Palazzo Vecchio private tour with a 5-star guide

Florence, Italy
Duration1h
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LanguagesGerman, Russian, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Enjoy an insightful private tour of Palazzo Vecchio with a 5-star tour guide. Visiting Palazzo Vecchio is an incredible experience but without a tour guide, you will deny yourself a unique opportunity to learn the secrets hidden within its walls.

Constructed more than 700 years ago, it has witnessed major events in the history of Florence. This castle-like palace has been the city`s Town Hall, a political prison, and even the private residence of the powerful Medici family. Find out why Michelangelo`s David stood in front of its entrance for more than three centuries. Learn about the unfinished work by Leonardo da Vinci that astonished all his contemporaries. See the sights that inspired Dan Brown for his intriguing best-seller novel.

Join us for this incredible tour and smoothly navigate the palace and be the first to see all the details, avoiding all the hassle of big group tours. Let us know if you have special interests and we will make sure the tour is tailor-made for you!

What's included

  • 15% discount on the Uffizi tour with THINGS TO DO IN
  • Licenced tour guide
  • Headsets to hear your guide clearly
  • Entrance tickets to Palazzo Vecchio Museum
  • Drop off

What to expect

  1. Palazzo Vecchio
    1h · Admission ticket included
    Enjoy an insightful private tour of Palazzo Vecchio with a 5-star tour guide. Visiting Palazzo Vecchio is an incredible experience but without a tour guide you will deny yourself a unique opportunity to learn the secrets hidden within its walls.

    Constructed more than 700 years ago, it has witnessed major events in the history of Florence. This castle-like palace has been the city`s Town Hall, a political prison, the private residence of the affluent Medici family. Find out why Michelangelo`s David had stayed in front of its entrance for more than three centuries. Learn about the unfinished work by Leonardo da Vinci that astonished all his contemporaries. Listen to the stories that inspired Dan Brown for his intriguing best-seller novel.

    Join us for this incredible private tour and avoid the hassle and rush of big group tours, smoothly navigate in the palace and be the first to see all the details. Enjoy this unique experience with you tour guide, install a dialogue, ask questions and be ready to hear a lot of stories and secrets hidden within the walls of Palazzo Vecchio. Let us know if you have some special interests and we will make sure the tour is tailor made for you!

    Meet your expert guide at the meeting point and start the tour from the square in front of the museum (Piazza della Signoria). Then follow the guide through the lavishly decorated reception halls, learning about the real meaning of the artworks and hidden messages in them that we are still struggling to understand. Find out about the spectacular rise of the Medici family.

    Then proceed to the private rooms and immerse yourself into every-day life at the court of the Medici. Learn about Cosimo I and his family: their secrets, passions, intrigues and even mysterious deaths.

    Stop for a picture in front of Dante`s mask that Dan Brown made world famous.
    Finish the tour in the Hall of Geographical Maps that shows how much people knew about the world 70 years after the discovery of America. Look for your country or even your city; there is a chance you will find it.

    Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy your trip around the world as the people of the 16th century imagined it to be.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Please meet THINGS TO DO IN assistants in front of Nicola Pisano Statue close to the info point of Uffizi Gallery.

End point

Please meet THINGS TO DO IN assistants in front of Nicola Pisano Statue close to the info point of Uffizi Gallery.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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