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Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence
On the corner of a vivid square Piazza di Santa Croce the visitors can enter one of the most importan tourist destinations in Florence – the church of Holy Cross.
Full Day Vatican Tour
By booking this tour you avoid the legendary long lines queuing to St.Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Museums. The saved time allows to experience the pilgrimage visit to the Holy City and journey through its most precious masterpieces.
Piazza del Campidoglio
In 1536 Pope Paul III asked Michelangelo to design a modern square, aimed to bring the old splendour to the ancient centre of the city, devastated and ruined in Middle Ages. The artist designed the square with the large entry road Cordonata and redesigned the facades of two already existing buildings: Palazzo Senatorio and Palazzo [...]
Cordonata Capitolina
Cordonata Capitolina gently rises from Aracoeli square to the Capitol buildings located on the sides of Piazza del Campidoglio.
Galleria dell’ Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
This tour allows to skip the waiting lines for the tickets to two most important Art Museums in Florence. After given the essential highlights by a professional guide you will be left inside museum to stay longer in front of masterpieces of your choice.
Michelangelo and the Medici Family Private tour
Discover the mystery of the powerful family, which for over four centuries ruled Florence. See the private rooms and chapels of Medici designed and furbished by Michelangelo and other great Renaissance masters.
Walking Tour of Vasari Corridor and Uffizi Gallery
Get into the shoes of Emperor of Florence silently moving above the ordinary people crowding the only solid bridge in the city. For a long time closed, a secret passage built for Medici family is opened again.
Galleria dell’ Accademia Guided Tour
This tour allows to skip the line of the tourists eager to see one of the most important Florentine and world art collections. The private guide highlights the most important items from the enormous collection of Fine Arts Academy, and gives the deep background to better experience the Renaissance history of Florentine masters.
Cappelle Medicee
The part of church San Lorenzo called The Medici Chapels preserves the mortal remains of Medici family members is also the place, when you can admire one of the best of Michelangelo’s sculptures prepared for tombstones of two Medici princes: Lorenzo and Giuliano.The Miechelangelo masterpieces and so the tombstones are located in La Sagrestia Nuova ( the New Sacristy). Six other princes rest in Cappella dei Principi, while the grave of the founder of Medici family Cosimo il Vecchio is located in the separate crypt on the right side of the church.
Palazzo Vecchio in Florence
The palace on Piazza della Signoria has been build at the turning of 13th century for Priors of the Arts and Gonfaloniere di Giustizia the representatives of Signoria of Florence. At the beginning the building was called the Palazzo della Signoria, or Palazzo del Popolo, when Cosimo I decided to move with his court to [...]
Palazzo del Bargello
Palazzo del Bargello which host the National Museum collection is one of the oldest municipal buildings in Florence. It has been build in 1255 as the residence of Capitanato del Popolo, The present name has the origins from 16th century, when the palace became the home for Capitano del Giusticia nicknamed Bargello. For a long [...]
Galleria dell’Accademia
In 1784 Pietro Leopoldo established l’Accademia di Belle Arti ( Fine Arts Academy ) in the former properties of the convent of San Niccolò di Cafaggio and hospital of San Matteo ( St.Mathias ). The part of the hospital building called Loggia di San Matteo has been occupied by the Academy’s Gallery, the collection of [...]
