🏨 Santa Croce and Walking Tour in Florence with an Italian Gelato Activity

Santa Croce and Walking Tour in Florence with an Italian Gelato

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Florence, Florence

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) church in Florence, also known as the "Temple of the Italian Glories" as it is being the burial place of some famous Italians like Galileo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli and etc. Explore the immense artistic wealth in Santa Croce with the interior, the exterior which is covered with a polychrome marble façade, the Bell Tower, Crypt and the 16 Chapels. Later in the afternoon embark on a walking tour to view the most famous attractions and squares of the Florence city.

What's Included

Entrance Ticket with reservation to the Santa Croce

Free Gelato

Guided city walking tour

Official Certified guide

Radio system to hear the guide

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Hotel pick-up and drop off

Palazzo Pitti 10€

Transportation to/from attractions

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
CHILD: Age: 6 - 12
ADULT: Age: 13 - 99

Additional Info

A refusal of entry due to inappropriate dress code, the tour will not be rescheduled or refunded
Confirmation will be received at the time of booking
Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled
The customers choosing the Santa Croce guided tour at 10.30am or 03.00pm join the walking tour at 05.00pm.
Walking Tour is subject to favourable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date.

A refusal of entry due to inappropriate dress code, the tour will not be rescheduled or refunded
Confirmation will be received at the time of booking
Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled
The customers choosing the Santa Croce guided tour at 10.30am or 03.00pm join the walking tour at 05.00pm.
Walking Tour is subject to favourable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Santa Croce

Start the tour in the main square, where the famous soccer game played in medieval costumes, the Calcio Storico Florentino, takes place here every year in June. Your guide will describe in detail of all the immense artistic wealth in Santa Croce; frescoes (1380) by Gaddi in the Cappella Maggiore tell the story of "Santa Croce", and beautiful frescoes by Giotto in the Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels show scenes from the life of St. Francis and St. John the Evangelist.

On your way to the left of the entrance, see the memorial of the 19th-century playwright Giovanni Battista Niccolini built as an inspiration for the Statue of Liberty. As you walk through the hallowed walls, learn about the art of Donatello and his crucifix, one of the jewels of the Renaissance, as well as the art of Brunelleschi and the perfect architectural harmony of his Chapel of Fools.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piazza della Repubblica

From the point of the meeting, the guide will give you an insight of the history of this Renaissance city and how this incredible cultural movement of the Renaissance transformed not only Florence but eventually the rest of Europe.

The guide will start off with Piazza Della Republica, the main square of Florence that marks the center of the City. After a little talk of history & the changes of Piazza Republica since its origin, you will walk straight to the marvelous piece of art, the Piazza Della Duomo. A showstopper of Filippo Brunelleschi, Giotto, Arnolfo & Francesco Talenti.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piazza del Duomo

Walk passing the Duomo Square the guide will lead you straight through the old buildings and some of the historical landmarks of Florence to Palazzo Vecchio, where the David’s’ sculpture (the original is in the Galleria dell'Accademia) by Michelangelo is placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio as a symbol of the Republic's defiance of the tyrannical Medici.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ponte Vecchio

Afterward, as you walk past the Palazzo Vecchio, the guide will explain you about the Uffizi Gallery, one of the greatest museums of the world, and then you will reach the most famous old bridge of Florence known as “Ponte Vecchio”.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palazzo Pitti

Your next stop is Palazzo Pitti, the enormous palace of Florence's largest architectural monuments of Filippo Brunelleschi and the household of Pitti Family, later of the Medici’s’.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Finally, the guide will talk you through the artists, architects, thinkers and political figures who led to the Renaissance and born on the fertile soil in and around Florence, within the same century till your final stop to “La Strega Nocciola” for a delicious gelato offered by us Star Florence.

The tour takes about two hours, enough time to help you understand the uniqueness and beauty of the Florence city.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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