FLORENCE · CASTLES
The ones worth booking.
The 15 florence castle tours worth your time, walls and all. The keeps, palaces and forts travellers leave the best notes about, with what each visit costs, how long to set aside and who runs it.
A 5-day Florence art pass that starts with a timed Uffizi entry. Then you roam Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens at your pace.
Most Popular“A great Value! Go to Uffizi First on Skip the line… then go to All the galleries within the Pitti Palace Plus the Boboli. Gardens within 5 days!”
Skip the hassle with a Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens combo ticket plus PDF eBooks, Medici art, and Tuscan tastings.
3-hour guided Florence tour of Pitti Palace, Palatine Gallery, and Boboli Gardens with skip-the-line entry tickets and an English guide.
3-hour Florence tour: Palazzo Pitti, Palatina Gallery, and Boboli Gardens. Timed entry and tickets included with a small-group guide.
“The tour guides expertise may have been the best we have ever had, and we have traveled together for 20years! We loved the palace and all of the information she told us about the Medici family and gardens!”
Skip the line and tour Palazzo Pitti’s Palatina Gallery for art by Caravaggio and Medici frescoes, then explore more floors solo.
“the guide was very knowledgeable - can't remember the lady's name...”
Small-group Florence tour of Pitti Palace’s Palatine Gallery with Medici history and major works by Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens.
“We had a fabulous guide she was very knowledgeable about the many masterpieces held at the Pitti Palace and she provided a great deal of history of the palace ownership and Medici family. Highly recommend this tour.”
Guided Florence walk that pairs Palazzo Pitti with Boboli Gardens, plus key Medici sights. Skip-the-line entry included for $117.
“guide, Allessandra,was WONDERFUL!! Very friendly,knowledgable answered questions ..DEFINATELY recommend!!”
Skip the line for Florence’s Palatine Gallery and Pitti Palace, see Medici paintings in the Planetary Rooms, with optional wine.
“Could have been half an hour longer to spend more time looking at the art collection . Tour or the royal apartments wasn’t necessary .”
Guided Palatine Gallery and Pitti Palace tour with skip-the-line access, headset radio, Renaissance art highlights, plus optional wine pairing.
“Martina did a superb job in explaining all the details in our private tour.”
Cook handmade Tuscan pastas in a 900-year-old castle near Florence, then enjoy lunch with three wine tastings and local history.
“Jerry (the chef) was awesome! Authentic and entertaining engaging all members of the group. This was a group of 10 we had 6 all adults ranging from 19-76 and the other 4 were 2 little girls (5&6 maybe) and their parents. He showed us how to make the pasta dough as well as a vegetable…”
Skip-the-line access to David, Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli plus smartphone audio guides over five days in Florence.
“Me gustó mucho la audio guía otorgada por el personal, ya que indicaba la ubicación de las obras de manera enumerada lo que facilitaba el seguimiento y observación de las mismas. El lugar para solicitar información es muy cercano al museo de la academia.”
Timed entry to Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens with an audio guide, plus Medici rooms, fountains, and standout Florence views.
“In the winter time there’s not much to see within the gardens. We did purchase “skip the line” tickets, but there is no need to as in the winter time there doesn’t appear to be as many people visiting the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens.”
Skip-the-line entrance to Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, with timed entry and stunning views from terrace and Arnolfo Tower options.
“Having seen photographs thought it would be nice to see but the scale, colour is something to be seen in true light. Would be happy to spend another day there.”
A one-day Florence combo ticket with skip-the-line entry to David at the Accademia, plus Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens.
“Very helpful staff and nice customer care. I've lost the ticket and the staff sorted out the problem. Many thanks.”
Florence to Chianti castles for two winery tours, tastings, and a 2-course lunch, with air-conditioned transport and a small-group feel.
“My wife and I had the most extraordinary day of wine tasting at the castles in Tuscany with our amazing tour guide, Hillary! This experience was nothing short of magical. If we could give a 10 star rating we would!”
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