Florence Through the Ages

No family has influenced the development of Florence more than the Medici.

Not only did they make their mark on the architecture and monuments throughout the city, it was their patronage that set a young Michelangelo on the path to greatness. On this tour, you'll trace the history of both Michelangelo and the Medici and how they influenced Florence.

Tour Details
Duration: 4 hours
Start time: 9:15am or 2:00pm
Cost: €70/hr + tickets
Price of the Ticket for the Medici Chapels (€12 per adult, €5 per young adult 18-25 years old, €3 children under 18 with photo ID)
San Marco: €8 per person, Open Tuesday to Saturday in the mornings & open the 2nd and 4th
Sunday of each month and the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.
Laurentian Library: €2 per person. Open Monday-Friday mornings (extended afternoon hours
Tuesday & Thursday)

Tour description
This tour concentrates on the northern historic center of Florence in the Medici
neighbourhood. Depending on the day on which you can do the tour, the Michelangelo's
Laurentian library, The Medici Prince Chapels & finally the exquisite monk's cells in St. Mark's painted by Fra Angelico.
We'll discuss Cosimo the Elder and Lorenzo the Magnificent as well as the artists they
patronised: Donatello, Filippo Lippi, Michelangelo and more. We'll also go into the numerous
scandals and assassinations (both attempted and successful) against the Medici family).

Then we'll visit the San Lorenzo Complex, entering the Laurentian library.
You'll also skip the line at the Medici Chapels, perhaps the greatest hidden gem of Florence that contrasts the show-stopping Medici prince chapels of the grand dukes with the artistic majesty of the New Sacristy, known as Michelangelo's "Essay on architecture." His statues Day, Night, Dusk and Dawn reveal the transformations of the artist after he sculpted the David.
Lastly we'll pass by the sculpture garden where Michelangelo met Lorenzo the Magnificent and visit St. Mark's another hidden gem of Florence containing beautiful frescoes by Fra Angelico, the first public library in Florence and the room of Savonarola.

More than just visiting a number of sites, this tour tells the story of how one family's history
weaves inextricably through the heart of Florentine power, politics and art.