PRIVATE Walking Tour around Medici Family

Basilica of San Lorenzo (Basilica di San Lorenzo)

The Basilica di San Lorenzo, or St. Lawrence Church, is one of the largest wor­ship places in Florence, Italy. Situated right at the city’s main mar­ket, it is the burial site for famous Medici fam­ily mem­bers from Cosimo il Vecchio all the way to Cosimo III.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

The Laurentian Library was built under the patronage of Pope Clement VII, a Medici. It thus shows how the Medici rose from being merchants to being acknowledged as rightful members of both the intellectual and ecclesiastical communities. The books and manuscripts in this library came from the private collection of the Medici family. Though much praised for its architectural design by Michelangelo, this library represents Mannerism to an enormous degree.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Medici Chapels

In appendage to Brunelleschi’s church built in the fifteenth century, the Medici Chapels were constructed between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in honor of the Medici family patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The design of the Sagrestia Nuova New Sacristy is attributed to Michelangelo.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Medici Riccardi Palace (Palazzo Medici Riccardi)

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Florence Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore)

Florence Cathedral, or as the locals call it Duomo di Firenze, officially Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, started being built in 1296 and was a Gothic design by Arnolfo di Cambio. The location of the church is in Piazza del Duomo; Baptistery comes next to it and Giotto's Campanile gives height over them. These all three buildings are within the UNESCO World Heritage Site label for Florence's historic center and are major tourist spots in Tuscany.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni)

The Baptistery of Saint John or Baptistery of Florence is in Piazza San Giovanni and Piazza del Duomo; it stands facing Campanile di Giotto and Cathedral of Florence. This building, this structure happens to be oneof the oldest in Florentine; it was made between 1059 and 1128 in Romanesque style by Florentine.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Giotto's Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto)

Beside the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry of St. John, one finds Giotto's Campanile. This tower displays excellent taste in Florentine Gothic architecture; it has design by Giotto, nice sculptural decorations, and bright colored marble inlays.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Brunelleschi's Dome (Cupola del Brunelleschi)

This dome has come to typify one of the greatest mysteries in the history of both art and architecture. It was, at the time of its completion, the largest dome in the world and it now remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Palazzo Vecchio

The city hall is known as Palazzo Vecchio; the old palace. This splendid fortress and palace come to be among the most extraordinary town halls in Tuscany. It overlooks the square with a copy of Michelangelo's David beside it, next to the gallery of sculptures in Loggia dei Lanzi, near other important public spaces of Italy where cultural events take place and that hold many museums.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano)

The Corridor of Vasari is a raised covered passage in Florence that links Palazzo Vecchio with Palazzo Pitti; the Medici Grand Dukes forbade butchers to do their trade there in 1593 because they wanted to give height to the place and make the bridge look better, allowing instead gold and silver merchants.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Uffizi Galleries (Gallerie degli Uffizi)

The Uffizi Gallery is one of Italy’s greatest museums and the most popular; it houses one of the biggest and best-known collections of Renaissance paintings in the world. Masterpieces by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, and many other great masters can be found within its walls. This will take you on a guided journey through art and history, more than 80 halls filled with masterpieces from the 12th to the 16th century. The best collection of Renaissance paintings in the world awaits you.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included

Ponte Vecchio

The old bridge, or Ponte Vecchio, is the medieval bridg o f Arno River in Florence Italy. Famous for shopfl on itfl a feature that was once typical o f bridges it first housed butchers tanners and farmers now they are jewelers and art dealers.

10 minutes - Free entrance

Pitti Palace (Palazzo Pitti)

Pitti's Palace was purchased by the Medici family in 1549 and it shortly became the main place of residence for the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany Wealth amassed in this palace over time because later generations decided to come and stay here brought with them paintings silverware jewelry and many other luxury items.

10 minutes - Entrance ticket NOT included