The 15 Guided Tours in Florence That Earn Their Price

The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance & Medici Tales - guided by a STORYTELLER - Palazzo Medici Riccardi and the family behind the name

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12,316 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $3Our pick

Walk Florence from San Lorenzo to Ponte Vecchio with a lively storyteller, Medici tales, Renaissance landmarks, and practical city tips.

“Ricardo was a highly informative, nice and helpful guide who really helped me get a sense of where I waa walking - north, south...- and why key places mattered in the Renaissance. I appreciated his approach and carefully customized presentations. If you go, please bring cash - at least 10 Euros per person. The tour is listed as "free" but it is more "pay as you are able." This involves trust so really do what you can. I hope most in my group did so though I thought I might have seen a slip away. So wrong! Go and enjoy this awesome experience. Thank you, Ricci!”

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Florence Duomo Tours, Guided, Tour Reviews, Tours

Florence: Duomo Cathedral Guided Tour

2.Duomo Cathedral Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 5,970 reviews · from $15

See Florence’s Duomo with a licensed guide, learn how Brunelleschi’s cupola was built, and admire Vasari’s Last Judgment inside.

“Super guide who gave us the history of the duomo and pointed out the main things to see and understand both on the outside and inside of the duomo”

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Guided, Museums, Tour Reviews, Tours, Uffizi Gallery Tours

Uffizi Gallery Small Group Tour with Guide

3.Uffizi Gallery Small Group Tour with Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,923 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $76

See Botticelli, Leonardo, and Raphael at Florence’s Uffizi with a small-group guide, priority entry, headsets, and extra time to explore.

“The guide, Bruce, was amazing. He kept us interested the whole tour. He was funny and informative. My teens enjoyed him too”

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Accademia Gallery Tours, Guided, Museums, Tour Reviews, Tours

Florence: Accademia Gallery Guided Tour

4.Accademia Gallery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 4,156 reviews · 1 hour · from $53

See Michelangelo’s David with a historian guide, skip the Accademia line, and learn how Florence and the Medici shaped the Renaissance.

“Fabulous tour! Guide (Claudio) was so knowledgeable and great at telling the story of Michelangelo. Thoroughly enjoyable!”

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Florence Duomo Tours, Guided, Tour Reviews, Tours

Florence: Duomo Guided Tour with Optional Dome Climb Upgrade

5.Duomo Guided Tour with Optional Dome Climb Upgrade

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 3,706 reviews · 30 minutes - 1 hour · from $25

Skip Florence Duomo lines, hear its story, and add Brunelleschi’s Dome climb for sweeping city views plus 72-hour access to key sites.

“Tbh the cathedral does not have much to learn about but our guide made it so interesting and interactive that we absolutely loved the tour.”

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Florence Walking Tours, Guided, Tour Reviews, Tours

Florence: Guided Walking Tour

6.Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3,334 reviews · from $31

See Florence’s Duomo, Medici landmarks, Piazza della Signoria, and Ponte Vecchio on a lively 90-minute guided walk.

“Rosa took us on a tour that highlighted the main attractions but also showed us a lot of quirky interesting places and things that a tourist could easily miss, she spoke about foodie places to visit. It was a very enjoyable tour, thank you x”

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Accademia Gallery Tours, Guided, Skip-the-Line Tickets, Tour Reviews, Tours

Florence: Skip-the-Line Accademia Guided Tour

7.Skip-the-Line Accademia Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,327 reviews · from $43

See Michelangelo’s David with priority entry and an English-speaking guide on this practical one-hour Accademia Gallery tour in Florence.

“Our tour guide clearly loved her material and appreciated introducing us to it. Her passion made a historic, fabulous work come alive. Gracie!”

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Florence: Accademia Gallery Guided Tour with Entry Ticket

8.Accademia Gallery Guided Tour with Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 2,253 reviews · 1h 15m · from $49

See Michelangelo’s David without Florence’s long queues on a 75-minute Accademia tour with a live guide, headsets, and reserved entry.

“The guide that we go was good but the place felt underwhelming given the money and time it takes to enter. David was the only magnificent piece. Everything else was repetitive.”

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Florence: Uffizi Gallery and Accademia Gallery Guided Tour

9.Uffizi Gallery and Accademia Gallery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,028 reviews · 3 hours · from $140

See Botticelli, Michelangelo, and David with a guide on a three-hour Uffizi and Accademia tour with timed entry in Florence.

“Anna demonstrated her deep knowledge of art history, it was a learning experience with and enjoyable too with Anna”

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Florence: Uffizi Gallery Small-Group Guided Tour with Ticket

10.Uffizi Gallery Small-Group Guided Tour with Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,003 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $76

See Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Leonardo with a small-group guide, priority entry, headsets, and 90 minutes of focused Uffizi highlights.

“Our tour guide Anna was wonderful! She was engaging and knowledgeable and obviously has a passion for sharing the history and art of the Uffizi Gallery. The line was a little long to enter the museum but she didn’t rush through the tour at all and made sure we could still see everything. We learned so much and it’s a great value for money!”

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Florence Food Tours, Guided, Tour Reviews, Tours, Tuscany Day Trips, Wine Tours

From Florence: Tuscany Wine & Food Tour with Guide

11.Tuscany Wine & Food Tour with Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,746 reviews · 8 hours · from $175

Spend a full day in Chianti with three organic wineries, Tuscan lunch, olive oil tastings, Greve, and scenic drives from Florence.

“The tour provider was Prestige Rent. Violeta, tour guide, and Francesco, driver, were both very friendly and enhanced my experience of the tour. They both were awesome. The wineries selected were excellent. Our treatment at each one of them was top notch. The scenery of Tuscany is hard to put into words. Saying it’s incredibly beautiful almost doesn’t completely describe it well enough. It must be seen with your own eyes. Thank you for a wonderful lasting memory!”

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Accademia Gallery Tours, Guided, Skip-the-Line Tickets, Tour Reviews, Tours

David & Accademia Guided Tour with Time Entry Ticket

12.David & Accademia Guided Tour with Time Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,705 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $37

See Florence’s top sights and Michelangelo’s David with a small-group guide, timed Accademia entry, headsets, and no long ticket queue.

“The walking tour of Florence was excellent with our enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. Thank goodness we had earphones because the city was so busy that we would not have been able to hear our guide without them. The tour lasts about 2 hours before entering the museum via skip the line. We still had to wait to get inside but for the number of people, it was very well organised. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Florence.”

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Florence: Guided Walking Tour

13.Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,602 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $27

See Florence’s Duomo, Signoria Square, Ponte Vecchio, and Renaissance stories on a lively 90-minute guided walk for $27.

“Chiara was an excellent guide and introduced us to the deep historical significance of Florence in the Renaissance. Her selection of sites was absolutely well-chosen, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.”

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Florence: Renaissance and Medici Tales Guided Walking Tour

14.Renaissance and Medici Tales Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,549 reviews · 2 hours · from $2Best value

Florence walking tour covering Medici power, Renaissance art, the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, and local food tips in about two hours.

“Chiara was amazing - such a knowledgeable and engaging lady. She conveyed so much information in her tales of Florence and its history, we could have listened to her for hours! the tour was over all too quickly. Can't recommend Chiara and this tour enough - if you only do one thing in Florence, take this tour, you learn a lot about the history of Florence in a most enjoyable way. Be aware that the tour is free but significant tips (amount of your choice) are required but well worth it.”

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