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La Spezia Shore Excursion to Florence: Renaissance and Medici Homes Tour
4.2
36 Ratings
La Spezia
Experience the Renaissance and Medici history on a low-cost shore excursion from La Spezia to Florence. Explore famous art, historic buildings, and local culture.
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- La Spezia Cruise Port - Ensure you arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the departure time. Look for staff members wearing GREEN T-Shirts. No refunds will be provided for late arrivals.
- Florence - Explore the city’s key landmarks, including the stunning marble Dome with its bell tower, the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), and Signoria Square. The tour concludes at the distinctive Central Market, where you can sample various local dishes and purchase excellent local products.
- Ponte Vecchio - The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge spanning the Arno River.
- Piazza della Signoria - Since the 14th century, Piazza della Signoria has been the hub of political life in Florence, dominated by the imposing Palazzo Vecchio.
- Mercato Centrale - Explore Central Market, a product of the late 19th-century risanamento period. Inside, you’ll find essential ingredients of Tuscan cuisine, along with fruit, vegetable, nut, and spice stands. Outside, there are leather goods vendors.
- Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore - This is the cathedral of Florence, Italy (Italian: Duomo di Firenze). Construction began in 1296 in the Gothic style and was structurally completed by 1436.
- La Spezia Cruise Port - Return to the same location where you started.
What's Included
- Comfortable GT coach journey
- On-board WiFi
- Guaranteed on-time return
- Free Wi-Fi on the bus
- Bilingual escort (English & Spanish)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Complimentary map of Florence
- Assistance available on board
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Presenting an affordable service designed for cruise travellers, allowing them to plan an extraordinary visit to one of the globe’s iconic art hubs: Florence. Renowned as the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence encapsulates the spirit of the Medici, preserves historic buildings, offers the spectacle of Piazza della Signoria, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Giotto’s Bell Tower, the old bridge, the popular San Lorenzo Market, along with the emblematic statue of Michelangelo… Indeed, art and culture permeate all nooks of the city, making Florence a veritable open-air museum. Our proficient, multilingual staff will be at hand to greet travellers as they disembark the shuttle bus from the cruise ship. We’ll charter you directly to Florence’s city centre in the cosiness of our Wi-Fi enabled buses. To make the most of your time, select the ‘stroll with local tour guide’ option. This will ensure a prime viewing of all major monuments, coupled with ample time for shopping and savouring local cuisine.
- Departure times are subject to change due to arrival to Cruise ships
- Please, specify Ship Name and Boarding time
- Be sure to be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before departure time, at the meeting point you will find the staff wearing a GREEN T-Shirt. No refund will be give in case of late coming
- If your ship makes an itinerary change or schedule change and you arrive in a different port or in a different schedule, please do not assume your tour has been cancelled. your tour will be schedule for the new port or for the new timing. Please call our representative to confirm the new details.
- Meeting point just outside the cruise terminal
- Return in time to the ship guaranteed.
Location
Largo Michele Fiorillo
Upon debarkation, passengers must takes one of the free shuttle bus from the pier till the terminal (ride takes 5 minutes) Staff will wait for you at the terminal exit with wearing a GREEN T-Shirt
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(36 Ratings)
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Arlene_a
Aug 29, 2024
Stress free day in Florence - This was totally worth it!! We lived our guide and they dropped us off in a perfect spot. We had 5 hours to enjoy beautiful Florence and they even offered a guided tour but we went on our own. They were on time and the nicest kindest people! We got off our cruise at 9:00 and made it to the most with time to spare. Just amazing!!! would highly recommend! Got back to the cruise ship with time to spare!
Thank you
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Ian_f
Aug 28, 2024
A Flavour of Florence - Very easy to pick up the coach from just outside La Spezia cruise terminal. Martina, our “guide” was very informative on the way to Florence, giving commentary as we made our way there. Pick up and drop off instructions were very concise and made good use of the map that was issued to us. Once again, Martina was excellent with this. We had a fabulous 5 hours or so exploring Florence, just about enough time to locate and see the major sites, and it gave us enough flavour of the city to make a decision about returning for a longer break there. A really good day out and well worth it. This is only the second time we have used Viator, 1st time 12 months ago in Sorrento, and on both occasions we have been delighted. Well done!!
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Diane_l
Aug 25, 2024
Good value - We have visited Florence quite a few times in the past and wanted to see it again because nothing compares to the beauty of this city and its museums and attractions. We were on a cruise with Sun Princess and they charge twice what you do.
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Jeff_s
Aug 24, 2024
Perfect Transfer to Florence - Great tour of Florence with easygoing bus trip! Best way to go from a cruise port in La Spezia to Florence!
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211neilw
Aug 18, 2024
Florence in the heat! - We picked up the tour outside La Spezia cruise terminal as planned and boarded the air conditioned coach for Florence. Martina, our excellent guide, told us the journey would be about 2 hours and it turned out to be a bit less.
She pointed out a few points of interest along the way including the natural marble excavations in the mountains which looked like snow (even in the 40 degree heat!!).
When we arrived in Florence, we got clear instructions about our rendezvous point if we weren’t going on her guided tour. Her walking tour itself provided us with all the information we needed and there were periodic stops to take a break from the heat or go inside the various buildings, so in our view, it struck just the right balance.
We had time for lunch (in someone’s front room!!!) which was all part of the fun (and which was 20% cheaper if you paid in cash!!! - we didn’t ask any questions!)
Our return coach trip again was punctual and got us back to the port in plenty of time. Definitely recommended.
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Rachel_f
Aug 14, 2024
Great tour - The guide was really knowledgeable, explained the sights and was interesting. Was good to have a planned route of what to see.
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Laura_t
Aug 5, 2024
We had a wonderful... - We had a wonderful experience with Viator. Our tour guide Lumi was very knowledgable. We originally signed up for the Florence only tour Classic option with walking tour but 2 days before the tour we received notice that we would be joining the Florence and Pisa tour at no additional cost to us due to us not having enough people to do only Florence. Our only complaint is that the air condintioning on the bus was not working very well. With the extra drive time to Pisa it made for a very long and hot day but we made the best of it.
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Jeanne_m
Aug 19, 2024
Uncomfortable - The tour guide was fun & wonderful, as well as the bus driver. The bus seats were small & uncomfortable, as well as no leg room, even for a small person
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Peterfellows
Aug 14, 2024
Good trip however very fast paced! - The trip was good and well organised. We left on time and were back with plenty of time before sailaway. The only negative was that it all felt a little rushed, at the start of the walking tour i informed the guide that we were going to the bathroom and yet when we returned she had left without us so unfortunately we ended up missing that section of the day.
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Wendy_n
Aug 11, 2024
Not a bad TRANSFER - but don’t expect too much - Basically this is a transfer. The “Guide” on the bus was fairly efficient but answered a lot of questions with “I don’t know that”…. To questions that she should have been able to answer. They were to sell water in the bus and ran out both going to Florence and returning to the ship. 2 hour ride each way and no washroom on the bus. The air was not working well on the bus and it was 41C
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