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Transportation in Florence
Eating in Florence
Dress code in churches
Eating in Florence
My mission as your tour guide in Florence is to make sure you have a wonderful time even after our Florence private tour. For this reason, I will give you recommendations for great places to eat in Florence, good gelaterias and wine bars. Please keep in mind that the gelaterias located in the central areas, such as the main piazzas and Via Calzaiuoli, the ones with piles of colorful ice cream, are not the best choice. Also, the restaurants in the main squares, such as the Repubblica Square or Piazza della Signoria, the ones with the waiters inviting you in, aren’t the best in the city. It’s better to look for a simple trattoria or osteria on the narrower streets or to cross Ponte Vecchio and eat in the Oltrarno area where usually locals go.
Transportation in Florence
Whether you arrive at Santa Maria Novella train station or at the airport in Florence, you will find taxis that will take you straight to your hotel anywhere in the city. All my private tours in Florence are on foot, rain or shine, but if you prefer a bike tour in Florence, I can arrange that. Florence’s city center is quite small and all the major tourist sites are within walkable distance from one another. However, comfortable shoes are the perfect option during the private tour in Florence, as there are streets with cobble stones.
Dress code in churches
During our guided tour in Florence, we might enter a church and, in this case, a scarf is useful to cover your shoulders and a knee length dress or skirt it’s a good option in order to avoid any unpleasant experience with the guardians.
FAQ about the tour guide in Florence profession:
- Is a tour guide in Florence a professionist or just a person who loves art and shares her passion as a hobby besides her normal job?
Doing guided tours in Florence is a full-time job and every private tour guide in Florence has a specific education curriculum. Some of them graduated art and history in college, others followed professional intense courses and all tour guides in Florence and everywhere in Italy took very tough exams to obtain the license that we usually wear during our private tours in Florence, according to Italian law.
- Can a person who didn’t attend any art courses do guided tours in Florence?
It’s illegal to work as a tour guide in Florence and anywhere in Italy without following the courses and taking the mandatory exams.
- Does a tour guide in Florence work for companies, travel agencies as an employee?
In general, a private tour guide in Florence is a free-lance, collaborating with travel agencies and tour companies all over the world.
- Can a tour guide in Florence accompany travellers in other cities of Italy?
Even if a private tour guide in Florence has a generic knowledge regarding Italian and European art history, he/she usually studies in-depth and focuses on the sites of the city where he/she offers the guided tours.
FAQ regarding my private tours in Florence:
- Is a guided tour in Florence private or do you offer group tours in Florence?
As a licensed guide in Florence, I can do both, private tours in Florence for couples, families and small groups of friends who can choose from the list of my tours in Florence the one they prefer, and I will customize it to meet their expectations. But I can also do group tours in Florence up to 25 people that usually tour companies and travel agencies offer to their clients.
- Are the museum tickets included in the price of the private tour in Florence?
As your tour guide in Florence, I can make a skip the line reservation for you, but the tickets are not included. In case you decide to do a private tour of the Uffizi Gallery or the Accademia, or any other museum in Florence, we will go together to pick up the tickets before we enter the museum, and you can pay cash or by credit card directly to the ticket office.
- Do you do private tours in Florence with families with kids?
Of course! There is also a kid-friendly tour in Florence on my list of private tours in Florence. Please click here for more information.
- How can I confirm a private tour in Florence?
In order to book a guided tour in Florence, I kindly ask you a deposit of 70 Euro and the balance can be paid in cash at the end of the tour. I will send you my bank account through email for the confirmation and the deposit payment.
- What’s your cancellation policy for the private tours in Florence that you offer?
If you must cancel your private tour in Florence 2 days before the date of the tour or earlier, I will refund the deposit. In case of no show, I am afraid that no refund of the 70 Euro deposit is possible.
- What if there is a Trenitalia strike on the day of our private tour in Florence and we cannot reach the city?
In this case, I will refund the deposit for the guided tour of Florence or we can schedule a different date, if it’s possible.