Experiences in Florence
Renaissance art in the morning, a cooking class at lunch, and the Tuscan hills on your doorstep.
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Florence: Tours & Experiences
29 experiences and tours
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Palazzo Pitti & Palatine Gallery: Reserved Entrance + Audio Guide
From €24
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Pisa Cathedral & Monumental Cemetery: Reserved Entrance
From €14
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Brunelleschi Dome & Cathedral: Premium Fast Track Ticket
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Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens: 5-Day Combo Pass
From €45
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Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens: Reserved Entrance + Florence City Audio Guide
From €30
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Leaning Tower of Pisa & Pisa Cathedral: Fast Track Ticket + Audio Guide
1hFree cancellation
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San Gimignano Pass
From €18.50
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Baptistery & Cathedral of Pisa: Priority Entrance Ticket + Audio Guide
1hFree cancellation
From €20
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Uffizi Gallery & Accademia Gallery: Reserved Entry + Audio Guide App
From €78
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Uffizi Gallery & Vasari Corridor: Reserved Entry Ticket
3hFree cancellation
From €79
Leonardo da Vinci Interactive Museum Florence
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Siena & San Gimignano: Day Trip from Florence
9hFree cancellation
From €60
Chianti: Day Trip from Florence + Wine Tour & Tasting
5h 30mFree cancellation
From €55
Chianti: Wine & Olive Oil Tasting with Guided Tour + Roundtrip from Florence
7h
From €89.10
Chianti: Guided Winery Tour + Wines & Cheeses Tasting
1h 45mFree cancellation
From €40
Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano & Chianti: Full-Day Tour from Florence
Free cancellation
From €65
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Pisa Cathedral & Monumental Cemetery: Priority Entrance + Audio Guide
Free cancellation
From €20
Pisa, San Gimignano & Siena: Day Trip from Florence + Siena City Tour + Lunch
12hFree cancellation
From €135
Pisa & Cinque Terre: Day Trip from Florence
13hFree cancellation
From €79
Florence: Chianti Wine Tour with Tasting & Tuscan Lunch
2hFree cancellation
From €89
Florence: Casa Buonarroti and Works by Michelangelo
1h 30mFree cancellation
Chef’s insights food tour: discover Sant’Ambrogio grocery market with an expert local chef
3hFree cancellation
Symphony of Wines: Small Group Premium Tasting Experience in Florence
2hSmall groupFree cancellation
Small Group Express Pasta & Tiramisù Cooking Class With Unlimited Wine
2h 30mFree cancellation
Cinque Terre: Guided Boat Tour
8hFree cancellation
From €69
Cinque Terre: Riomaggiore and Monterosso Guided Boat Tour
8hFree cancellation
From €69
Cinque Terre: Semi-Private Guided Tour from Florence
12hFree cancellation
From €239
From Florence: Tuscan cooking class and San Lorenzo food market small group tour
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Discovering Tuscany's hidden treasures: San Gimignano, Volterra and San Galgano mysterious Abbey day trip from Florence
11h 30mFree cancellation
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, with a timed ticket booked in advance. The climb has more than 400 steps and no lift, and it ends on a terrace at the top of the dome with views over the whole city.
As early as you can, especially from spring to autumn. Tickets are sold for set entry times, and the best slots go days ahead. A guided tour with skip-the-line entry saves you from finding tickets separately and gets you a guide who explains what you are seeing.
The original David stands in the Galleria dell'Accademia. The statues in Piazza della Signoria and on Piazzale Michelangelo are copies, so book the Accademia if you want to see the real one.
Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano are the classic choices, and many tours combine two or three of them. The Chianti wine region and the Val d'Orcia are good for countryside and wine, and Cinque Terre on the coast makes a longer day out.
Yes. The Chianti hills between Florence and Siena are less than an hour away, and wine tours visit family wineries for tastings, often with lunch or dinner. If you prefer to stay in town, wine tasting experiences in the centre let you try Tuscan wines without leaving Florence.
Florence has cooking classes for fresh pasta, pizza, tiramisù, gelato and Florentine steak, in small groups or privately. Many start with a visit to the Mercato Centrale or the Sant'Ambrogio market to buy the ingredients, and most end with the meal you cooked and a glass of wine.
Try bistecca alla fiorentina, a thick T-bone steak cooked rare, and a lampredotto sandwich from a street stall. Ribollita soup, schiacciata bread, gelato and a glass of Chianti Classico complete the list.
Yes. From November to March the queues at the Uffizi and the Duomo are much shorter, hotel prices drop, and the city belongs to the Florentines again. It is a good season for museums, cooking classes and long Tuscan lunches.
One day is enough for the cathedral, the Ponte Vecchio and one museum, but most visitors stay two or three days to see the Uffizi, the Accademia and the Oltrarno. Stay longer and you can add a cooking class and a day in the Tuscan countryside.
The harvest usually runs from September into October, depending on the weather. It is a lovely time for a wine tour, with the vineyards busy and the countryside at its most golden.
Florence is where the Renaissance began, and you can still walk its whole story in a morning, from Brunelleschi's dome over the cathedral to the Uffizi Gallery and across the Ponte Vecchio. Beyond the city, the vineyards of Chianti and the hill towns of Tuscany are less than an hour away.
In the centre, book ahead for the big three: skip-the-line entry to the cathedral under Brunelleschi's dome, the Botticellis and Leonardos of the Uffizi, and Michelangelo's David at the Accademia. Across the river, the Medici palace and gardens at the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens are quieter, and the workshops of the Oltrarno lead up to Piazzale Michelangelo and the view over the city.
Out of town, Florence is the gateway to Tuscany: wine tastings in the Chianti hills, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the towers of San Gimignano, Siena and the Val d'Orcia, and the coloured villages of Cinque Terre. In town, learn to make pasta, pizza or Florentine steak with a local chef, taste your way through the Mercato Centrale and Sant'Ambrogio markets, or make your own leather piece or perfume in an artisan workshop.
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
Florence days tend to split between art and food. Museum and monument visits take you inside the Duomo, the Uffizi, the Accademia and the Pitti Palace, usually with timed entry and a guide who explains what you are looking at. Walking tours of the historic centre cover Piazza della Signoria, the Palazzo Vecchio, the Ponte Vecchio and the Oltrarno, with the stories of the Medici and the artists they paid.
Food and wine are the other half of a Florence trip. Cooking classes teach fresh pasta, pizza, tiramisù or Florentine steak, often after a morning at a local market. Wine tastings run in the city or out in the Chianti hills, sometimes by e-bike or Vespa.
Tuscany day trips go to Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, the Val d'Orcia and Cinque Terre, and some go further, to Venice or to Assisi and Perugia in Umbria. You can choose between small-group and private tours, and each tour page shows what is included.
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, with warm days, softer light and the Tuscan countryside at its most beautiful. Autumn is also harvest time in Chianti, the best season for wine tours. Summer (July–August) is hot and very busy, with long queues at the Duomo and the Uffizi, so book timed tickets early and plan outdoor visits for the morning or evening. Winter (November–March) is cool and much quieter, the best time to see the museums and churches without crowds, and a good season for cooking classes and food tours.
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.
