Enjoy Florence in a Day: Uffizi, Accademia & Walking Tour of Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio
Enjoy Florence to the max with this full day of Renaissance art, museums, and a walking tour around Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.
This sightseeing and walking tour in Florence Italy lets you to discover the most famous Renaissance artworks in Accademia di Belle Arti and the Uffizi Gallery museums as well as the top sights of Florence including Ponte Vecchio, Duomo, the Church of Orsanmichele, Santa Croce, and Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.
Your day in Florence begins with skip-the-line tour of the oldest museum in the world. Built in 1560, the Uffizi Gallery is where you will find some of the most important Gothic and Renaissance paintings such as Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Primavera, Leonardo’s Annunciation, Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo and other masterpieces from Raphael, Giotto, Vasari, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt.
Your next museum visit is to Accademia di Belle Arti to see one of the masterpieces of Renaissance Art – Michelangelo’s statue of David. Also home to Michelangelo’s Prisoners (or Slaves), the Accademia Gallery in Florence features many other celebrated works of Florentine Art.
And your walking tour through the main sights and picturesque streets of Florence afterwards is the perfect introduction to Firenze.