Florence Accademia and Uffizi Galleries Tour with City Sights

Got to see a bit of everything in a single day. Started off with the David at the Academia (don't miss the Slaves in the same hall, stunning), then had some time for a cappuccino before a stroll past the major landmarks in the city center, and ended our day in the historic halls of the Uffizi. We have the full day tour and had a few companions on the first two parts but got a private tour at the end of the day. Amazing way to see a bit of everything if you only have a few days in the city.

Initial chaos in assembling was followed by a boring tour of L'accademia with Margaret. Get this woman an iPad with photos and references instead of the tattered papers and book she uses! The sculpture were great but the tour added little. Illaria was a terrific guide to city sites and Uffizzi for the second part of our tour. Hwr passion for Florence and the arts is contagious. She matched just the right of history and information to the pantings we saw. She also chose to show us just the right number of works to keep exhaustion levels simply moderate. Art overload is very possible.

Both our guides for our combined tour on Friday, September 14th! Very passionate about their topics and would recommend them both for future tours.

Even though we had transportation issues and arrived to the tour late, Viator took steps to help us still engage in the experience as much as possible. The group size was small and the guide was very pleasant and full of interesting information. Particularly, her narration through the Uffizi felt like a high quality art history lesson.

Tour hosts did not make themselves noticeable. We had a very difficult time finding our host. Tour was great but started badly and could have been missed.

This is a great day but really long! Skipping the line and seeing David is the highlight as well as the walking tour of Florence. Was really glad to have a personal interpreter for the art.

This tour was soooo well worth it. A definite must do, if time is limited in Florence. Both our tour guides were amazing. Rosa was lovely and very knowledgeable. I don't remember the name of the gentleman guide, but he was great as well.

Neither one of our guides was particularly good. For the Uffizzi tour the guide didn't explain that we were only going to see David. Please know that this is not a museum highlights tour... it is a David tour. Now he did a great job talking about David but nothing else. Also there were no ear pieces so at times it was hard to hear him and understand him. The guide for the afternoon portion was very hard to understand so unfortunately we didn't get a lot out of it and finally just gave her the ear pieces back and headed through the museum on our own.

What Viator doesn't tell their travelers is just how much walking is involved in these tours. We did not do this tour simply because we were exhausted and disappointed from previous tours.

We had an amazing time touring the museums and city of Florence! Very beautiful with lots of interesting information provided by the tour guides, which enriched the experience. Be prepared for lots of walking/time spent on your feet.