The Accademia tour with Julia was fantastic. Julia was hands down the best tour guide we’ve had during our trip to Rome & Florence (we toured all the major places of interests). She was super articulate, caring and a great storyteller. We got a different guide for the following Uffizi tour, Phillip. He was a fine guy. Not as exciting as Julia but did a good job.
The Uffizi part of this your was wonderful, the Academia part lacked a bit. I would definitely recommend booking an Uffizi tour, academia perhaps no.
We went to the original spot according to the directions to begin the Uffizi tour. When we arrived, we were sent to another location for the second half of the tour. At the second location, we waited a while before employees showed up or acknowledged the large group waiting. After a very short tour, we were told that the next part of our tour would begin in 2 hours at the original location. It seemed disorganized. Manuela was helpful and kind. Our male tour guide at the Uffizi was very knowledgeable.
Another amazing experience! Tour guide was fantastic . So much knowledge and really fun and funny. So much history which was amazing
What an incredible tour! Half a day is a lot of information to take in but Rosa did such a fantastic job holding our attention and exceeding our expectations with in depth education at Uffizi and Accademia. We learned a ton and would love to have her again as a guide!
*The only reason this tour was not given a 5 star rating is because the tour end time was incorrect. We missed our next tour due to incorrect information. While we understand that tour timing is approximately, the description showed that the entire tour would be done at 2pm, but then found out that the Accademia tour was not even scheduled to start until 2:15. The company needs to update their information. The Uffizi and Accademia tours themselves were wonderful. To see the works of art was truly breathtaking. Seeing David was magnificent, and our guide shared information that we never knew before this day.
Rachel was an amazing guide to the Uffizi Gallary! She is an Art Historian at a university in Florence and we felt so lucky to have such a passionate guide. She brought the art to life with colorful stories and background behind the artist and commissioner. Uffizi is one of the most important and largest renaissance art collections in the world, so it would be overwhelming without a guide. Very happy we did this!
First, our tour guides were knowledgeable and neither of them was responsible for the following comments. Because we booked a tour for Uffizi, we showed up at the entrance door. Actually, the meeting point was at the Viator office which was not made clear in the details. I had to walk quickly 0.4 miles to the Uffizi while listening to the general history of Florence. I"m a senior citizen and could barely keep up with the small group of much younger members. My friend waited at the gate. Once there, we stood in line for almost an hour, making small talk. We didn't see a piece of art for one hour and twenty minutes. When I asked a tour company employee why we had to waste time walking from the office to the Uffizi, I got a flimsy answer that it was easier to assemble the group if we met at their office. On my trip through three counties, and touring sights booked through Viator, we had no trouble meeting with our groups at the actual venue, or at a place of business close to the venue. The actual tour lasted only a little over an hour. We breezed through several rooms while getting an explanation on only one or two works. I had barely enough time to walk to the Academia to get to the second part of the tour. Fortunately, the meeting place, another tour company office was close to the venue, and we were able to skip the line when our excellent tour guide showed her badge to the people at the gate. The cost was outrageous for what we experienced. My senior citizen traveling partner got to see part of the Uffizi tour and was unable to make the Academia tour. Next time, I'll book a "skip the line" only ticket and purchase an audio tour. Much better use of time and money.
Sylvia, our guide, was so knowledgeable on history, art, and art history. She really schooled us! Lovely person too:)
Learned so much from our friend Rafaelo. He is passionate about history and gives the visitor so much perspective. Highly recommend! (Your friends from Las Vegas)
Excellent tour showing the highlights of the two key museums of Florence. As promised, we skipped all lined and went straight in. Our expert guide (Alessandra) made it a memorable and engaging experience. She made sure to dedicate time to the key highlights and answer all our questions. She was very knowledgeable and also help us connect the dots to our other experiences with Renaissance arts. Thanks a lot!
This small group tour was a fascinating introduction to the beauty of Florence and its artistic treasures. Perfect for visitors who wish to cram in as much as possible within a limited time, although there was the option to remain in the galleries after the tour until their closing time to enjoy the collections further. Rosa was a lively , amusing and interesting tour guide who offered insights into many of the works on display from her studies of fine art and Michaelagelo in particular. I had not used a headset for a group tour before, but thought it was a great idea as you had the freedom to wander a little, whilst not missing any of your host's commentary on what was on display.
We booked a small group tour of the Uffizi during our long weekend stay in Florence. Things didn't start well as we arrived to find our tour had been delayed by 90 minutes - not the end of the world and apparently they tried to call me but couldn't get through. When the tour started we were given our own headphones so we could clearly hear our guide - Mario - and walked from the tourist office to the Uffizi. Our group consisted of four people including us. Whilst we are not art experts, we enjoy visiting galleries but were not prepared for how much we would learn on the tour. Mario explained he wanted to teach us the differences between Medieval and Renaissance paintings and proceeded to walk us through the Uffizi, explaining the significance of various pieces. After an intense ninety minutes, we definitely needed a glass of wine to process what we had learned but enjoyed the tour so much we arranged another tour with Mario to the Accademia later in our trip. This again was excellent and we effectively had our own private tour to understand the background of the statue of David and other lesser known sculptures. Highly recommended.
The tours itself and tour guides were good. However, we specifically booked this tour for 11 am and to have both tours right in a row. When we got to the tour company, they said that wasn’t possible and our tour for uffizi was at 1 and academia at 4. We built our day around the itinerary provided by the company, so having the times and length change so drastically really altered our plans for the day. As mentioned above, tour guides and tours themself were very good. However, since we booked ahead specifically so we could avoid waiting and inconsistency, it was frustrating to have the plans change so dramatically due to lack of communication between the companies.
I bought this visit on the platform "Headoit", which I recommend, as everything was fine, despite having made the reservation several months in advance. The guide - in Spanish - was very competent in the question of the knowledge, as well as in transmitting them, which joined an innate sympathy. He's sorry, but I didn't write down the name... I highly recommend.
Guida preparatissimo ho imparato tantissime cose sulla storia della famiglia dei Medici di Firenze. Capolavori inestimabili di una bellezza rara
We had a great tour with Viktoria through the Uffizi Gallery. Very informative and entertaining. Highly recommended!
Competent, engaging and likeable. These are the characteristics of our guide Giacomo. In just over two hours, it allowed us to discover and appreciate the main works of the Uffizi Gallery. Thanks Giacomo!!
Had a tour with Viktoria through the Uffizi Gallery, The focus was on the masterpieces: extremely recommended, Viktoria was super committed and very expert, always hitting the right measure. That's great!
The tour started from the meeting point with interesting information about Florence's history. It was never too much info, you could follow very well. The selection of pictures in the Uffizi great. Our guide Viktoria, very personable and had good charisma. Very good knowledge.
Very pleasant and interesting tour with Vera, highly recommended. We were only 5 people and so had time to ask a few questions, which she could always answer!
We had tour guide Vera (German language). She was great. The Uffizi Gallery tour with her is highly recommended. Was very educational.
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