On the trail of Giorgio Vasari
Those who study art history will surely encounter him sooner or later. Giorgio Vasari was the author of “Lives of the Artists”, a treatise that collects biographies of many important artists from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. However, Vasari was a multifaceted genius: he was not only an important art writer, but also an …Florence and Science: a visit to the Galileo museum
The first thought that comes to my mind when I hear someone mentioning Florence is Art, Renaissance and Humanism. Florence is all that but not only. The city is also the birthplace of modern science. You will trace the scientific evolution while visiting the Galileo Museum, which houses more than 1000 scientific instruments, bearing testament …Following Michelangelo’s footsteps
This tour is a homage to the greatest artist of all times: Michelangelo Buonarroti. It has been designed to depict a comprehensive picture of the artist’s life, visiting the places he grew up in as a child and those he frequented as a young man.The tour starts in the atmospheric setting of the Bargello museum where …Giotto in the city: the great precursor of the Renaissance
A stroll around Florence to discover the works of the first great revolutionary of art.This guide through Florence will lead you to discover the works of the greatest painter of all times: Giotto. It will also take you back in time to the 1200s and mid1300s, when Florence was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in …Leonardo Tour: the ultimate Renaissance man
Join me and discover the places where Leonardo Da Vinci lived and worked in Florence. During the tour we will walk the same streets that Da Vinci rushed through as a teenager and young adult. I will tell you about his family, his childhood, his ideas, his visions and I will also show you where many of his …Dante in the city: The father of the Italian language
A stroll around the city to discover the places dear to Dante Alighieri. This walk will take you back in time at the end of the Middle Ages when Florence was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in Europe. The tour will begin with a visit inside Santa Croce church, which housed Dante’s cenotaph, …Caterina de Medici and Cosimo I de’ Medici Tour: the beginning of a monarchy
Cosimo, the grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the first member of the Medici family to rule with a title. Caterina, the granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the first Medici to become Queen of France. Come with me and discover the places where they lived. The tour will start inside Palazzo Medici, the palace where …
