Florence Tours: Every One Compared, By Time And Kind (2026)
Florence tours divide into two kinds sold as one: the ones that add transport, a held slot or a guide to a place you are visiting anyway, and the ones that buy something you cannot assemble yourself. That second kind is the Vasari Corridor, which has no public door, the staircases behind the Salone dei Cinquecento, and a day in Chianti, where no railway goes. This page puts every tour and ticket for things to do in Florence on one table sorted by length, with how each one cancels, and then groups them by what the tour actually does. The entity pages hold the detail; this one is for choosing.
Quick answer Which tours buy something you cannot assemble yourself
Five kinds of tour in Florence buy something a ticket cannot: the Vasari Corridor, which has no walk-up door at all; the Palazzo Vecchio secret passages, which are guide-only; a Chianti day, because no railway reaches the vineyards; a cooking class; and a guided hour in the Accademia, where one room carries the whole visit. Everything else on this page is an entry with transport, a held slot or a guide attached, and it suits a trip where the days are short.
Key takeaways
- Under two hours: the Medici tales walk at $13.90 and the highlights walk at $20.27 are the shortest guided hours on the page. The time table has the rest.
- One full day: the three-town Tuscany coach runs 12 hours for $56.76, and Cinque Terre longer still.
- Only two things genuinely sell out, the Dome climb slot and the Uffizi at peak hours; the rest of this page can be bought the night before.
- Each listing's length and cancellation terms sit in the big table, so you can pick by the day you have.
Every Tour And Ticket At A Glance
Every tour and ticket in this guide on one table, sorted by the time it takes, entry-only tickets first. Listed prices are the platform figures; lengths are the operators' own.
| Tour | Length | Listed | Cancel | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uffizi ticket + audioguide | At your pace | $18.53 | Free, 24 h before | A held slot with an audioguide |
| Uffizi + Accademia tickets | At your pace | $35.32 | Non-refundable | Two timed slots bought once |
| David timed ticket | At your pace | $33.30 | Free, 24 h before | A held slot for the one real queue |
| David skip-the-line ticket | At your pace | $43.79 | Free, 24 h before | Someone else collects the ticket |
| Palazzo Vecchio ticket + audioguide | At your pace | $37.21 | Free, 24 h before | The museum with an audioguide or tablet |
| Uffizi + Pitti + Boboli 5-day pass | At your pace | $79.23 | Non-refundable | Three museums across five days |
| Pitti + Boboli ticket | At your pace | $40.87 | Non-refundable | The pair, if it is only the pair |
| 5-day Uffizi + Pitti pass | At your pace | $79.93 | Non-refundable | The widest pass sold here |
| Medici Chapels ticket | At your pace | $20.56 | Free, 24 h before | Chapel of the Princes, slot held |
| Bargello ticket | At your pace | $21.72 | Free, 24 h before | Donatello’s David, slot held |
| Evening classical concert | At your pace | $40.54 | Free, 24 h before | A church interior after dark |
| Siena OPA SI Pass | At your pace | $22.59 | Free, 24 h before | The whole Siena cathedral complex |
| Siena Cathedral + Library ticket | At your pace | $13.90 | Free, 24 h before | The cathedral and the Piccolomini Library |
| Museo Galileo ticket | At your pace | $19.85 | Free, 24 h before | A rainy afternoon; never queues |
| Brancacci Chapel ticket + audio | At your pace | $28.72 | Free, 24 h before | Ten people at a time, thirty minutes |
| Leaning Tower official ticket | At your pace | $27.80 | Non-refundable | The tower slot without the coach |
| Uffizi reserved entry (Tiqets) | At your pace | $29 (€25) | Non-refundable | A held slot with an audio guide |
| Accademia entry (Tiqets) | At your pace | $34 (€29) | Refundable fare offered | Tiqets’ slot when the other is gone |
| Medici Chapels ticket (Tiqets) | At your pace | $20 (€17) | Free to 23:59 the day before | A held slot, free to cancel the day before |
| Bargello ticket (Tiqets) | At your pace | $21 (€18) | Free to 23:59 the day before | A held slot, free to cancel the day before |
| Pitti + Boboli ticket (Tiqets) | At your pace | $35 (€30) | Non-refundable | Palace and garden with a held slot |
| Accademia guided tour | 1 hour | $47.91 | Free, 24 h before | An hour is what David takes |
| Dome climb + 3-day pass | 1 hour | $61.77 | Free, 24 h before | The climb if you book nothing else |
| Santa Croce 1h tour + ticket | 1 hour | $55.60 | Free, 24 h before | The basilica with an hour's guiding |
| Secret passages tour | 75 minutes | $36.70 | Free, 24 h before | The route you cannot walk alone |
| Uffizi small-group tour | 1.5 hours | $75.13 | Free, 24 h before | A guided first hour, then stay on alone |
| Palazzo Vecchio guided tour | 1.5 hours | $63.59 | Free, 24 h before | The Salone dei Cinquecento explained |
| Medici Chapels guided tour | 1.5 hours | $61.28 | Free, 24 h before | The New Sacristy read properly |
| Highlights walking tour | 1.5 hours | $20.27 | Free, 24 h before | A first morning’s orientation |
| Santa Croce 1.5h guided visit | 1.5 hours | $41.61 | Free, 24 h before | Michelangelo’s tomb with context |
| Leaning Tower + Cathedral timed ticket | 1.5 hours | $34.75 | Free, 24 h before | Both monuments, one slot |
| Uffizi + Vasari small group | 1.5 - 2 hours | $55.61 | Free, 24 h before | The corridor added to a small group |
| Guided Duomo + dome climb | 2 hours | $115.72 | Free, 24 h before | Cathedral and dome, one guide |
| Medici tales walk | 2 hours | $13.90 | Free, 24 h before | Two guided hours of Medici stories |
| Siena walking tour + Duomo | 2 hours | $46.33 | Free, 24 h before | A guide and the pass together |
| E-bike to Piazzale Michelangelo | 2 hours | $24.33 | Free, 24 h before | The hill done for you |
| Bologna street food walk | 2 hours | $64.22 | Free, 24 h before | Bologna's street food in two hours |
| Lucca 2h walking tour | 2 hours | $17.38 | Free, 24 h before | Book it on the day you go |
| Pasta class in the tower | 2 - 2.5 hours | $18.53 | Free, 24 h before | 14,931 reviews at 4.9 |
| Duomo complex guided tour | 1.5 - 3 hours | $63.94 | Free, 24 h before | Everything except the climb |
| Uffizi + Accademia walking tour | 1 - 4 hours | $52.81 | Free, 24 h before | Both galleries and the walk between |
| Guided dome climb + museum | 2.5 hours | $139 | Free, 24 h before | A guide on the 463 steps |
| Street food tour | 2.5 hours | $48.65 | Free, 24 h before | Learning what to order |
| Street food walk | 2.5 hours | $62.55 | Free, 24 h before | Same shape, smaller group |
| Leather wallet workshop | 2.5 hours | $98.46 | Free, 24 h before | You leave holding the wallet |
| Kids & families city walk | 2.5 hours | $184.18 | Free, 24 h before | Private, priced per group |
| Uffizi tour for families | 2.5 hours | $274.53 | Free, 24 h before | Private guide; the price is the group’s |
| Bologna centre walking tour | 2 - 3 hours | $32.43 | Free, 24 h before | The towers are shut, so walk |
| Dome ticket + Duomo pass | 3 hours | $62.09 | Free, 24 h before | Same pass, longer bracket |
| Pitti + Boboli guided tour | 3 hours | $99.90 | Free, 24 h before | A guide through the Palatine hang |
| Uffizi + Vasari guided tour | 3 hours | $179.54 | Non-refundable | A guide inside the corridor |
| Pasta + tiramisù class | 3 hours | $48.65 | Free, 24 h before | Two dishes and the wine |
| Florence highlights bike tour | 3 hours | $46.33 | Free, 24 h before | Flat centre, one river crossing |
| David + Duomo small-group tour | 3 hours | $113.63 | Free, 24 h before | One morning, two headline sights |
| Bologna food tour | 3 hours | $90.72 | Free, 24 h before | Worth the train on its own |
| Sunset food + wine tour | 3.5 hours | $126.26 | Free, 24 h before | An evening, not a lunch |
| Market tour + cooking class | 3 - 5 hours | $28.96 | Free, 24 h before | Market shopping, then the class |
| Lucca self-guided bike | 4 hours | $20.85 | Free, 24 h before | The 4.2 km wall circuit |
| Small-group wine tasting | 4.5 hours | $103.09 | Free, 24 h before | Smallest group, highest rating |
| Vintage Vespa tour | 5 hours | $173.75 | Free, 24 h before | Same idea, older machines |
| Two-winery Chianti half day | 5 - 6.5 hours | $57.34 | Free, 24 h before | The default wine half-day |
| Chianti Vespa / e-car tour | 6 hours | $136.86 | Free, 24 h before | The hills without a coach |
| Chianti e-bike + lunch | 6 hours | $41.70 | Free, 24 h before | Chianti by e-bike, with lunch |
| Pisa half-day coach tour | 6 hours | $45.18 | Free, 24 h before | Back in Florence for lunch |
| Chianti 4WD wine safari | 6 - 9 hours | $150.59 | Free, 24 h before | Off the asphalt, longest day |
| Pisa + Lucca day tour | 9 hours | $60.23 | Free, 24 h before | Two towns, one shortish day |
| San Gimignano + Siena bus day | 9 hours | $58.38 | Free, 24 h before | Free time, no guided entries |
| San Gimignano + Siena + Chianti | 11 hours | $82.36 | Free, 24 h before | Two towns plus a tasting |
| Val d'Orcia wine + cheese | 11.5 hours | $85.25 | Free, 24 h before | Montalcino, cheese and Brunello |
| Gray Line Tuscany day trip | 12 hours | $67.76 | Free, 24 h before | The same route with a winery lunch |
| Tuscany day trip, light lunch | 12 hours | $51.20 | Free, 24 h before | Three towns with a light lunch |
| Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa + lunch | 12 hours | $156.38 | Free, 24 h before | Small group and a winery lunch |
| Cinque Terre with boat cruise | 12 hours | $54.67 | Free, 24 h before | The boat leg is the reason |
| Montalcino + Pienza + Montepulciano | 12 hours | $85.25 | Free, 24 h before | Three towns, two tastings |
| Pisa + Siena + San Gimignano | 12 - 12.5 hours | $56.76 | Free, 24 h before | Three towns, one very long day |
| Cinque Terre + Pisa | 12 - 12.5 hours | $91.51 | Free, 24 h before | Coast plus the tower stop |
| Cinque Terre, all 5 villages | 12 - 13 hours | $63.71 | Free, 24 h before | All five villages in a day |
Listed prices are the platforms' own figures: dollars as GetYourGuide lists them, and for the Tiqets rows the euro price with the site's conversion at €1 = $1.17. The cancel column comes from each listing. Figures current in Q3 2026.
The Uffizi, and the corridor above the bridge
Five ways into the Uffizi and two that add the Vasari Corridor. The reserved entries hold a named, timed slot, and the guided versions add an hour of explanation before you stay on alone.
from €16
Florence: Uffizi Gallery Reserved Entry Ticket & Audioguide
listed at $18.53
Reserved timed Uffizi ticket with a downloadable audioguide app in 6 languages and unlimited time inside. Nominative ticket — bring matching ID.
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from €25.00
Uffizi Gallery: Reserved Entry + Audio Guide
Reserved Uffizi slot with a downloadable audio guide. Pick your entry time, show ID at the door. The ticket is nonrefundable.
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from €30
Florence: Uffizi & Accademia Timed Tickets with Audio App
listed at $35.32
Timed tickets to both Uffizi and Accademia with a mobile audio app in 18 languages and a Tuscan truffle-oil tasting. Non-refundable.
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from €64
Florence: Uffizi Gallery Small-Group Guided Tour with Ticket
listed at $75.13
90-minute small-group Uffizi tour with ticket and headsets; guides in 7 languages. Skip the ticket line, then stay inside on your own after the tour.
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from €45
Florence: Uffizi & Accademia Small Group Walking Tour
listed at $52.81
Four hours with one guide across the Accademia and Uffizi, plus Duomo Square and Piazza della Signoria between them. Groups of 10–15.
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from €48
Uffizi Small Group Tour + Optional Vasari Corridor Access
listed at $55.61
Max-9 Uffizi tour with a licensed guide, with or without the one-way Vasari Corridor walk to Pitti. Museum base cost €29, or €47 with the corridor.
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from €153
Florence: Uffizi Gallery with Optional Vasari Corridor Tour
listed at $179.54
Three-hour max-10 Uffizi tour with optional Vasari Corridor access; English or Spanish. Corridor option is non-refundable and nominative.
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David: four doors, one statue
Everything here ends at the same room in the Galleria dell'Accademia. The museum charges its booking fee on every reserved ticket, including free and reduced ones, so the choice is between a held slot, a collected ticket and a guide.
from €28
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Florence: Timed Entry to Michelangelo's David + Audio App
listed at $33.30
Reserved timed entry to the Accademia for Michelangelo's David with a digital audio app. Slot is binding; collect the ticket 15 minutes before.
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from €37
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Florence: Michelangelo's David Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket
listed at $43.79
Skip-the-ticket-line Accademia entry collected for you by a local agency; optional audioguide or VR add-on. Security queue up to 20 minutes.
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from €29.00
Accademia Gallery: Entry Ticket
Timed Accademia entry to David and the permanent and temporary rooms, with an English checkout and a refundable option at checkout.
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from €41
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Florence: Accademia Gallery Guided Tour Timed Entrance
listed at $47.91
One-hour guided Accademia visit with a reserved timed ticket and headsets; six languages plus a max-10 small-group option.
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Climbing the Duomo, and the pass for those who stay down
The 463 steps of Brunelleschi's dome are sold only inside the Brunelleschi Pass, which also covers the bell tower, baptistery, museum and crypt for 72 hours. Every dome ticket here includes that pass, and the guided versions add a guide to it.
from €53
Florence: Brunelleschi's Dome Climb Entry Ticket & Duomo
listed at $61.77
Timed dome-climb ticket plus a 3-day Duomo complex pass (cathedral, baptistery, museum, crypt, bell tower) and an audio app. 463 steps, no lift.
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from €53
Florence: Climb Brunelleschi's Dome Ticket & Duomo Pass
listed at $62.09
Fixed-time Brunelleschi dome climb and a 3-calendar-day pass to the whole Duomo complex, delivered as digital tickets with an audio app.
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from €99
Florence: Guided Duomo & Brunelleschi Dome Climb
listed at $115.72
Two-hour guided tour of the baptistery, museum and cathedral exterior, then the 463-step dome climb; 3-day pass covers the interior, crypt and tower.
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from €119
Florence Duomo with Dome Climb Tickets and Museum Tour
listed at $139
Small-group dome climb with a guide, a tour of the Opera del Duomo Museum and a 72-hour pass for the rest of the complex. English only.
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from €55
Florence Cathedral, Baptistery & Duomo Museum Guided Tour
listed at $63.94
Cathedral, Baptistery and Duomo Museum with a live expert plus 13-language audio guide; bell tower and dome climbs sold as options. Separate entrance.
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from €97
Florence: David, Cathedral & City Highlights Guided Tour
listed at $113.63
Three-hour small-group day: skip-the-line Accademia for David, pre-reserved Baptistery and Duomo Museum, cathedral visit, optional bell tower climb.
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The palaces and the garden across the river
Palazzo Vecchio's museum and Arnolfo's tower are separate entries, and Pitti comes with the Boboli Gardens on one ticket. The five-day passes bundle Pitti and Boboli with the Uffizi.
from €32
Florence: Palazzo Vecchio Entrance Ticket & Audioguide
listed at $37.21
Palazzo Vecchio skip-the-ticket-line entry with an audioguide or 7-inch multimedia guide in 8 languages; Arnolfo's Tower as an option.
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from €30.00
Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens: Reserved Entrance + Florence City Audio Guide
Palace and gardens on one reserved voucher for €30, booking fee inside. Entry is through the Cortile della Dispensa side door, ID is checked, and the gardens shut on the first and last Monday of the month.
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from €35
Florence: Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Ticket & eBook
listed at $40.87
Combo ticket for Pitti Palace's 7 museums, Boboli Gardens and Villa Bardini garden, with multilingual eBooks sent by WhatsApp or email. Non-refundable.
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from €68
Florence: Uffizi, Pitti Palace & Boboli Combined 5-Day Pass
listed at $79.23
One timed Uffizi entry that unlocks Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens over 5 days, with an Uffizi audio app. Combo ticket must be kept; non-refundable.
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from €68
Florence: Uffizi, Pitti, Boboli and 7 Attractions 5-Day Pass
listed at $79.93
Digital 5-day pass: timed Uffizi entry plus Pitti Palace, Boboli and more, straight to Uffizi entrance 1 with no voucher exchange. Non-refundable.
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from €31
Palazzo Vecchio: Skip-the-Line Entry and Secret Passage Tour
listed at $36.70
75-minute secret-passages tour run by the palace's own MUS.E association, limited to 4 people: hidden Medici rooms and the attic above the Salone.
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from €54
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Florence: Palazzo Vecchio Guided Tour
listed at $63.59
90-minute guided Palazzo Vecchio tour with a certified guide and entry ticket; English, Italian, Spanish or French. Tower is a separate ticket.
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from €85
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Florence: Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden, Palatine Gallery Tour
listed at $99.90
Three-hour licensed-guide tour of Pitti Palace, the Palatine Gallery and Boboli Gardens with timed tickets; English only, starting at Piazza Pitti.
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Marble, chapels and the science museum
The second rank of Florence museums, none of which queues in the way the Uffizi and the Accademia do. On these a ticket holds your hour, and a guided visit is what changes it.
from €18
Florence: Reserved Entrance Ticket to the Medici Chapel
listed at $20.56
Reserved Medici Chapels ticket with a free audio app and priority at the queue; binding time slot. Hard Rock discounts bundled in.
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from €17.00
Medici Chapels: Skip The Line Ticket
Skip-the-line Medici Chapels ticket at €17, booking fee included, cancellable to 23:59 the night before. The Basilica of San Lorenzo next door is a separate ticket.
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from €19
Florence: Reserved Entry Ticket to Bargello Museum
listed at $21.72
Reserved timed Bargello ticket that covers the temporary exhibitions, with a Florence audio app for Donatello's David and the Michelangelo room.
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from €18.00
Museo Nazionale del Bargello: Skip The Line Ticket
Bargello skip-the-line ticket at €18 with the booking fee inside it, cancellable to 23:59 the night before. Temporary exhibition included; you show the phone at the ticket office indoors.
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from €52
Florence: Medici Chapels Guided Tour
listed at $61.28
90-minute guided Medici Chapels tour with fast-entrance tickets; shared in English, Italian or Spanish, headphones from 7 people.
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from €36
Florence: 1.5-hour Santa Croce Guided Experience
listed at $41.61
90-minute guided Santa Croce visit with fast-track ticket; Giotto frescoes, Galileo and Michelangelo tombs. English, Spanish or Italian.
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from €48
Florence: Santa Croce Church Tour with Entry Ticket
listed at $55.60
One-hour Santa Croce tour with reserved entry ticket and radio headsets; four guide languages. Wine-and-appetizer option on some dates.
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from €17
Florence: Museo Galileo Entry Ticket
listed at $19.85
Entry ticket sold by the museum itself: 18 rooms of Medici scientific instruments including Galileo originals. Tuesdays close at 1 PM.
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On foot, on two wheels, and on a Vespa
Nothing in this group needs a ticket except the Brancacci Chapel, which admits ten people for thirty minutes, so its ticket holds a slot. The rest buy a guide, a bicycle or a scooter and use streets that cost nothing.
from €12
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Florence: Renaissance and Medici Tales Guided Walking Tour
listed at $13.90
Two-hour storytelling walk on the Medici and the Renaissance in English or Spanish, ending with local eating and shopping tips. Cheapest tour here.
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from €17
Florence: Highlights Walking Tour with Expert Guide
listed at $20.27
90-minute small-group highlights walk (Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio) in 8 languages, with free luggage storage. Runs rain or shine.
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from €21
Florence: Guided E-Bike Tour to Piazzale Michelangelo
listed at $24.33
Two-hour e-bike tour through the centre and up to Piazzale Michelangelo; five guide languages, free luggage deposit. Turns into a walking tour in bad weather.
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from €40
Florence: City Highlights Bike Tour
listed at $46.33
Three-hour guided bike loop past the Duomo, Santa Croce, San Niccolo and Ponte Vecchio; bike, helmet and guide included. Under-18s ride with an adult.
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from €25
Florence: Brancacci Chapel Entrance and Audio Guide
listed at $28.72
Official Brancacci Chapel ticket with audio guide from MUS.E; 30-minute visit in groups of 30, so arrive 15 minutes early at Piazza del Carmine 14.
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from €117
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Florence: Chianti Vespa Tour with Wine & E-Car Option
listed at $136.86
Six-hour Chianti ride on a solo or double Vespa, scooter or Fiat Topolino e-car with support vehicle, winery tasting and Tuscan meal. Drivers 18+ with licence.
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from €149
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From Florence: Tuscan Countryside Vespa Tour with Tastings
listed at $173.75
Five-hour vintage automatic Vespa ride through Tuscan hills with photo stops, prosciutto and cheese, and a glass of Chianti. Licence required; 1 or 2 per Vespa.
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Eating and cooking, in the city
Food tours here are about what to order rather than what to see. What you are buying is the order, the sequence and the company: which cart, which panino, which wine bar comes next.
from €16
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Florence: Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine
listed at $18.53
Make three fresh pastas with a chef inside a 1200s tower once owned by Dante's wife's family, then eat it all with unlimited Tuscan wine.
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from €25
Florence Cooking Class: Market Tour & Lasagna or Fresh Pasta
listed at $28.96
Choose a Central Market tour with lasagna and tiramisù, or a fresh-pasta class with gelato tasting and unlimited wine; professional chefs, recipe booklet.
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from €42
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Florence: Street Food Tour with Wine & Local Guide
listed at $48.65
2.5-hour street-food walk through San Lorenzo Market and the Duomo area with several tastings and a sip of wine; morning only, no vegan or gluten-free.
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from €42
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Florence: Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Unlimited Wine
listed at $48.65
Three-hour pasta and tiramisù class in a local restaurant with wine pairing, then coffee or limoncello; vegan and gluten-free variants on request.
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from €53
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Florence: Street Food Walking Tour with Wine
listed at $62.55
2.5-hour licensed-guide street-food walk with tastings and drinks included, past the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio. Not for vegans or gluten intolerance.
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from €108
Florence: Sunset Food & Wine Tour with Tastings
listed at $126.26
3.5-hour Oltrarno food and wine walk at sunset: prosecco welcome, Negroni, 4 wines from a wine window and cellar, cheeses, wild boar stew, gelato.
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Evenings, families and one workshop
The four listings that are not sightseeing. Two are private and priced per group rather than per person, which is why their figures sit at the top of the table and still work out cheaply for four people.
from €35
Florence: Evening Classical Music Concert
listed at $40.54
Evening concert of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach, Mozart and Pachelbel at Chiesa di Santo Stefano or the Zeffirelli Museum; standard, premium or VIP seats.
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from €84
Florence: Craft a Leather Wallet in a Real Artisan Studio
listed at $98.46
2.5-hour wallet-making workshop in a working Florentine leather studio, max 4 people; all materials, coffee and your finished wallet. Chain upgrade €10 on site.
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from €157
Florence Tour for Kids and Families with Gelato
listed at $184.18
Private 2.5-hour kid-friendly walk from Piazza della Signoria to Ponte Vecchio with games, scavenger hunts and gelato. Best for ages 5-6+; under-5s free.
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from €235
Florence: Skip-the-Line Uffizi Museum Tour Kids & Families
listed at $274.53
Private 2.5-hour Uffizi visit built for children: skip-the-line entry, games and scorecards, guide picks the works. Names and birth dates required.
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The hill-town coach days
Seven versions of the same idea: Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano in one twelve-hour day, or a shorter cut of it. Entries are rarely included, and the town tickets sit in the group below.
from €39
From Florence: Half-Day Pisa Tour and Optional Leaning Tower
listed at $45.18
Six-hour coach half-day from Florence to Piazza dei Miracoli with a multilingual escort; guided Pisa tour and tower climb (ages 8+) sold as options.
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from €50
Florence: Day Trip with Free Time in San Gimignano and Siena
listed at $58.38
Nine-hour coach day from Florence with free time in San Gimignano and Siena; tour leader and GPS audio guide, no attraction tickets included.
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from €70
Florence: S. Gimignano, Siena, Chianti Wine Tasting & Lunch
listed at $82.36
Gray Line 11-hour coach day to San Gimignano, Monteriggioni and Siena with a winery cellar tour, 3 Chianti wines and a 3-course lunch; no Pisa.
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from €44
Florence: Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano with Light Lunch
listed at $51.20
12-hour coach day to Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena and a Chianti winery with light lunch; five languages, transfer-only option, Leaning Tower ticket add-on.
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from €49
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Florence: Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano Day Trip with Lunch
listed at $56.76
12-hour coach day to Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano with a winery lunch; guided Siena walk and cathedral only on the English option. Eight languages.
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from €58
Florence: Pisa, Siena, S. Gimignano, Chianti Wine & Lunch
listed at $67.76
Gray Line 12-hour coach day: Pisa, San Gimignano, Chianti and Siena with a 3-course winery lunch and optional Siena walk; English or Spanish. Tower entry extra.
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from €134
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From Florence: Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa & Lunch at Winery
listed at $156.38
12-hour day to Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa with a Siena Cathedral ticket and guided walk, farmhouse winery lunch with 4 wines; English, max-8 option.
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Wine days: Chianti and the Val d'Orcia
No ticket exists for Chianti Classico or for the Val d'Orcia — the Consorzio's zone is 71,800 hectares of countryside and a tasting is priced by the estate. What you are buying is the driving and the estates' willingness to open the door.
from €36
Florence: Chianti E-Bike Tour with Lunch & Two Wine Tastings
listed at $41.70
Six-hour e-bike ride from Florence into Chianti with winery lunch, tasting and a second tasting back in town. Self-guided option drops lunch and guide.
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from €88
Top rated
From Florence: Small Group Wine Tasting Tour to Tuscany
listed at $103.09
4.5-hour minibus trip to two Chianti Classico estates: 6 wines and olive oils with cheese, salami and bruschetta. English only, ages 12+, max-8 option.
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from €49
Best seller
Florence: Chianti Wineries Tour with Wine Tasting
listed at $57.34
Half-day coach trip to two Chianti wineries with 3–4 wines at each plus bread, oil and salami; English or Italian, small-group dinner option. No lunch.
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from €129
SMALL GROUP Tuscany Wine Tasting Safaris with Lunch / Dinner
listed at $150.59
Small-group 4WD Chianti safari from Florence: one or two winery cellars, tastings, off-road vineyard drive and a Tuscan lunch or dinner. Adults only.
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from €73
From Florence: Val D'Orcia Tour with Wine Tasting
listed at $85.25
11.5-hour coach day through Montalcino, Pienza and Montepulciano: Brunello and Vino Nobile tastings, Pienza pecorino; audio-guided in Japanese, Chinese, Korean.
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from €73
Florence: Montalcino, Pienza, Montepulciano & Wine Tastings
listed at $85.25
12-hour Val d'Orcia day to Montalcino, Pienza and Montepulciano with Brunello and Vino Nobile tastings at two wineries; English or Spanish.
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The coast, Lucca and Bologna
The longest days on the page and the two towns that are easier by train. Lucca's cathedral complex is $11.70 (€10) combined and its walls are free; the Cinque Terre Card price is not published anywhere we could read.
from €15
Lucca: 2-Hour City Center Walking Tour
listed at $17.38
Starts in Lucca; reach it by train from Florence. Two-hour licensed-guide walk of old town and walls in English and Italian at once; Cathedral entry included.
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from €18
Lucca: Self-Guided Tour by Bike
listed at $20.85
Starts in Lucca; reach it by train from Florence. Four-hour city bike hire with a map from the Piazzale Ricasoli shop: walls, San Frediano, Anfiteatro, Duomo.
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from €55
Bologna: Street Food Tour in the Historic Center
listed at $64.22
Starts in Bologna; reach it by train from Florence. Two-hour hosted street-food walk: tigelle, crescentine, fried tortellini, ragù sandwiches. Come hungry.
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from €78
Bologna: Walking Food Tour with a Local Expert
listed at $90.72
Starts in Bologna; reach it by train from Florence. Three-hour tasting across five shops: tigella, mortadella, 25-year balsamic, pasta, gelato.
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from €51
From Florence: Pisa & Lucca Day Tour with Buccellato Tasting
listed at $60.23
Nine-hour coach day to Pisa and Lucca with a Buccellato cake tasting; guided-visit, low-cost (no local guide) and Leaning Tower options in 3 languages.
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from €47
Florence: Day Trip to Cinque Terre with Optional Street Food
listed at $54.67
12-hour coach day to four Cinque Terre villages with a coastal boat cruise (April–October), train and park fee included; optional street-food lunch.
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from €54
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Florence: Cinque Terre Day Trip with Optional Hiking or Pisa
listed at $63.71
12–13-hour day visiting all five Cinque Terre villages with park and train tickets, optional Corniglia–Vernazza hike, or three villages plus Pisa. English.
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from €78
From Florence: Cinque Terre & Pisa Day Trip
listed at $91.51
City Wonders 12-hour coach day to Monterosso, Vernazza and Pisa with the Cinque Terre Card train tickets and park entry; free time in each stop.
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Bought for the town, not for the coach
Tickets and short tours you book for the destination itself, whether you arrive by train or on somebody's minibus. The Siena and Pisa tickets here are the entries themselves, so they work with any way of getting there.
from €12
Siena: Siena Cathedral and Piccolomini Library Entry Ticket
listed at $13.90
Starts in Siena. Fast-track Duomo and Piccolomini Library ticket with QR audio app; redeem the voucher at the cathedral ticket counter first.
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from €19
Siena: Cathedral Complex Pass with Audio Guide (OPA SI PASS)
listed at $22.59
Starts in Siena; reach it by bus from Florence. OPA SI Pass: Duomo, Baptistery, Crypt, Piccolomini Library, museum and Facciatone viewpoint, valid 3 days.
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from €24
Pisa: Entrance Ticket to Leaning Tower & Cathedral
listed at $27.80
Starts in Pisa; reach it by train from Florence. Official timed ticket to climb the tower (297 steps, ages 8+) plus Cathedral entry. Non-refundable.
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from €30
Pisa: Leaning Tower & Cathedral Tickets with Timed Entry
listed at $34.75
Starts in Pisa; reach it by train from Florence. Timed tower climb plus Cathedral with audio guide; collect tickets at the Sinopie Museum. Free cancellation.
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from €40
Siena: Walking Tour and Skip-the-Line Duomo Tickets
listed at $46.33
Starts in Siena; reach it by bus from Florence. Two-hour walk of the medieval centre with an authorized English-speaking guide plus skip-the-line Duomo entry.
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from €28
Bologna: City Center Walking Tour
listed at $32.43
Starts in Bologna; reach it by train from Florence. 2-3 hour walk past the Asinelli Tower, Neptune fountain, Quadrilatero and San Petronio; 4 languages.
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Which Tour, By The Time You Have
Matching the length to the day is most of the decision in Florence, because the city itself is small and the day trips are not. This table sorts by the time you can give, with what each tour adds and why it fits that slot.
Two rules run through the table. Anything that leaves the city takes the whole day whatever the listing says: Siena is 75 km away and San Gimignano has no station of its own. And anything inside the walls is close, because every sight in this guide is inside a 25-minute walk of the Duomo.
| Time you have | Take this | What it adds | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| An hour | Accademia guided tour, $47.91 | A guide in the David room, timed entrance included | One room carries the visit, and the Slaves reward an explanation |
| Ninety minutes | Medici tales walk, $13.90 | Medici stories on the streets between the sights | The shortest guided time on the page, and it enters nothing that needs a ticket |
| Two hours | Palazzo Vecchio secret passages, $36.70 | The staircases behind the Salone dei Cinquecento | There is no walk-up version: the passages are sold only with a guide |
| A half-day | Two-winery Chianti trip, $57.34 | Tastings at two estates and the driving | No railway reaches Chianti, and nobody has to stay sober |
| A half-day in town | Uffizi + Vasari Corridor, $55.61 | A small group through the Uffizi, with the corridor as an option | The corridor has no door other than through the gallery |
| One full day | Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano, $56.76 | Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano on one coach | No train reaches San Gimignano, so three towns in a day is a coach's job |
| One full day, on the coast | Cinque Terre, five villages, $63.71 | All five villages with the transfers arranged | The coach is the version that fits the five villages into one day |
| A second visit | Chianti e-bike day, $41.70 | An e-bike, lunch and two tastings | The battery is what makes the Chianti hills possible |
What Each Kind Of Listing Buys
Every listing on this page is one of four things. Read this section once and the 77 rows sort themselves.
A ticket with a held slot
About a third of the rows are entry only. What you buy is a reservation, a named slot and one checkout. The slot matters because the big state museums admit visitors by dated, timed entry, and an advance Uffizi ticket is nominative, so the name on it has to match the ID you carry.
The Uffizi reserved-entry card is listed at $18.53 with an audioguide app in six languages and unlimited time once you are inside, and it cancels free up to 24 hours before. The Bargello ticket at $21.72 holds a slot at a museum that rarely queues and also covers its temporary exhibitions, which suits a day planned to the hour.
A ticket with a guide attached
Here what you pay for is the guide. The Accademia guided hour at $47.91 includes the timed entrance and a headset, and the Medici Chapels guided visit at $61.28 reads the New Sacristy with you. A guide matters most where the sculpture carries no wall text worth the name, as in the Accademia and the Medici Chapels.
In the Uffizi, where every room is labelled, the audioguide ticket covers most of what a guide would say.
Transport you cannot easily buy yourself
The day trips are the honest ones. No railway enters Chianti or the Val d'Orcia, San Gimignano is reached by changing buses at Poggibonsi, and a Cinque Terre day by train runs about six hours of rail for five on the coast. A coach seat at $51 to $85 for eleven or twelve hours is not an inflated ticket; it is the only version of that day that exists for someone without a car. Pisa and Lucca are the exceptions: both are regional-train towns from Santa Maria Novella, priced by distance band on the Trenitalia Tuscany tariff in force from 1 August 2026.
A thing that has no ticket at all
Cooking classes, the leather workshop, the Vespa days and the evening concert are products, not entries. Nobody sells a walk-up version, so what you pay for is a host's time and the materials, and the inclusion list is the whole deal. Read it closely.
The leather workshop caps the table at four people and you take home the wallet you made. The Vespa day wants a driver of 18 or over with a licence. With no ticket office to compare against, the test is the review count: the pasta class carries 14,931 ratings at 4.9, which is more feedback than most Florence museums will ever collect.
If The Dates Are Gone
Only two things in Florence genuinely sell out, and neither of them is a tour. Here is the fallback for each family when your first choice is gone.
- The Dome climb: slots are the scarce item, not the pass. When one dome ticket shows no morning, check the second dome ticket and the guided climbs, which hold their own allocation. If every dome slot is gone, the Giotto Pass puts you 414 steps up the bell tower instead, with the better view of the dome itself.
The Dome is closed for maintenance 16 to 20 November 2026 whatever any platform shows. - The Uffizi: the Tiqets reserved entry and the small-group guided tour hold slots of their own, and Door 2 sells same-day tickets subject to availability. The ticket page has the rest. - The Accademia: the Tiqets entry and the guided hour hold their own slots, queue lengths collapse after 16:00, and the Bargello holds Donatello's David with no queue at all. - The Vasari Corridor: no walk-up exists. If the date is gone it is gone. The corridor page tracks the Friday evening walks running 3 July to 20 November 2026. - Hill towns: regional trains to Pisa and Lucca run all day from Santa Maria Novella, and the coach to Siena leaves from the busway; San Gimignano needs a change at Poggibonsi. - Chianti: hire a car or take the e-bike day; estates take walk-in tastings and price them themselves. - Food: the where to eat page names the twelve places a published guide names first, and Mercato Centrale upstairs runs 09:00 to 23:00 daily with no booking. - No alternative: the secret passages and the leather workshop are single-operator products. A cancelled date has no substitute.
Once the dome slots, corridor walks and hill-town coaches are settled, the other half of the plan is the bed, and the where to stay in Florence guide sorts the best hotels in Florence by neighbourhood, with a section for where to stay in Florence first time.
Where These Tours Actually Go
The places the listings on this page start from or arrive at, numbered to the pins. Prices are the entry we list where we sell one, and the venue's own where we do not. The day-trip towns each have their own page with the train and coach arithmetic; the day trips hub indexes them.
Inside Florence
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Uffizi Gallery
Gallery From $18.53 reserved entry3 hbook-ahead tier true of 3
Tip: Morning slots go first between April and October
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Galleria dell'Accademia
Gallery From $33.30 timed entry60–75 minbook-ahead tier true of 3
Tip: One room decides the visit; a guide earns its fee here
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Brunelleschi's Dome
Climb From $61.77 with the pass45 min on the stairsbook-ahead tier true of 3
Tip: 463 steps, no lift; closed 16–20 November 2026
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Palazzo Vecchio
Museum From $37.21 with audioguide90 min
Tip: The secret passages are guide-only, and the museum opens on Monday
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Vasari Corridor
Passage From $55.61 with a small groupAbout an hourbook-ahead tier true of 3
Tip: No walk-up door exists anywhere
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Pitti Palace and Boboli
Palace and garden from $40.87 with BoboliHalf a day
Tip: The garden is the half most visitors skip and then regret
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Medici Chapels
Museum From $20.56 reserved entry45 min
Tip: Michelangelo's marble, and rarely a queue
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Basilica of Santa Croce
Church from $12 (€10)About 50 min
Tip: Shoulders and legs covered; free robes at the door
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Mercato Centrale
Market Free entryAn hour
Tip: Where most food tours start; upstairs runs to 23:00
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Piazzale Michelangelo
Viewpoint FreeAn hour with the walk
Tip: Bus 12 costs $2.30 (€2) if you would rather not climb
Where the day trips go
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Siena
Hill town From $22.59 cathedral pass12 h from Florence
Tip: A full day from Florence, 75 km each way
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San Gimignano
Hill town from $18 (€15) town passPart of a 12-hour day
Tip: No station; a coach or a change at Poggibonsi
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Pisa
Cathedral square From $27.80 tower ticketHalf a daybook-ahead tier true of 3
Tip: Tower climb is age 8 and over, 251 steps, about 30 minutes
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Chianti Classico
Wine country Priced by the estate5–6 h
Tip: 71,800 hectares and no railway at all
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Lucca
Walled town from $11.70 (€10) cathedral combined9 h with Pisa
Tip: The 4.2 km wall promenade is free and flat
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Cinque Terre
Coast Card price not published12–13 h
Tip: The one trip where the coach beats the train
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Val d'Orcia
Wine country from $8 (€7) Palazzo Piccolomini11.5–12 h
Tip: Brunello is released on 1 January of the fifth year after harvest
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Bologna
City Free streets2–3 h on the ground
Tip: The Asinelli Tower is closed for works with no reopening date
Numbers match the list — tap a pin for the guide.
Coordinates come from each entity's own page in this guide; venue prices from the venues' official sites.
The Pages Around This One
This page compares tours. The pages below decide the things a tour cannot.
Tickets
Every ticketed sight in Florence in one table, with its price and the reserved ticket to hold for it.
The money pageThings to do
Twenty-five places ranked in walking order, nine of them free, each with its closed day and book-ahead tier.
25 places, rankedDay trips
Pisa, Siena, Chianti and the rest, each with the train and the coach set out so you can pick the day that suits you.
Eight destinationsFood tours
What a Florence food walk actually covers, and the case for taking one on day one and none after.
$29–$126Three days in Florence
The plan these tours slot into, with the timed slots already placed and Monday given to what stays open.
The itineraryGetting around
The $2.30 (€2) ticket, the tram, and the camera zone that makes a hire car the most expensive mistake here.
€2 for 90 minutesFlorence Tours: The Questions People Ask
What is the best tour to take in Florence?
For a first visit, the Uffizi small-group tour at $75.13: 90 minutes with a guide, then you stay inside on your own ticket. For two guided hours on the streets, the Medici tales walk at $13.90 enters nothing that needs a ticket. Both sit on the time table with what each adds.
Are tours in Florence worth the money?
It depends which of the four kinds you are buying, and what each kind of listing buys sorts them. Transport out of the city is worth it, because no train reaches Chianti or San Gimignano. A guide in a sculpture room is worth it. A reserved ticket at a museum that rarely queues, such as the Bargello or the Medici Chapels, suits a day planned to the hour.
Do guided tours in Florence run in English?
Every listing here runs in English, and most also run in Italian, Spanish, French and German; several list seven languages. The Tiqets tickets carry a downloadable audio guide rather than a live guide. Check the language option before you pay, because operators often sell the English departure at a different hour from the Italian one.
Can I book a tour in Florence for the same day?
Usually, for the walks, classes and museum tickets. The coach days to Pisa and the Cinque Terre leave between 07:00 and 08:00 and are best held the evening before. The two things that fill weeks ahead are not tours at all: the Dome climb slot and the Vasari Corridor.
How much should I budget for tours in Florence?
On the table above the median listing is around $55 and the spread runs from $13.90 for a walking tour to $274.53 for a private family gallery visit. A three-day visit that takes one guided museum, one walk and one coach day out comes to roughly $180 a person, and the costs page puts that inside a day rate.
Which Florence tours can I cancel free?
Most of the GetYourGuide listings here cancel free up to 24 hours before the start, and the card prints the deadline. On Tiqets, the Uffizi and Pitti tickets are non-refundable, the Medici Chapels and Bargello tickets cancel free until 23:59 the day before, and the Accademia ticket offers a refundable fare at checkout. Read the cancellation line on the card, not this sentence, before you pay.
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