Florence and its museums

DISCOVER FLORENCE’S MUSEUMS WITH YOUR ENGLISH-SPEAKING GUIDE!

Guided tour of a priceless collection.

It would be a real shame to come to Florence and not take advantage of one of its many museums. It’s hard to imagine the artistic wealth of Florence, which boasts some sixty museums. Choosing an official guide for a private tour allows you to make a selection of the most famous works, optimise the time of your visits and your stay and make each visit an unforgettable, exciting and personalised experience. Follow my lead!

Here I present the most visited museums, my favourites, and the almost obligatory stages of your stay in Florence:

The Uffizi Museum (paintings by Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio)

A museum of painting, the pleasure of an unmissable visit not to be missed! Thanks to the selection of your private guide, you can enjoy the most famous masterpieces in the collection, and leave the Uffizi Gallery totally enchanted, rather than saturated. The Uffizi Museum now boasts more than 1,600 works: Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio are just some of the …

The Academy Gallery (sculptures by Michelangelo: the David, the 4 Prisoners, the Saint Mathieux)

The Accademia Museum is one of the most visited places in Florence, and since 1873 has housed the original of the David, one of Michelangelo’s major works. The Accademia Museum is one of the most visited places in Florence, and since 1873 has housed the original of the David, one of Michelangelo’s major works. A guided tour of the Gallery is an ideal solution for those wishing to avoid the long queues …

The great Museum of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral, Dome, Baptistery and Campanile)

The richness of its collections makes this one of the world’s leading museums of medieval and Renaissance sculpture. After a pleasant stroll around the cathedral square, let your official guide take you inside the museum, where you can admire the original works.
The most famous artists are also here…

Palazzo Vecchio (political history of Florence, residence of the Medici family)

The choice is vast, and capable of satisfying the most demanding traveller. I’ll be delighted to work with you to organise tailor-made itineraries to suit your interests, the age of your children and the time you have available. I always take care of bookings personally to avoid queues, especially in high season.

The Palatine Gallery in the Palazzo Pitti, royal residence.

The Galleria Palatina and the Royal and Imperial Apartments occupy the entire upper floor of Palazzo Pitti, once the residence of the Medici and Lorraine families and later of the Savoy family, which hosted the kings of Italy from 1865 to 1919. The sumptuous gallery of paintings was created between the end of the eighteenth century and the first decades of the nineteenth century by the Lorraine family, who deposited in the reception rooms around 500 works chosen from the masterpieces of the main Medici collections.

The choice is vast, and capable of satisfying the most demanding traveller. I would be delighted to work with you to organise tailor-made itineraries to suit your interests, the age of your children and the time you have available. I always take care of booking tickets personally to avoid queues, especially during the high season.

History of a collection

In 1739, Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, the family’s last descendant, bequeathed the family’s collections to the Tuscan state, on condition that they never leave Florence. In this way, the Medici collections became public. Thanks to this avant-garde and visionary woman, we still have access to this great heritage. Paintings, sculptures, silverware, jewellery, ceramics, costumes, tapestries – it’s a journey from the Middle Ages to the full Renaissance, right through to the Baroque and modern periods.