Difficult to navigate. Not user friendly. What I did get to hear was good
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Best advices for local restaurant with authentic food
- Tips for monuments, history and curiosities
- Digital guide to visit the city by yourself
- Audio-guide in multiple languages (Eng, Esp, Ita, De, Fr)
Excludes
- Headphones not included. You'll use your smarpthone and eventually your headphone!
- A guide in person. The visit will be via digital guide
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- We are going to start here! However, you can access your digital guide even before getting there!
Return
- We will finish into this place!
Itinerary
The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Donatus is located on the hill of San Pietro, in the upper part of the city. We will discover this amazing building, its history and some curiosities!
The Basilica of San Domenico is located in the square of the same name in Arezzo and is one of the most important sacred buildings in the city. Its construction began in 1275 and was completed during the 14th century, thanks to the funding of the Ubertini and Tarlati families, the two most influential families during the Middle Ages in Arezzo. In January 1276, although still incomplete, the church hosted what is considered the first conclave in the history of the Catholic Church.
The Casa Vasari Museum is a splendid Renaissance residence located in the heart of Arezzo. It was purchased and decorated personally by Giorgio Vasari, a famous painter, architect and art historian, best known for his fundamental work “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects”.
The Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, with its unfinished façade, houses an extraordinary artistic heritage. Among the most famous works, the fresco cycle The Story of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca stands out, a universal masterpiece that decorates the Bacci Chapel, commissioned by the wealthy Arezzo family that took its name.
Piazza Grande, located in the historic center of Arezzo, is an iconic and fascinating place, known for its particular trapezoidal shape and inclined plane. The square dates back to the 12th century, but underwent significant transformations in the 16th century.
The Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta is an ancient urban baptismal church, whose origins date back to between the 5th and 6th centuries, perhaps built on the remains of a pagan building. Later, around the 9th century, a larger structure was built. In the 12th century, this early medieval church was also demolished to make room for a new building in Romanesque style.
The Medici Fortress of Arezzo, located in the heart of the Prato Park, represents one of the most important examples of Renaissance military architecture in Tuscany. The origins of the fortress date back to the medieval period, when the area was already used as a strategic point for the control of the surrounding territory.
This structure, built between the end of the 1st century and the first half of the 2nd century AD, reflects the Roman influence on the city, already heir of the Etruscan civilization. The amphitheater was designed to host gladiatorial shows and public games with a capacity of up to 10,000 spectators. Let's discover its story!
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Reviews
My friend Tricia and I really liked the app. We found it very hard to load and put in the number for opening the booking. Hopefully that gets streamlined at some point instead of my architectural brain and her engineering brain taking 45 minutes to determine that to figure it out…
Lots of information about the town and its history. You will need your headphones and internet for it to work.
This self-guided tour was just what we needed. We could move at our own pace, take breaks and even skip a place or two. The app is easy to use (even for those of us who are technically challenged). The narrator's pronunciation of Italian names and terms, however, is painful. Still highly recommend.
Great walking tour of the city covering all key sites. Easy to use app and appreciated the ability to self manage the tour vs being in a large group.
We really enjoyed the walking tour; hit all of the highlights and allowed us to see them at our own pace and without a large group. Highly recommend.
A string of uninteresting facts without narrative coherence all delivered with the tone of a frat boy. Couldn’t even finish it, 10/10 do NOT recommend.
We were very happy in the end with the tour even though we thought we would be meeting at a certain spot and get headsets. We were able to maneuver through the tour using our own telephone and Link that was provided. It was very nice to do this at our own pace
I strongly recommend to skip this company and find a better provider. Yesterday we used a different company for our day at Assisi and loved the experience. Today we decided to do an audio guide at Arezzo. Never again with this company. The narration was annoying with unnecessary background music. Ok. What really bothered us was: The webpage interface sucked. We could not scroll up to see the map or we would be kicked out, so that was a lot of wasted time. But the worst was that the guide sent you all over the place. Have a 2 minute summary of a place, most of them places you mérito pay to get in. No, I did not expect to be able to get in for free everywhere. But I think it was a waste of my time to walk all over the place just to see the outside of buildings. So I do not recommend this tour. There are better versions with better interface and better itineraries.
We learned & discovered so many fun historical facts by doing this walking tour. We also took the mini train, but we learned more walking on foot.
I think the guide included 7 key places around Arezzo but (with 4 kids in tow) it was really handy that we could dip in and out and pick and choose which ones to focus on and when. The information on each place was very informative but not too long and it was really useful to have the choice of listening and/or reading. We didn't manage to follow the route suggested but it looked really well thought out and logically planned. Considering how much information was included, and the useful map, I was impressed at the price and would definitely consider using this again.
We experienced the main sites in Arezzo. The information provided was very helpful. I would definitely recommend this walking tour
Everything very clear, convenient to be able to manage the times and the order in which to visit the sites. Experience to be repeated in other cities
Everything was fine; it was comprehensive.
Very interesting and easy. Love this trip through the city of Arezzo Thank you very much for the experience.
I found myself very well, easy and intuitive to use, synthetic. I would buy it again if I had to do another day trip.
The audio tour was one of the highlights of our long weekend in Arezzo. Start at the Cathedral of Arezzo. Good explanation with a sense of humor. Good to listen to. The tour is like a puzzle tour, very fun to do. From birthplace, to beautiful square to fortified fortress, within 3 hours you are much wiser with beautiful background info. Matteo thanks
Positive experience, the tour to Arezzo really interesting. The clear and exhaustive explanations. Tomorrow we will be in Siena and I plan to take the audlguida there too. Recommended
Excellent initiative, it was a concrete help in visiting the main attractions of the city with times and ways managed by us in total autonomy.
Extraordinary tour. A must. Excellent price. All very detailed. It takes you into the best corners and places you can not stop going.
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