Experiences in Florence
Discover Florence walking tours and free tours taking in the Duomo, the Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and the Oltrarno with local guides.
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Florence: Tours & Experiences
9 experiences and tours
Florence to Chianti wine region with 2 wine tastings and vineyards escape
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Let us take you straight to the blooming heart of Tuscany, discovering the heart of the Chianti wine region and its rolling hills and olive groves!
5 hours and 15 minutes
Skip the line: Florence Duomo Cathedral small group guided tour
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Skip the long lines and visit the Duomo of Florence led by an expert guide!
30 minutes
Full-Day Small-Group Cinque Terre Tour from Florence
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Prepare to be amazed by one of Italy’s most enchanting landscapes - Cinque Terre! Explore the land of pastel colored homes and cobalt blue seas. This day in paradise is sure to be unforgettable.
12 hours and 30 minutes
Tuscany Highlights Guided Small-Group Tour from Florence
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Discover three of the most famous and fascinating towns in Tuscany - Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa.
11 hours and 30 minutes
From Florence: Tuscan cooking class and San Lorenzo food market small group tour
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Always dreamed of cooking fresh, delicious Italian food? Well, this is for you!
5 hours
Pasta Lovers Cooking Class: Learn To Cook Tagliatelle, Ravioli, And Tiramisù with Optional Grocery Shopping At Sant’ambrogio Market
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Cooking class in the center of Florence with a professional local chef: learn the recipes of tagliatelle with ragù, ricotta filled ravioli and tiramisù
4 hours and 30 minutes
Small Group Guided Tour of Florence and Piazzale Michelangelo by E-bike with Surprise Tasting
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Explore Florence Effortlessly on an E-Bike Adventure in the company of a professional guide!
2 hours
Cheers to Florence: an Exclusive Small-Group Wine Tasting Experience with Unlimited Wine
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Join us for a Small-Group Wine Tasting Experience in Florence led by a wine expert. Stop at 3 different historic locations in Florence to taste the best wines in town
3 hours
Say Cheese! Mozzarella Making & Wine Tasting in the Heart of Florence
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Join a fun mozzarella-making class in Florence with wine tasting, local dishes and expert guidance in a small-group atmosphere.
2 hours
Frequently asked questions
Most Florence walking tours last between 2 and 3 hours, depending on the route, the group size and the number of stops. Tours that include museum entry or tastings usually run longer.
Some Florence walking tours are free to book and work on a tip-based model, so there is no fixed upfront price and you tip the guide at the end based on your experience. Others have a fixed price, especially small-group, private or themed experiences.
Most tours focus on the historic centre — the Duomo and Baptistery, Piazza della Signoria and the Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi exterior and the Ponte Vecchio — with some continuing across the Arno into the Oltrarno. Entry to the Uffizi, the Accademia and the Duomo dome is normally booked separately.
Usually yes. Walking tours cover the streets, squares and exteriors; the Uffizi, the Accademia (for Michelangelo's David) and the Duomo dome climb all require their own timed tickets, which sell out well ahead in peak season.
Very. The historic centre is compact, flat and largely pedestrianised, so almost everything of interest is within walking distance. The streets are paved with stone and can be uneven, so comfortable shoes are worth wearing.
Discover Florence with walking tours, free tours and cultural experiences designed to help you explore the birthplace of the Renaissance on foot.
Walk from Brunelleschi's dome and the Baptistery doors across Piazza della Signoria to the Ponte Vecchio and the artisan workshops of the Oltrarno with knowledgeable local guides who explain how a city of bankers and wool merchants came to fund the greatest artistic flowering in European history. Florence's historic centre is small enough to cross in half an hour and dense enough to spend a week in — which is exactly why it rewards a guided walk.
About Florence
Florence (Firenze), the capital of Tuscany, is one of the great art cities of the world and the birthplace of the Renaissance. Its entire historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built on the wealth of medieval banking and wool trading and shaped above all by the Medici, who ruled and patronised the city for three centuries.
Its skyline belongs to the Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore — and Brunelleschi's terracotta dome, still the largest masonry dome ever built, beside Giotto's bell tower and the Baptistery with its gilded bronze doors. Piazza della Signoria remains the civic heart, overlooked by the fortress-like Palazzo Vecchio and lined with sculpture under the Loggia dei Lanzi, while the Uffizi Gallery holds one of the world's great collections of Renaissance painting, from Botticelli to Leonardo and Michelangelo, whose David stands nearby in the Accademia.
The Ponte Vecchio, lined with goldsmiths' shops, crosses the Arno to the Oltrarno — the quieter left bank of artisan workshops, the vast Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens, rising to the panorama at Piazzale Michelangelo. Around the monuments runs an everyday Tuscan city of markets, trattorias and wine bars, with the vineyards and hill towns of Chianti and Siena within easy reach.
What to expect on a Florence experience
On a walking tour of Florence you can expect a guided route on foot through a compact historic centre, with a local guide sharing history, stories and practical tips along the way. Because the centre is small and largely pedestrianised, tours cover a lot of ground at a comfortable pace.
Typical highlights include:
- The Duomo, Giotto's bell tower and the Baptistery doors
- Piazza della Signoria, the Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia dei Lanzi
- The exterior of the Uffizi and the banks of the Arno
- The Ponte Vecchio and its goldsmiths' shops
- The Oltrarno's artisan workshops, Santo Spirito and Piazzale Michelangelo viewpoints
Tours range from free, tip-based walks covering the essentials to small-group themed experiences, food and wine tastings, skip-the-line museum visits and day trips out into Tuscany.
Best time to visit
Florence is a year-round destination, though its compact centre feels very different from season to season.
Spring (April–June) and autumn (September–October) are the best seasons for walking tours, with warm days, softer light and the Tuscan countryside at its most beautiful. Summer (July–August) is hot and very busy, with long queues at the Duomo and the Uffizi — early-morning tours are far more comfortable. Winter (November–March) is cool and much quieter, the best time to see the museums and churches without crowds, with crisp bright days between spells of rain. Walking tours run all year; comfortable shoes matter on the stone streets in every season.
Getting around
Florence's historic centre is small, flat and almost entirely walkable — you can cross it end to end in about half an hour, and nearly every major sight is within a few minutes of the Duomo, which makes walking the natural way to explore.
Much of the centre is a limited-traffic zone closed to cars, so buses and trams serve the outer districts rather than the core, and taxis wait at designated ranks rather than being hailed in the street. Santa Maria Novella station sits at the edge of the old town, with fast trains to Rome, Bologna, Milan and Venice and regional services to Pisa, Lucca, Siena and the Chianti hill towns. Florence Airport is a short tram ride from the centre. The Oltrarno and Piazzale Michelangelo involve a bridge crossing and a climb, so allow extra time and wear sturdy footwear on the cobbles.
