Florence Untold Walking Tour: Hidden Treasures & Medici History

Highlights

• 1800 Years of History
• Renaissance Masters
• Unique Local Insights

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   Pass by

   We meet here in front of the oldest hospital of the world. Why does this hospital mention Michelangelo and Leonardo very often? What does Dante have to do with this hospital and its relation with the DIVINE COMEDY

2. 2

   Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

   Pass by

   Why is this Cathedral a one-of-a-kind in the world. What did Brunelleschi achieve 600 years ago that still today people cannot achieve. What's brings together the DAVID of Michelangelo and this church?

3. 3

   Battistero Di San Giovanni

   Pass by

   The gate to heaven by Ghibberti. Why is the beggining of Renaissance attributed to this GOLDEN GATE. Who are this "Kim Jong Un" and that "Fat Putin" depicted on the gate: What is Perceptual Prospective and how is Donatello related to Video Games?

4. 4

   Piazza della Repubblica

   30min

   Why is it called the ROMAN FORUM? Who made the Column of Abundance in 1431? How did the Medici become the Patrons of Renaissance. Who invented the modern Banking?

5. 5

   Palazzo Strozzi

   Pass by

   Why is this building a COPY of the Palazzo Medici Riciardi even though they were enemies of the Medici family. Where was the Negroni cocktail born? Why is Florence the Capital of Fashion? What about the very bizarre place to hide stolen jewlery?

6. 6

   Ponte Vecchio

   Pass by

   Who build it and why is called the OLD BRIDGE? Who made it the official jewelry of the city and WHY? What are those windows and that passage on top of the bridge and what does it connect? What about that unique FLORENTINE TOWER on the left of the bridge?

7. 7

   Piazza della Signoria

   Pass by

   Where does this noble name derive from? What are all of those marble statues and only one is in Bronze? Equestrian statue? David of Michelangelo? Judith and Holofernus by Donatello. Bag of potatoes by Bandinelli. The GUCCI museum once the house of DaVinci where he painted the Monna Lisa. Is there a whole roman theatre underneath the piazza? What about the first official open-air museum Loggia dei Lanzi? The mysterious face carved on a corner by Michelangelo, who is that handsome boy?

8. 8

   Uffizi

   Pass by

   Why is this museum called OFFICES? Whats so unique of it and IN IT? Was it always a museum? Did Mark Zuckerberg visit Florence in 1504 , time traveling and why is there a painting of him in the Uffizi gallery? Let's explore them together.

Before you go

Location