Meeting point: Piazza Adua - Corner with Via Valfonda at 9.15 am. Viale dei Colli - Piazzale Michelangelo (stop) - Duomo complex (visit): the Baptistery, Gates of Paradise - the Cathedral (visit): Brunelleschi's grandiose cupola, Giotto's bell tower - Gallery of the Academy (Closed on Monday. Replaced with visit to the Bargello Museum or the Medici Chapels): the original David by Michelangelo - Visit to a historical leather shop for a guilding leather demonstration.
FL 1A+LL - FLORENCE + LIGHT LUNCH Meeting point: Piazza Adua - Corner with Via Valfonda at 9.15 am. The itinerary of FL1A Visit of Florence Morning with lunch in a historical restaurant. Beverage included.
FL 1B - VISIT OF FLORENCE (Afternoon) Meeting point: Piazza della Signoria at the Fountain of Nettuno at 13.45 pm. Piazza Signoria: Palazzo Vecchio, Loggia dei Lanzi - The Uffizi Gallery (Closed on Monday. Replaced with visit to the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio): Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio. The tour ends in front of Palazzo Pitti - Visit to a historical leather shop for a guilding leather demonstration.
FL 3 - SIENA AND S. GIMIGNANO Meeting point: Piazza Adua - Corner with Via Valfonda at 8.45 - full day An extremely interesting excursion through the countryside of the Chianti area among delightful hills, with an ever-changing scenery of vineyards and olive trees. Upon arrival in Siena, a guided tour of the old city centre: walking along the small mediaeval streets, admiring the splendid palaces and ending up at the Cathedral, with the Piccolomini Library, the Opera Metropolitana Museum. The tour proceeds to Piazza del Campo, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe, the Town Hall. Free time for lunch (not included). Departure for San Gimignano, famous for its numerous towers, frescoes and other art treasures. Free time to discover this fascinating city, along the way back stop for a delightful wine tasting in a typical winery with taste of Chianti and Tuscany cooking snacks. Return to Florence at approx.18:00.
FL 4 - PISA Meeting point: Piazza Adua - Corner with Via Valfonda at 13.45 pm. - half day tour Departure from Piazza dell'Esquilino (Bus Terminal) - Via Merulana - The Basilica of St. John in Lateran the 'mother of all churches', built under the emperor Constantine, the first Christian Caesar, and renewed by Borromini in the XVII century (visit) - The Holy Stairs with the 28 steps ascended by Christ in Pontius Pilates' house during his trial and supposed to have been brought from Jerusalem by St. Helena, the Emperor Constantine's mother (Visit) - Appian Way - the Domine Quo Vadis Chapel - Catacombs (Visit) - Walking along the Via Appia Antica till the Monument of Cecilia Metella - Thermes of Caracalla. On Sundays and Bank Holidays visit of St. Mary the Major instead of Via Appia Antica.
FL 5 - PANORAMIC OPERA DINNER Meeting point: Piazza Adua - Corner with Via Valfonda at 18.45 pm. Enjoy the beautiful night panorama of the city of Florence and the pleasure of the Italian music and cuisine. Meeting with our assistant and panoramic tour of Florence up to Piazzale Michelangelo where you will be able to admire the city in its sunset lights; we will proceed then to the Monastery of Certosa. Arrival at restaurant at around 8.00 pm where you will experience a traditional Italian 6 course menu (wine included) accompanied by the enchanting view of Certosa and an unforgettable show of folkloric and opera music.
