Florence History: Discover City Through Famous Historical Families Private Tour
5.0
36 Ratings
Firenze
Uncover the captivating history of Florence through its famous historical families on a private tour. Explore landmarks, learn intriguing stories, and step back in time with a knowledgeable local guide.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Piazza Strozzi - The Strozzi family was a famous family of bankers, like many other families in Florence.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Private tour
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick-up & Drop-off
Additional Information
The city is a product of its history. Explore Florence’s exciting past through its Noteworthy Historical Families on this exclusive tour. Our captivating storytelling will pull you in, providing insights that exceed your usual history lessons.
Get an in-depth exploration of key points of interest like Piazza Strozzi, Piazza della Signoria, and Palazzo Pitti. Link their significance to the historical incidents and trace the impact from then till now in Florence. Your local guide will have you feeling like you’ve time-travelled!
Our History City Tourâ„¢, a flagship of Withlocals, is offered in major cities across the globe. We collaborate with enthusiastic local tour guides who are compensated fairly. We contribute to local economies by promoting only local products and prevent overcrowding by limiting our tours to small, unobtrusive groups. Our tours have a zero carbon footprint and sidestep typical tourist trails.
- Post Covid-19 regulations are applied to this product with regards to the number of participants, delivery methods of the tour and content of the tour.
Location
Piazza della Repubblica
Meet your host beside the Column of Abundance
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(36 Ratings)
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618fareedn
Apr 8, 2024
Engaging and enlightening walking tour! - Michele did a phenomenal job of providing us a Florence family tour. He provided lots of colorful facts and stories from the time Florence began as Roman city to the modern times and how it evolved. He also provided us a walking tour and had great tips on trying Gelato and other fun things to eat. Now we know how to correctly pronounce pistachio the Italian way and we got an understanding of Pinocchio 😊. I highly recommend spending a day with Michele!
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Ingridbz6928bm
Feb 10, 2024
Fantastic! - Laura was fantastic! In the past 40 years I've visited Florence 31 times already, yet Laura still and unexpectedly showed me things I hadn't seen before. She has a great knowledge of the city and of it's history and habits, she's very kind and open, it's a fantastic and unusually lovely experience!
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Hymaryland
Dec 31, 2023
Michele is excellent! - Michele was awesome. Friendly. Engaging. Energetic. Knowledgeable. He arranged a tour based on our interests on the Medici family with visits to Medici Chapel and Palazzo Vecchio. It was four adults. He adapted to our need to stretch out our aperitivo break! Really, why rush drinking the aperol spritz! I have found private tours using Withlocals to be the highlight of all our tours in Florence and Venice. When I return to Firenze, I will book Michèle again.
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Ap201906
Sep 29, 2023
Great Local experience - We spent a lovely morning in the knowledgable and passionate company that was Omar. Being a proud Florentine showed as he guided us through the history of Florence with local insight.
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Jbvs2015
Jul 27, 2023
Great morning! - We had a wonderful morning with Michele. He is a born story-teller and brought us back to the centuries of the de Medici family in Florence. Not too many dates and names, but stories to make us understand the intelligence, power, friendships, religion, intrigue and love for art of this famous family. All whilst walking in the center of the city and pointing out good local restaurants, shops and drinking a cappucino. Michele also gave us tips for our next stop in Tuscany. Thank you Michele for a lovely morning!
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Corinnef934
Jul 23, 2023
Fantastic walking tour around florence - We spent a very enjoyable morning with Alessandra walking through the streets of Florence and hearing the stories of the families and powerful people who shaped the city and its architecture. Alessandra is extremely knowledgeable about history and was happy to answer all our questions and adapt the tour to our interests. We loved discovering areas of the city that we wouldnt have otherwise known about.
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Shin_huh
May 1, 2023
Wonderful! - Chiara was so amazing, thank you for a wonderful tour of Florence! This is exactly what we were looking for, she is very knowledgeable and friendly, and this was by far the best tour we had on our vacation! Can't recommend Chiara enough!
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Anna
Oct 14, 2022
Amazing afternoon touring Florence with Laura - My husband, son and I had a wonderful historical tour with Laura. Her knowledge of the the history of Florence, obvious passion for the architecture and art of her city, and pride of being born and raised as a Florentine,… made for an incredibly enriching experience. We have all been to Florence on several occasions, so we were looking for a tour that went deeper into the historical aspects of the city. She is a brilliant woman whose depth of knowledge was apparent. She also was open about much of modern Italian life, which I loved learning. On a personal note, she is just a kind and caring person. I would not hesitate to book your next tour with her.
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Nchisen
Sep 18, 2022
Very enjoyable and educational - Excellent art history class, if you're interested in the art of Florence and the history of the different families. Very informative! Amazing explanations that brought to life many details that we would have missed or not understood the significance of without the tour.
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381cezarb
Jun 16, 2022
Competent and entertaining - Our Guide, Piero, is knowledgable, good-humored and a skilled storyteller. We enjoyed three hours of both insightful and entertaining information shared by a soft-spoken, well-mannerd and highly competent guide. Thank you, Piero!
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