The David, the Dome, the day in Chianti.
Which Uffizi ticket actually skips the line. Whether the 463-step dome climb earns the queue. Which Tuscan day trip to book and which to skip. Every Florence tour, reviewed and ranked.
The Florence days every trip is built around.
The David and the Uffizi, the climb up the Dome, a long lunch in Chianti, a class with a Tuscan cook, a day loose among the hill towns. The handful of days most trips plan around, and the best way to book each.
One day in the hills: which Tuscany is yours?
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Every Florence trip has one free day that belongs to the countryside. These three carry the most travellers — a vineyard lunch in Chianti, the medieval skylines of Siena and San Gimignano, or the leaning tower at Pisa. The full list splits the rest by the kind of day you want.
Chianti: vineyards, a long lunch, three tastings
South into the Sangiovese hills for cellar visits and a farmhouse lunch, back in Florence by aperitivo. The classic first day trip.
Siena, San Gimignano & a Chianti stop
The postcard loop: Siena’s shell-shaped Campo, the towers of San Gimignano, and a winery on the road home. Long, full, worth it.
Pisa, Lucca and the Leaning Tower
The tower you have to photograph holding up, plus Lucca’s intact walls and a slower Tuscan pace an hour west.
Florence’s most popular tours.
Every review →The tours more travellers take than anything else in Florence — and what makes each one worth its slot on a short trip.
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Skip-The-Line Uffizi Gallery Timed Entry Ticket
Skip-the-line timed entry to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery. See Botticelli, Michelangelo, Da Vinci and more, with an English audio guide.
From · $30
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Tuscany Day Trip from Florence: Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa and Lunch at a Winery
from $114
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Timed Entrance Ticket to Michelangelo’s David
from $26
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Michelangelo’s David Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket
from $45
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The Best tour in Florence: Renaissance & Medici Tales – guided by a STORYTELLER
from $3
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Leonardo Interactive Museum Entry Ticket
from $9
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The Best Tour in Florence: Renaissance and Medici Tales
from $3
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Reserved Entrance to Leaning Tower of Pisa & Cathedral
from $28
The two great galleries, without the three-hour queue.
The Uffizi and the Accademia sell timed tickets that vanish weeks ahead. Book the right one and you walk past a line that wraps the block; miss it and you stand in the sun. Here is which ticket does what.
Chianti and the Brunello hills, an hour south.
Tuscany makes the wine the rest of Italy envies. Spend an afternoon between Florence and Siena — cellar visits in Chianti, Brunello in Montalcino, a farmhouse lunch that runs long. The good estates sell out in summer; book ahead.
In Florence, book the table before the museum.
Bistecca alla Fiorentina the size of a doorstop, pasta rolled by hand, a market crawl that ends in a wine cellar. Florence feeds you properly — the best classes and food tours book out days ahead.
- 1Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited Winefrom $21
- 2Florence Pizza or Pasta Class with Gelato Making at a Tuscan Farmfrom $145
- 3Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Unlimited Winefrom $56
What your money actually buys in Florence.
Every tour on the site, sorted by what it costs. A great Florence day can start at the price of a gelato and a gallery ticket.
Gallery tickets, guided walks, market tastings and a class or two — the everyday best of the city.
The classic days out: Chianti wine trips, cooking classes with lunch, small-group gallery tours.
Private guides, vintage-car days in the hills, and the once-a-trip splurges that earn the price.
Things you can only do in Tuscany.
Galleries and cathedrals you can find across Italy. The vintage Fiat convoy through the vines, the truffle dog at dawn and the balloon over the Val d’Orcia belong to the hills around Florence.
The Vintage Fiat 500
A little 1960s Fiat, a scarf, and a convoy that winds out of Florence into the Chianti hills behind a lead car. You drive; someone who knows the roads and the cellar at the end goes first. It runs on classic cars that need booking ahead in summer, and it is exactly as joyful as it looks.
- 1Self-Drive Vintage Fiat 500 Tour from Florence: Tuscan Hills and Italian Cuisine★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 719 reviews
- 2Self-Drive Vintage Fiat 500 Tour from Florence: Tuscan Wine Experience★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 660 reviews
- 3Countryside Vintage Fiat 500 Driving Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 232 reviews
The Truffle Hunt
An hour out toward San Miniato a trained dog crashes through the oak woods and stops dead over a patch of earth worth more than silver. You dig, you shave the find over fresh pasta, you drink the local red at eleven in the morning. White-truffle season peaks in autumn; the dogs work the year round.
- 1Truffle Hunting Experience with Lunch in San Miniato★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 383 reviews
- 2Florence Food Tour with Truffle Pasta, Steak & Free Flowing Wine★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 278 reviews
- 3Flambé Cheese Wheel Truffle Pasta Class & Tiramisù★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 190 reviews
The Tuscany Balloon
Before sunrise the burners fire and the whole Val d Orcia tips away beneath the basket: cypress avenues, hill towns, vineyards in rows. Flights go at first light when the air is still, cancel on any wind, and land in a field with a glass of prosecco. Weather-dependent, so leave a spare morning.
- 1Balloon Flight Over Tuscany★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 295 reviews
- 2Experience the Magic of Tuscany from a Hot Air Balloon★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 220 reviews
- 3Hot Air Balloon ride in Tuscany countryside from Chianti★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 207 reviews
Florence is best once the tour buses pull out.
Evening tours & tastings →
Cinque Terre Park Day Trip with Optional Street Food
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Book these before you fly to Florence.
Most of Florence you can sort the night before. These you cannot — they run on timed tickets and reservation windows that sell out weeks ahead and do not care when your flight lands.
- 01Skip-The-Line Uffizi Gallery Timed Entry TicketTimed-entry tickets sell out days ahead in season — the walk-up line runs to three hours in July.
- 02Timed Entrance Ticket to Michelangelo’s DavidThe only way to see the David without a half-day queue is a reserved time slot, booked well ahead.
- 03Brunelleschi’s Dome Climb Entry Ticket & DuomoThe 463-step dome climb is by timed reservation only. There is no ticket window at the door.
- 04Pasta Cooking Class with Unlimited WineThe best classes are tiny — a home kitchen seats eight, and the good ones fill days out.
When it rains on Florence, go inside and go deeper.
Tuscan rain is real from November to March, and a summer thunderstorm can close a Chianti afternoon in minutes. The best answers are under a roof: a gallery you booked ahead, a cooking class, a leather workshop, a cellar tasting. None of them care about the forecast.
By town — the Tuscan day-trip belt
Siena72 tours- Pisa84 tours
- San Gimignano59 tours
Lucca37 tours
Chianti91 tours
Cinque Terre36 tours
Montalcino16 tours- Every Tuscan day trip →
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