Livorno: Florence Optional Walking Tour and Accademia Entry
Description
If you are stopping for the day at the port of Livorno and want to visit Florence, this round-trip transfer makes the logistics a snap. Board the bus directly at the cruise port for the non-stop drive to the center of Florence, near the train station area, where you can start exploring the city, cradle of the Renaissance, considered an "open-air museum" and its numerous masterpieces for 5 hours. If you want to be sure to optimize your time, choose the "walking with local tour leader" option to be sure to see all the main monuments from the best point of view and use your free time for shopping and taste local food. For the complete experience, you can add the ticket for the Accademia Gallery. This allows you to guarantee your entry to see Michelangelo’s world-famous David and other extraordinary works.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Be sure to be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before departure time, at the meeting point you will find the staff wearing a GREEN T-Shirt. No refund will be give in case of late coming
See the most important landmarks of the city center like the fabulous Signoria Square, marble Dome with its bell tower, the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge). If you have Walking tour included the tour will terminate a the characteristic Central Market where you will have the opportunity to taste many local dishes, and enjoy a free glass of wine
By choosing the dedicated tour option, your journey through the history of art with the entrance to the Accademia Museum in Florence. Here you can admire Michelangelo's original statue of David , a masterpiece that embodies the artistic perfection of the Renaissance. In addition to the David, the museum houses unfinished sculptures that reveal the artist's creative process, and a collection of paintings and ancient musical instruments that further enrich the experience. The Accademia offers you a unique immersion in the art and culture of a timeless Florence, making your experience even more special.
Admire a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral. The unusual position of the bell tower, aligned with the facade, reflects the desire to give it great importance as a sign of strong verticality at the center of the Insula Episcopalis, as well as probably the practical need to free the view of the apse area for the large dome, foreseen since Arnolfian project. Giotto provided an original design for the bell tower, with a pyramidal cusp termination 50 Florentine arms high (about 40 metres), according to which the total elevation should have been approximately 120-125 metres. A drawing preserved in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Siena is considered by some scholars to be inspired by this project.
Visit Central Market, one of the results from the time of risanamento, during the late nineteenth century. Inside, is possible to find primary ingredients of Tuscan cuisine, fruits and vegetable stands as well as nuts and spices. Outside, you can find leather goods.
Admire Florence Cathedral and its complex which includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Walk through this square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, also shared with the Loggia della Signoria. It is the main point of the origin and history of the Florentine Republic and gateway to Uffizi Gallery.
Walk through Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge noted for the shops built along it.
Walk through Basilica of San Lorenzo, one of the main Catholic places of worship in Florence, located in the square of the same name in the historic center of the city. It is one of the churches that compete for the title of the oldest in the city and has the dignity of a minor basilica[1]. The San Lorenzo market is held near the church.
Back directly at Meeting Point
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Departure times are subject to change due to arrival to Cruise ships
- Please, specify Ship Name and Boarding time
- Be sure to be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before departure time, at the meeting point you will find the staff wearing a GREEN T-Shirt.
- If your ship makes an itinerary change or schedule change and you arrive in a different port or in a different schedule, please do not assume your tour has been cancelled. your tour will be schedule for the new port or for the new timing. Please call our representative to confirm the new details.
- Return in time to the ship guaranteed.
- Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the entrance time at the Accademia Gallery ticket office
- Present the ENTRY CODE at the Accademia Gallery Box Office in order to collect your ticket
- If you have selected Accademia Option, you receive an exclusive ENTRY CODE by your escort the day of the excursion.
Reviews(352)
Excellent service and our guide Federico was brilliant. Although very hot he made our walking tour very good
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Boarded the bus in Livorno. 45-50 min ride to Florence. Tour “guide” provided a map and recommended several key sights to see. Most of the sights were within. 15-20 walk of the bus parking area. The large Duomo is free to enter (ladies cover knees and shoulders). Would like to have climbed the stairs to the top (30 euro) but did not plan ahead well enough. It was hot (July), bring water. This was not a guided tour, more accurately it was a bus ride to/from Florence.
Our pick-up and drop-off points are regularly approved by the municipality in order to preserve the beauty of our UNESCO World Heritage sites. It is only a short walking distance, and guests are always accompanied by our tour leaders.
A good way to get into Florence but we didn't get much else. Check in needs to be more slick. Generally more information needed as we didn't really know what was happening.
The lavendar museum was better than expected! Very interesting and informative and ended with a touch of fine lavendar oil. Provence and its villages are gorgeous. Our coach driver did a fantastic job negotiating the narrow, curvy roads. We visited at the end of June during a heat wave, so walking up hills and through the villages was a bit challenging. We could not keep up with the guide due to my husbands knee problem. Unfortunately, our guide's english was difficult to understand so we missed a lot of history and culture. People should know that this tour does not include a visit to any lavendar fields, just driving by a few of them on our way to the museum and villages. Overall, the tour was good. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on the coach.
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I only found one problem: I booked the excursion with Viator, and they, in turn, subcontracted the excursion with another company, which created confusion when looking for the guide. In the excursion itself, the guide was good, with quality and overall good development. Final rating very good
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Nice air con buses. Dropped us about 15 minute walk from central Florence. Bus waited 10 minutes on 2 “no show passengers” who didn’t turn up. On a negative note - we were supposed to get a voucher for wine tasting and a free glass of wine in Florence included in the price. This was never mentioned.
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the tour was nice, but the directions given to the starting point by VIATOUR were the worst. I will never use viatour again.
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Very affordable in comparison to the similar cruise tour. We paid 5 euros extra each for the guide to give us a walking tour of Florence which meant we saw all the main sites. The coach journey in both direction was very comfortable and we returned to the ship in plenty of time. Definitely recommend
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I was nervous about this trip after reading some of the reviews, but this transfer was great! The guides in the green shirts were very easy to find and they held up large signs with the tour on them making it very easy to check in. Yes, it was crowded, but we had no issues checking in and getting on the bus. The bus left on time and we had 5 hours in Florence on our own. We did not do the walking tour or museum entry. We returned to Livorno with plenty of time to make it back to our ship. Much cheaper than our ship transfer!
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If you don’t know where you are going in Florence, staying with the guide is an excellent choice. Florence is worth the trip!
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