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.Historic Center Tour by Bike Self-Guided

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 68 reviews · 3 hours · from $28

Cycle Pisa at your own pace for 3 hours, with an app guide to the Leaning Tower, Miracles Square, Arno riverfront, and medieval walls.

“De route die we hadden me gekregen op ons mobiel was heel te lang voor de tijd die we kregen. We werden door een weinig zeggend stuk geen en weer langs de rivier geleid, daarna dwars door voetgangers gebied, en ook tegen het verkeer in. We hebben iets met Daan de helft van de route kunnen fietsen en door dit alles was het niet een leuk relaxed fietstocht waar we op gehoopt hadden”

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8.Art and History in Florence: Small Group Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · 1 hour 35 minutes (approx.) · from $30

Art and History in Florence, a small-group 1h35 walk hitting Medici sites, the Duomo area, Ponte Vecchio, and more with audioguides.

“This was just OK. I think our original guide maybe have had an issue come up and they did some last minute rearranging. If I had it to do over again I would use this time to visit one of the museums.”

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9.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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10.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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11.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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12.Accademia & Uffizi Combo Tour in Florence Art, History Highlights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $129

Florence art in one day, guided Accademia and Uffizi combo with reserved entry, radio audio, and Renaissance highlights in English.

“Our Academia Gallery guide, Pam, shared a wealth of knowledge with us. Her expertise, enthusiasm and love of the gallery was impressive annd enjoyable. Our tour of the Uffizi with Guido was fantastic. He was charming, extremely knowledgeable and shared so much insight into the artworks that we all learned so much. It was by far one of the most memorable and inspiring tours I’ve ever had. Both Pam and Guido were superb guides and made our tours remarkable!”

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13.Horseback ride and gourmet cuisine in a historic food shop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $355

1-hour guided horseback ride in the Chianti hills from Florence, plus Tuscan lunch with Chianti wine and private A/C transfers.

“This was our first time to Italy snd we really wanted a magical experience immersed in Tuscan culture! What better way to experience this than a horse drawn carriage to a wine vineyard. This was hands down my absolute favorite tour that we did in all of Italy. Simona and Marco arranged our tour by car and took us to Greve in Chianti where we loaded onto the carriage for 1.5 hours of pure beauty overlooking vineyards and Tuscan hills. After our right we were greeted by our host for the wine tour. Our host took us on an hour long tour and explained all the process to making wine…”

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14.3-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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15.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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