• 7 day private package
• 4 star hotels
• Uffizi Gallery tour
• Accademia Gallery of Fine Arts Museum

• 5 dinners
  
• Wine tasting
• Guided tours
• Winery visit with Oenologist

Your guide will meet you at the hotel for a three hour walking tour of Florence.

The center of Florence will be the spectacular frame of a tour dedicated to the city's glorious past and also to its stimulating present life. The slow paced walking tour will introduce you to the most important monuments of Florence.

Begin at the Cathedral with the famous Dome by Brunelleschi and the gold "Paradise" doors of the Baptistry. You will see elegant palaces, pass some fashionable shops, and walk through the charming narrow medieval streets. Continue on to Piazza Signoria, which has been the political complex of Florence since the 1300's, when Florence was considered the richest city in Europe. Walk to the Ponte Vecchio, the bridge which attracts so much curiosity not only for its unique and charming appearance but also for the fabulous jewelry shops that line the bridge. End the tour at the Accademia Gallery of Fine Arts museum where you will have the opportunity to admire the eternal Florence masterpiece: Michelangelo's David (plus several of his other pieces).

You will have time for lunch and to relax before meeting your guide for the visit of the Uffizi Gallery. This is one of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. Its collection of Primitive and Renaissance paintings comprises several universally acclaimed masterpieces of all time, including works by Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. German, Dutch and Flemish masters are also well represented with important works by Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens. The Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the large building erected by Giorgio Vasari between 1560 and 1580 to house the administrative offices of the Tuscan State.

Day 6: Lucca

This morning will be free to enjoy Florence on your own. In the afternoon your driver will meet you for your excursion to Lucca. In Lucca you will meet your local guide for your tour of the city. Part of the tour will be done in a horse drawn carriage and the rest by foot.

You begin your guided tour on the city wall topped by a line of shady trees. This is where the residents of Lucca spend their free time. Your first stop is San Frediano Church, with its magnificent thirteenth century mosaic representing Christ in Majesty and an amazing facade.

Next, you visit nearby Piazza del Anfiteatro, the most beautiful square of Lucca. Passing by the elegant shops of Via Filungo, through small medieval streets, you reach the Duomo that houses the famous Volto Santo and a splendid marble sarcophagi, a masterpiece of Jacopo della Quercia. Passing Piazza Napoleone with its distinctive French outlook, you finally arrive at Piazza San Michele, the central civic square of Lucca since Roman times.

After your tour you will have some free time and then you will enjoy dinner in a typical Luccan restaurant before returning to Florence.

Day 7: Departure From Florence

Today you will be transferred to the rail station or airport.

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