If you are in a hurry and have just a couple of days to spend in enchanting Florence, I would recommend you to take a guided tour of the city on a bus the first day. You can follow it up by exploring the city on foot on the second day to know the place more intimately. There are some wonderful walks in this old city that you can take.
The first day of the guided sightseeing tour of Florence with an authorized tour escort will commence at 9.30 in the morning from Adua Square, and it will last for about 3 hours.
You would be driven around the city and the surrounding hills in a comfortable private coach with an English speaking guide. This tour is ideal for getting an introductory yet comprehensive picture of Florence that is known all over the world for its fascinating landscape and famed structures, buildings and statues. The coach will take you direct to the celebrated monuments or figurines where you are supposed to disembark and take a few steps to reach them when the guide will explain all the historical details associated with these. The inner objectives behind these guided tours are to acquaint you with the art, history and culture of Florence through the middle-ages and the Renaissance period.
In course of this guided tour you would be visiting Piazzale Michelangelo, the famous square in the Oltramo district that provides a magnificent panoramic view of the city and is a popular tourist destination. The view from this famed observation point is often seen in most picture post cards sent from Italy. After visiting Giotto’s Bell Tower, the Baptistry and the Cathedral with the grand ‘Cupola del Brunelleschi the tour will end with the visit to the interior of Accademia Gallery and the fabulous Michelangelo’s David.
The second day begins with exploring the city by walking through its numerous little streets till you get lost in a forgotten Time! Starting at 14 hours from Signoria Square at the Nettuno Fountain this guided walking tour covering three and a half hours would lead you to some of the fascinating landmarks of Florence that include Palazzo Vecchio, the grand Piazza della Signoria and the famed Ponte Vecchino, the medieval bridge over the Arno river that is noted for having shops built along it till today. Although butchers originally occupied these shops in days gone by, the present occupiers are jewelers, souvenir sellers and art dealers. Ponte Vecchio is considered to be Europe’s wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge that is still in use. Tourists are often seen being photographed against the background of this ancient stone bridge in Florence.
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