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In the footsteps of the Medicis: Florence Renaissance Audio Tour

By Tourific
Free cancellation available
Price is £0 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

A monk seizes power and burns art in a bonfire. A goldsmith cracks an egg to win the commission of a lifetime. A powerful family controls a city for centuries through patronage, plotting, and art. Welcome to Florence — and this is how the Renaissance really happened.

In just under 2 hours, you’ll uncover the city’s most iconic landmarks — including the Duomo, Uffizi courtyard, Piazza della Signoria, and the Ponte Vecchio — all while hearing the fascinating stories of the Medici family and artists like Giotto, Michelangelo, and Brunelleschi. But this isn’t a dry history lesson — it’s a lively, story-filled experience packed with fun facts, art secrets, and power plays that shaped the modern world.
Available in 9 languages, this tour is perfect for first time visitors to Florence who want to unpack the stories behind the Renaissance at their own pace. Over 20,000 travellers have explored with our audio walking tours, and a full refund guarantee means you can book with confidence.

Activity location

  • Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
    • Via della Canonica, 1, Piazza del Duomo
    • 50122, Florence, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Piazza del Duomo
    • Piazza del Duomo
    • 50122, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

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In the footsteps of the Medicis: Florence Renaissance Audio Tour in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • Opening hours: Wed 08:00-20:00
  • English
Price details
£0.04 x 1 Adult£0.04
Total
Price is £0.04

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” for tour access instructions.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Audio and written guide included
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Any physical devices or headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Human tour guide at location
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    This tour is meant to be experienced on the outside and includes no entry to sites

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

  • 15m
Hear about the "impossible" dome and it's construction as well as the bell tower and facade of the most famous structure in Florence and look up at a dome that stood roofless for decades because no one alive knew how to build it

Piazza del Duomo

  • 10m
Notice why this bell tower stands apart from its cathedral — a design choice that reveals something about Italian tradition and hear about how Giotto's work kicked off the Renaissance

Church and Museum of Orsanmichele

  • 5m
Search the niches of a former grain market where rival guilds waged a quiet war through sculpture.

Mercato Nuovo

  • 10m
Rub a boar's snout for luck, then find the marble circle where bankrupt merchants suffered a very public punishment

Piazza della Signoria

  • 20m
Hear about a monk who seized power, a fountain that was ridiculed, admire the large open air gallery of sculptures and pay homage at the copy of Michelangelo's David.

Uffizi (Pass by)

Take in the courtyard which lined with statues of Florence’s legends and hear how the Uffizi eveolved

Ponte Vecchio

  • 10m
Cross the only bridge Hitler's forces refused to destroy — and ask why butchers were banished to make way for goldsmiths

Baptistery of St. John (Pass by)

Pause at the doors Michelangelo supposedly compared to the entrance of Paradise — then spot the trick that made them revolutionary.

Palazzo Vecchio (Pass by)

Enter a courtyard decorated entirely to impress a foreign bride, then spot the fountain by Leonardo's own teacher.

Palazzo Pitti (Pass by)

End in front of the palace built to outdo the Medici that the Medici themselves eventually claimed as home

Location

Activity location

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    Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
    • Via della Canonica, 1, Piazza del Duomo
    • 50122, Florence, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Piazza del Duomo
    • Piazza del Duomo
    • 50122, Firenze, Toscana, Italy

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