DAVID and Accademia Gallery Private Tour in Florence
Description
Get the best of your stay in Florence and enjoy this private tour to the Accademia Gallery which hosts the original David. See the world-famous masterpiece and learn a lot of interesting facts about its creator. Discover the Prisoners by Michelangelo and learn why these sculptures were never finished. Hear incredible stories about Michelangelo and learn why even popes called him "divine”. Get the idea why Michelangelo's David is so famous and imagine the great sculptor working on his masterpiece through the stories told by your expert tour guide.
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Itinerary
We will go back in times and imagine Florence in the times of the Renaissance when genius artists were working back to back competing with each other for a better commission and for world recognition. “He looks like a baker. The marble dust flours all over him and his back is covered with a snowstorm of chips.” - once said Leonardo Da Vinci about Michelangelo, starting a long story of rivalry as soon as he saw David finished. This tour will take you to the times when the great marble masterpiece were created so that you can imagine Michelangelo at work! Take your time to stay longer in the Accademia Gallery and discover the Museum of Musical Instruments with the oldest vertical piano in the world and original Stradivari’s viola.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(236)
Best private tour! We were able to breeze through the long line and get right in. Irina was so knowledgeable and made the whole experience enjoyable! Highly recommend!
Irina was phenomenal! Super knowledgeable, so interesting! We are so glad we did this tour to get all of the fascinating inside information—thank you!
Irina was our guide. She made the tour so interesting for us. Her passion and knowledge of David absolutely made this tour enjoyable for us.
Great tour. Guide Irena was amazing and very knowledgeable! Couldn’t have asked for a better person to show us around.
We went on three tours with Irina and they were all excellent. The tour to the Accademia was focused on David and its creation and journey. Irina is an entertaining and informative speaker and we enjoyed her descriptions and knowledge of how Michelangelo went about his art and comparisons with less talented sculptors. By including references to the various exhibits in the Accademia her account was fascinating and she combines this with iPad presentation of some of the history. It’s a complete breakdown of how David came into being and why it is where it is now. This could be very dry, but Irina makes it entertaining throughout. The other major benefit of booking with Irina is that she pre-books all the tickets and makes sure they’re available for you at the times you want and you never have to queue. To be highly recommended.
My husband and I really enjoyed our tour of the Accademia Gallery with Irina. She is a wonderful tour guide and we learned so much about Michelangelo from her. I definitely recommend this tour if you want to get the most out of your experience.
Irina was wonderful. Her amazing knowledge made the sculptures come to life. We would definitely go on another tour with her.
Irina was a great guide. She came with a tablet full of illustrations to show us as she talked. Very knowledgeable and continuously pointed out things to see that we would have missed without her guidance. Our questions were answered immediately and in depth.
We were able to be some of the very first people to enter in the early morning tour with our private guide, Irina. We were able to walk right up to David, take unobstructed photos, and see every detail Irina explained right up close. (Just 20 minutes later the room was packed with visitors and getting close would have been impossible!) She was incredibly knowledgeable and truly brought the history and process to life. She’s an amazing guide and I will be pointing my friends who travel to Florence straight to her. Don’t hesitate to book this one!
This tour was exceptional. Irina was really friendly and knowledgeable. There is no way we would’ve experienced David and the other works in the gallery were we to have done this tour on our own, and without her adding all of the extra insights that she did. If you come to see David, you should absolutely do so with a guide. And if you do, you should book this tour with her.
