Florence

FROM LIVORNO CRUISE DOCK: FLORENCE AND TUSCANY AREA TOUR

 

Tuscany nowadays is considered the cradle of the Italian art because is the land where the Italian language and the Italian art was born.
Florence is greatest example; there you can appreciate arts from Gothic to the Renaissance. The church of Santa Croce (where Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Galileo are buried) decorated by impressive Giotto’s frescoes, the church of S. Maria del Fiore with the great dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, gorgeous sculptures like the well known David of Michelangelo in the academia and places like the Uffizi. Of course you can have wonderful walk from Piazza della Signoria to the banks of Arno river, admiring beautiful views on the Ponte Vecchio wich is an old bridge where you can appreciate the famous Florentine Jeweller’s craft.

Tour Florence: Surroundings of Florence

 

Leaving Florence, in 1 hrs we can reach another interesting town to see: Pisa, with magnificent Campo dei Miracoli and the worldwide famous leaning tower, the Cathedral and Baptistery. Another Tuscany worldwide famous area, as you know, the Chianti valley, wich is one of the most beautiful landscape and gorgeous country side of the Italian peninsula.There you have the opportunity to enjoy a different kind of tour tasting the delicious Chianti wine in famous wineries and gastronomically specialties. Not far from the Chianti valley there are other beautiful towns considered by the UNESCO world wide heritage, Siena and S. Gimignano, incredible well preserved medieval towns.

 SPECIAL REQUEST FOR CHIANTI VALLEY AND WINE TASTING