Florence, Enchanting Siena & San Gimignano 2023

Welcome to Florence! Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Overnight stay in Florence.

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning meet the guide at the hotel for a 4-hour private walking tour of Florence with Accademia Museum visit. This walking tour will show the most fascinating and interesting places of Florence and offer you the opportunity to visit the famous Accademia Gallery. In the Accademia Gallery you can admire the best-known statue in the world, the imposing David by Michelangelo, a sculpture of absolute beauty, icon of the renaissance model. Inside the Accademia Gallery you can admire other important works by this famous artist such as ‘I Prigioni’, ‘San Matteo’ and ‘Pietà di Palestrina’. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay in Florence. (B)

Optional Tour: Skip The Line Uffizi Museum Entrance With Audio Guide
At 1115HRS at the Uffizi Gallery Piazzale, in front of Dante Alighieri Statue, located close to door No 1 (entrance re­served to the booking holders). An Assistant will wait for you to assist you in entering the Museum. Visit one of the most famous art galleries in the world on your own with audio guide. Here you can admire numerous works of art by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio and many others. Among the precious exhibition halls of the Gallery, the most renowned one contains the refined works by Botticelli, amongst which the absolute masterpieces: ‘Primavera’ and ‘Birth of Venus’. The latter painting, the icon of the museum, represents the allegory of the birth of the god­dess emerging from the sea foam and symbolises the ideal of beauty as an expression of purity and spiritual quality, typical of the Renaissance Neoplatonic aesthetics.

Includes
▪ Assistance at the Meeting Point
▪ Audio guide in your own language
▪ Museum skip the line entrance ticket

For guests who decide to book the morning optional ‘Skip The Line Uffizi Museum Entrance With Audio Guide’, the private Florence walking tour with Accademia Museum will be confirmed in the afternoon.

Breakfast at the hotel. Today we embark on an unforgettable tour not to be missed. Pick up at the hotel and departure. Through the typical Tuscan countryside’s hilly territory, we reach San Gimignano, a beautiful UNESCO World Heritage town, famous for the still intact medieval town planning with the numerous and beautiful towers hence the nickname "Manhattan of the Middle Ages". This town is also known for the ‘Vernaccia’ wine. A stroll in the town centre means discovering true jewels of art, among which Piazza della Cisterna, the Dome, Palazzo del Podestà and the Church of Sant' Agostino. We will have a wine tasting and lunch in one of the famous vineyards of the area. You will be guided through a tasting of different wines of the area and organic extra virgin olive oil. Continue to Siena, splendid medieval city, universally known for its artistic treasures that has been recognized by the UNESCO as a "Heritage of Humanity". Once in Siena, we will see the famous Piazza del Campo, with its particular "shell" shape. Here are the Palazzo Comunale (1298) flanked by the tall Torre del Mangia (1325) and where every year the famous ‘Palio’ race takes place. You may use your free time to visit the splendid cathedral, one of the highest artistic expressions of the Middle Ages and admire the buildings and churches along the narrow lively streets. Return to Florence for overnight stay. (B, T, L)

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport. (B)