Name: Explore beautiful Florence by yourself with transportation from La Spezia
SKU: 40886
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 8h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Historical, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

Having arrived to La Zpezia, you have a great opportunity to explore Florence at your own pace. Your English-speaking assistance will meet you at the port from where comfortable transportation will bring you right to the destination. You will be provide with a map of the city and all the instructions required for your self-guided tour in Florence. As soon as you are informed on time and meeting point for your return to the port, you will get to the coach and your adventure will start. Beutiful Florence will impress and charm you from the first second you get to the city. Don't forget to take your camera.

What's included

Transportation
Map of Florence
English-speaking assistant

Guide service
Food and drinks
Entrance fees

Pick-up at port of La Spezia
Comfortable footwear required

Highlights

Florence

Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. The Galleria dell'Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.”

Gallery of the Academy of Florence

The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600, the Trecento to the Late Renaissance. It is smaller and more specialized than the Uffizi, the main art museum in Florence. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of fine arts of Florence, but despite the name has no other connection with it. In 2016, it had 1.46 million visitors, making it the second most visited art museum in Italy, after the Uffizi (2.02 million).

La Spezia

La Spezia is located right on the border between Liguria and Tuscany not far from Cinque Terre, Pisa, and Florence. La Spezia is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. The city, a major naval base, is located at the head of the Golfo della Spezia, southeast of Genoa. The site was inhabited in Roman times, but little is known of its history before 1276, when it was sold to Genoa by the Fieschi family. It became a maritime prefecture in the French Empire and then part of the Duchy of Genoa in the Kingdom of Sardinia. After the transfer of the military fleet from Genoa in 1857, it became a naval headquarters, and in 1923 it became the provincial capital. It was severely damaged by bombing in World War II. Notable landmarks include the medieval Castel S. Giorgio, the 15th-century cathedral (rebuilt since 1945), and the naval arsenal (1861–69, rebuilt since 1945), with the adjacent naval museum. The archaeological museum has a collection of menhirs (prehistoric monoliths) cut in the form of human figures and of Roman artifacts from the nearby ancient city of Luni.

Ponte Vecchio

The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy. It is noted for the shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers, tanners, and farmers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers, and souvenir sellers.

Santa Croce

The Basilica di Santa Croce is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 meters south-east of the Duomo. The site, when first chosen, was in marshland outside the city walls. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, the poet Foscolo, the philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini, thus it is known also as the Temple of the Italian Glories.

Uffizi Gallery

The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

Itinerary

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You’ll be met at the port of La Spezia and guided you to your air-conditioned transportation, ready to start the transfer to the City of Florence.

This excursion allows you to explore this beautiful city by yourself, enabling you to take in the many galleries, historical sites and numerous street markets. There’s so much to see in Florence – here are just a few ideas:

Uffizi Gallery
Accademia Gallery (the famous statue of Michael Angelo’s ‘David’ is in this Gallery)
Florence Markets offering an array of leather goods, souvenirs and local produce
Designer shops
Santa Croce Church
Piazza del Duomo and Giotto’s Bell Tower
Piazza della Signoria (Palazzo Vecchio)
Piazza della Republica
The elegant Ponte Vecchio (The Old Bridge)

Our guide/escort will be on hand to give you as much information and recommendations as you need. They will be able to assist you with directions and show you the meeting point in Florence and also perhaps give you recommendations of restaurants and shops.

If you’d like to pre-book your tickets for the Uffizi or Accademia Gallery, we can do that for you. You’ll be able to design your own itinerary in order to enjoy your day in the wonderful city of Florence.

The meeting point for your tour will be the parking area at La Spezia Port. The driver/escort will then explain the meeting point and time for your return journey back to the port.

Note: Most of the religious communities require ladies to cover their shoulders and knees as a sign of respect when entering religious sites, such as cathedrals and churches. Please, ensure shoulders and knees are covered if the tour has the opportunity to enter the Duomo. As coaches are not allowed into the centre of Florence, there will be a 20-minute walk to the coach park at the end of the tour. Additionally, this tour involves a lot of walking on steep, uneven ground and is NOT suitable for guests with walking difficulties or clients in wheelchairs.

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