Your guide in Florence will meet you at your centrally located Florence Hotel. The tour will start at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the first example of a Renaissance palace in Florence. Coincidentally, this was also the first residence of the Medici family. Lorenzo the Magnificent grew up right here.

We will continue into the Medici quarter, in San Lorenzo Square, where the Medici family commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi to restore the oldest church in Florence.

After the guided visit of the church, we can admire the façade of Santa Maria Novella, a superb church situated right next to the railway station in Florence.

Your guide in Florence, will then take you to the most important Renaissance palaces in Florence: Palazzo Strozzi and Palazzo Rucellai.

When we reach the most magnificent church in Florence, Santa Trinita, we will have the possibility to admire the Sassetti Chapel, a masterpiece of the Renaissance by Domenico del Ghirlandaio.

The Palazzo Pitti, the last residence of the Medici family, today houses some very important collections of paintings. If you love Raphael's paintings, it is suggested you visit the Palatine Gallery.

Next is the Uffizi building that has housed the richest collection of paintings in Italy since the 16th century. This is the oldest museum in Europe.

Some of the statues in the Piazza della Signoria are definitely part of these glorious times in Florence. The last part of our guided visit of Florence will be dedicated to them. You will discover their stories, mysteries and the artists who created them.