Modena city tour Walking tour in the old town
Description
A walking tour with a local guide, that will enable you to discover and appreciate the most significant sites to visit in Modena old city center in 2 hours.
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Modena cathedral is a Unesco Heritage of humanity since 1997. In Romanesque art, architecture and sculpture reached their highest expression in religious buildings, standing out for their powerful architectural structures and stone decorations that translated the complex spirituality of medieval man into images. The guide will explain both the exterior and the interior of the Cathedral.
From its vantage point looking out onto Piazza Grande, the Palazzo Comunale is actually a series of annexed medieval buildings cloistered within an arcade in the early 1600s. Its unusual attractions depict key points in Modena’s history. First there is a bucket of local lore, plundered by the City of Bologna during the 1325 Battle of Zappolino. As a symbol of civic heroism, the bucket inspired Alessandro Tassoni’s celebrated mock-heroic epic poem, ‘La Secchia Rapita’ (‘The Stolen Bucket’). Inside the palace you'll visit some historical rooms.
Rome architect Bartolomeo Avanzini designed the Palazzo Ducale, which was built from 1634 onwards. The home of the Este Court for more than two centuries, today it is the headquarters of the Italian Military Academy. This will be an external visit.
A UNESCO-heritage site, along with the Cathedral it adjoins and the Piazza Grande it overlooks, the Ghirlandina (or Garland) Tower is so named because of the double twist of balustrades crowning it like a garland. Standing 87 metres (or 285 feet) high this symbol of Modena was completed by the Campionese Masters, who also worked on the later medieval modifications of the Cathedral itself. This will be an external visit.
The Liberty-style market hall in Via Albinelli was created in 1931, to house the stalls that had always been set up around Piazza Grande. The traders of the Mercato Albinelli offer many typical products of Modena region, as well as certified goods.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
Reviews(19)
Cultural tour that lives up to expectations Friendly and prepared guide
Very knowledgeable and competent staff. The itinerary for the visit of the old town is complete and sufficiently detailed.
A nice visit, confirm.A couple of hours around Modena, with a guide (Simonetta) affable, prepared, essential: a pleasure! The route touched Piazza Grande, the Duomo (magnificent), the Ducal Palace (Accademia) making us appreciate the three historical periods: Roman Modena, Medieval Modena, Modena capital of the Estense duchy. Congratulations as well to the Modenatur Agency, able to organize everything with clarity and simplicity, since the Prenota.consigli highly: not to be missed!
We take a very interesting tour of the city and its monuments and attractions that characterize it. The Duomo, the Synagogue, the Ghirlandina Tower. Sus calles invitan a recorrerla.
Guided tour of Modena with Modena City tour. A very interesting visit full of details. Our guide Chiara was very good, prepared and never bored us. I highly recommend this experience!
It was an okay tour. It started at 3:39, so the market was already closed & then we arrived at the Ducal Palace, it was closing also so we could not visit. The guide was fine but not easy to hear. Don’t think I could recommend therefore. Also Tour ended at 1.5 hrs, not 2!
Isabella is very knowledgeable and gave an excellent tour of the church. We were in and around the church for almost an hour. Then in 30 minutes we were back to the tourist info office and the tour was over. Only 1.5 hours for what was supposed to be a 2 hour tour. (you get what you pay for)
Isabella was so knowledgeable and easy to understand she was a pleasure. She even came prepared with a drape for anyone that needed coverage to enter the church! Wonderful tour.
On Easter day we took part in the walking tour of the historic center with Leonardo. It was beautiful and very interesting
Beautiful experience, guide very knowledgeable in the details of the monuments, very pleasant tour, I recommend.
