Intro:
Join us as we travel into the heart of Tuscany to the wonderful city of Florence, home of some of the greatest cultural achievements in history.
Your tour will begin when we pick you up from your hotel at 8am and you will return at 5pm.

Spend a day Florence, the cradle of Renaissance that produced some of the most significant thinkers, scientists, philosophers and artists in Italy, and the overwhelming works of art in Florence attests the historical and cultural impact of that era.

Your RomeCabs professional driver will pick you up at your hotel at 8 AM and bring you back at approximately 5 PM.  You will enjoy a relaxing drive through the rustic countryside of Rome into the verdant region of Umbria with hilltop medieval towns, and finally arrive in the picturesque region of Tuscany that welcomes you with vistas of rolling hills lined with cypress trees, farm houses and long forgotten villas dotting the Tuscan land.

Your first stop in Florence will be Piazzale Michelangelo where you will be greeted by a panorama of the city with a picture perfect view of the Arno River, Ponte Vecchio, and the famous dome of Santa Maria dei Fiori and its tall bell tower.

After a short drive into the historic center, you will have the opportunity to visit Florence’s most significant piazzas and see why Florence is regarded as an outdoor museum.

Piazza del Duomo is among the most visited piazza that includes the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore that’s popularly referred to as the Duomo, the octagonal Baptestry of St John, and the colorful Giotto’s Bell Tower. The large dome designed by Brunelleschi remains the largest brick dome in the world, and it was the inspiration for Michelangelo’s dome of St Peter’s Basilica inside the Vatican. The Baptestry is renown for the large bronze doors with relief sculptures, the most famous being the East doors by Ghiberti that Michelangelo considered to be “the Gates of Paradise”.

You will continue to Piazza di Santa Croce to visit the beautiful Basilica of Santa Croce. Once you enter this Franciscan church, you’ll see why it’s also called the Temple of the Italian Glories: some of Italy’s most illustrious scientists, thinkers, and artists including Galieleo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Machiavelli are buried here.

Being in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is famous for its delicious cuisine prepared from fresh local ingredients and simple traditional recipes that are legendary. Now it’s time to stop for lunch and savor some Florentine dishes at a local restaurant or trattoria.

After lunch you will visit Piazza della Signoria that is famous for the replica of Michelangelo’s David standing in front of Palazzo Vecchio and the collection of notable sculptures inside the Loggia del Lanzi.

A short walk away towards the River Arno is the famous Ponte Vecchio lined with precious gold shops that themselves look like jewelry boxes. Ages ago, this Old Bridge was occupied with butcher shops, but in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes wanted to clean up the image of the bridge and add a level of prestige by replacing the butchers with gold merchants. Vasari’s corridor that dominates the bridge connects Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti and offered a safe passage for the Medici dynasty to commute safely from the government palace to their residence.

A visit to one of Florence’s notable museums will give you the opportunity to see the original statue of David by Michelangeo inside the Accademia, or visit the Uffizzi Gallery and admire the vast collection of exquisite masterpieces by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Botticelli and more.

We can make advanced museum reservations for you upon request.  Please note that museums are closed on Mondays and they can be substituted for other sites.

From here your driver will bring you back to Rome and drop you off at your hotel. Thank you for booking RomeCabs for your transfers and tours. We look forward to seeing you soon in Italy!

The price of tour excludes lunch, entrance fees or gratuities

Please note
Santacroce: 5 euros per person to be paid upon arrival
Accademia: 20 euros per person to be purchased in advance by the client
Uffizi: 20 euros per person to be purchased in advance by the client
Purchasing your tickets in advance will allow you to bypass the lines. 
Please let us know when you book your tour if you wish to book the online tickets, please ask us how.
*Closed on Monday