15 Historical Tours in Florence to Build a Day Around

1.Tipsy Tour: Guided Bar Crawl In Florence with Dark History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 271 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $78Our pick

A 3-hour Florence bar crawl mixing wine, cocktails, and wine-window shots with dark Medici-era stories and streetside scandal.

“Tipsy tour in Florence with Zofia. Zofia was friendly, engaging and done a great job getting everyone together and interacting with each other. Met some really nice people whilst having fun! Also learnt some new things about Florence - a lot of which I didn't know before. I would definitely recommend this tour. A big thank you to Zofia!”

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2.Florence Cooking Course with Historic Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 151 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $95

Florence market shopping and a 5-hour Tuscan cooking class in a small group, with wine lunch and recipes to take home.

“The experience was great, learning new cooking styles meeting new people I come from a cooking background but I still learned the new things.”

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3.Flavours of Lucca, Art, History, Food for Small Groups or Private

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 151 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $94

Small-group Lucca walking tour with wall views, espresso-and-pastry stops, Romanesque churches, and a light lunch with local wine.

“Antonella was a fabulous guide! We loved learning the history of Lucca and the sampling of food was perfect addition to all the background information we received on Lucca. She shared her love of the city of Lucca and we can’t wait to go back! The sweetest, friendliest and knowledgeable guide!! Thank You Antonella”

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4.Medici Family History Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 93 reviews · 2 hours · from $137

2-hour small-group Medici family tour in Florence with skip-the-line at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, plus stories of Cosimo, Lorenzo, and rivals.

“The knowledge our guide shared was wonderful. Christina was awesome and we recommend her to everyone! We enjoyed the House of Medici.”

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5.Historical Cellars Guided Tour & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 83 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $77

Explore Montepulciano historic cellars on a guided 2.5-hour walk, then taste Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Rosso di Montepulciano.

“Amazing way to learn about the history of Montepulciano and its wines. Our guide was excellent and the wine tastings were incredible. I highly recommend this experience.”

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6.Fashion History Guided Walking Tour & Museum Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 72 reviews · from $90

Florence fashion history walking tour with guided Ferragamo museum visit, cobbled-street stories, and a finale at Palazzo Spini Feroni.

“It was beautiful. Walking the small streets, so much history. The Ferragamo museum was interesting with the hand written thank you cards from queen Elizabeth and princess Diana. Lunch at the Gucci osetra restaurant was magic.”

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7.Essential Florence Walking Tour to discover its history

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 3 hours · from $41

Essential Florence walking tour with an English guide, gelato, and headsets, plus Medici stories, bridges, churches, and Renaissance sights.

“Great tour from Becky who was very knowledgeable and really took her time to explain things beautifully to us.”

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8.City Highlights & Historic District Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 10 reviews · from $29

Florence highlights in 2 hours. Guided walk with English commentary, Medici stories, and an app with 80+ points for self-paced exploring.

“Everything went well! I can only recommend Dior Tour”

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9.Chianti Rufina: Wine Tour in Castle & Historical Villa

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $283

Chianti Rufina wine tour from Florence, visiting medieval castle wineries, tasting Chianti Classico and Super Tuscan, plus lunch and countryside views.

“Our guide was fantastic. He spoke excellent English, and was very knowledgeable and helpful. The Chianti wines are very good, and my wife and I learned a lot on the tour. The castles, countryside, and history are awesome, and our guide had a lot of history to share. This was overall an incredible experience, and I highly recommend it if you enjoy history and red wines.”

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10.3-Hour Historic WhoDunIt Tour in Florence

★★★★★★★★★★3.2 · 6 reviews · 3 hours · from $27Best value

Solve a Renaissance whodunit on foot in Florence with a mystery booklet, a likely lot of walking, and a prize for the winner.

“Way overpriced. Walking back and forth, we've seen the most sights like 3 times following the route. Nice ladies to explain everything but wouldnt recommand paying this much money for a paper tour (not even included a pen or something)”

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11.Art, History, and Charm – Walking Tour of Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $44

90-minute Florence walk with a local guide focused on Medici influence, Dante’s streets, and the Cathedral area, plus top photo stops.

“Sehr fundierte, individuelle, abwechslungsreiche Führung. Man spürt die Begeisterung für Stadt, Kunst und Geschiche, samt Geschichten. Danke!”

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12.History Walking Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $105

Florence history walk with wine tasting in a downtown cellar, guided by expert storytellers, stopping at Ponte Vecchio and major Renaissance landmarks.

“Our guide, Edourardo, was great! We enjoyed our private tour learning history about both architecture and art. The wine tasting after was a plus.”

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13.Wine Tasting and History small groups-Florence Uncorked

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $59

1.5-hour small-group Florence wine tasting with 3 Tuscan wines, snacks, wine history, and a prosecco bottle-pop.

“Really very good experience, drinking wine with the history of Florence and at the end a special gelato.”

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14.Florence Jewish Quarter History Private Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews

Explore Florence’s Jewish Quarter on a private walk, spotting Jewish symbols, learning WWII history, and optionally entering the Great Synagogue.

“We really enjoyed our walking tour with guide Daniela. She was very knowledgeable about the history of the Jewish people in Florence. We learned a lot about Florence, as well, and got some peeks at some hidden gems around the city center.”

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15.Florence Tour: Michelangelo’s David and Historic Center

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 3 reviews · from $60

Skip-the-line guided tour of Florence’s Accademia Gallery to see Michelangelo’s David, then a guided walk through key Renaissance sights.

“Our tour guide was great! He was personable, engaging, and knew so much about history and the art we saw. We were a little disappointed because our tour was supposed to include a short city walk and because of timing that was not able to happen. So we did feel like we missed out on that. The part of the tour of the museum was fantastic.”

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