Accademia Gallery and Uffizi Gallery Guided Tour - Small Group Tour
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Highlights
Enjoy a guided tour of the most important museums in Florence!
Listen to our expert local guide as you discover extraordinary masterpieces such as Michelangelo's "David" and Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" and "Spring".
Accademia Gallery at 9.30am and Uffizi Gallery at 11.15am (From 1 April 2023 Accademia Gallery at 9.00am and Uffizi Gallery at 11.15am)
Highlights
Guided tour with a professional local guide at your side
Discover all the secrets of Michelangelo's "David".
Explore the Uffizi Gallery and admire the extraordinary masterpieces of the greatest artists of the Renaissance
Skip the long lines and enjoy the museums without waiting to receive your tickets!
Guided tour with a professional local guide at your side
Discover all the secrets of Michelangelo's "David".
Explore the Uffizi Gallery and admire the extraordinary masterpieces of the greatest artists of the Renaissance
Skip the long lines and enjoy the museums without waiting to receive your tickets!
What is included?
- Staff assistance at the Meeting Point
- Local professional guide
- Skip-the-line entrance tickets to museums
- Earphones
What is not included?
- Hotel pickup
- Tips optional
What is there to know?
Duration: 2.5 Hours.
Participants are strongly advised to wear comfortable shoes.
Policy Children: 0 – 5 years: free / from 6 years Adult price.
Policy Children: 0 – 5 years: free / from 6 years Adult price.
It is mandatory to show up at the meeting point at the indicated check-in time. In case of delay it will not be possible to obtain the timed entry ticket and access to the Museum, nor to obtain a refund or reschedule entry.
Meeting point
at 08.45 am At the corner between Via Ricasoli and Piazza San Marco, in front of the loggia of the Academy of Fine Arts.
An assistant will be waiting for you wearing blue clothes with the Caf Tour Gray Line Firenze logo.
From 1 April 2025, check-in at 8:15 and departure at 8:30.
An assistant will be waiting for you wearing blue clothes with the Caf Tour Gray Line Firenze logo.
From 1 April 2025, check-in at 8:15 and departure at 8:30.
at 11:00 am at the Caf Tour & Travel Store & Welcome Point - via dei Tavolini 15red (departure at 11:15 am from our Store)
From 1 April 2025, check-in at 11:30 and departure at 12:00.
It is mandatory to show up at the meeting point at the indicated check-in time. In case of delay it will not be possible to participate in the visit, nor have a
visit, nor to have a refund or to reschedule the guided tour.
Cancellation policies
To get a full refund, you must request a cancellation at least 4 days in advance. No-shows and late cancellations are non-refundable.
Description
Itinerary
Academy: We are waiting for you for a total immersion in the art of Michelangelo to learn about his most famous work, the "David", and other masterpieces of art such as ''The Prisoners'' and ''San Matteo'' and the “ Pieta di Palestrina". Your guide will engage you with a captivating story about Michelangelo and the most famous statue in the world. It will reveal how the young Michelangelo sculpted David from a huge block of rough marble over three years, creating an imposing sculpture of absolute beauty, an icon of the Renaissance model. A magnificent naked young man at the height of his physical vigor as a symbol of power and invincibility of the Florentine Republic at the moment of its maximum splendor.
Once the guided tour is finished, you have the option to stay in the museum for as long as you wish.
Once the guided tour is finished, you have the option to stay in the museum for as long as you wish.
Uffizi: You can't leave Florence without visiting one of the most famous art galleries in the world. Here you can admire numerous works of art by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio and many others. Among the precious exhibition rooms of the Gallery, the most renowned one contains the refined works of Botticelli, including absolute masterpieces: "Spring" and "Birth of Venus". This last painting, an icon of the museum, represents the allegory of the birth of the goddess emerging from the sea foam and symbolizes the ideal of beauty as an expression of purity and spiritual quality, typical of Renaissance Neoplatonic aesthetics.
The guided tour ends at the Uffizi Terrace from where you can enjoy an extraordinary and exclusive view of the most important monuments of the city. Once the guided tour is finished it is possible to stay in the museum.
Lunch Break: if you have selected the lunch option you will be able to enjoy a Tuscan lunch in a restaurant in the historic centre.
