City Tour - Michelangelo in Florence

Michelangelo’s spirit and genius is not just found in City florence tour, Michelangelo, churches and museums, but also outdoors and on its streets. Discover how he was able to capture ideas and sculpt them into timeless masterpieces.

The most famous Michelangelo works are displayed in the Accademia Museum, where you can see the colossal David and learn about its legendary genesis. Your guide will explain the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti and his career under the patronage of the Medici family, while explaining carving techniques to help you understand the artist’s work.

Besides the David, this gallery is home to many other remarkable sculptures by Michelangelo, including four unfinished slaves, destined for a tomb in Rome, that seem to be struggling to break free of the marble. You'll also find his incomplete St. Matthew cathedral for Florence, and the 'non finito' sculptures that give the impression of him in mid-effort to free them from the block.

Your tour will end with the dramatic Pieta Bandini, a self-portrait of Michelangelo carved to decorate his tomb. The pathos of this eloquent composition is palpable and the likeness of the artist himself is uncanny.

This is the perfect way to get acquainted with Michelangelo's sculptural genius and understand how his work has influenced artists for centuries. Your expert guide will also point out some of the other treasures that the city has to offer, such as the Ponte Vecchio, the only bridge over the Arno that survived World War II, and the imposing Duomo, an architectural beauty that both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo would have been enamored with.

Discover the other great masterpieces in Florence, such as the octagonal Baptistery with its Porta Paradiso doors or the stunning bronze panels on the Cathedral facade crafted by Giberti. Then, take a stroll around Oltrarno, the neighborhood where Michelangelo lived. Its narrow lanes reveal artisan workshops that specialize in wood and silver work; leather bookbinding; miniature mosaics; gilding, and other decorative arts.

While visiting the museum and piazzas, your expert guide will trace the history of the noble Medici family, who were the driving force behind this once illustrious and wealthy city. You'll also visit the awe-inspiring church of Santa Maria Novella, with its magnificent internal and external cathedral-like architecture. You'll be able to gaze up at Brunelleschi’s famous cupola, and marvel at the baptistery doors that were carved by Michelangelo’s contemporary, and fellow Florentine artist, Giorgio Vasari. In the nearby Museo Galileo, you'll be astonished by the collection of tools of astronomy, navigation, surveying, and exploration that were used by Renaissance men, such as the famous compass created by Galileo. This is the perfect way to immerse yourself in the city's rich culture and feel like a local for a day!