La Spezia Shore Excursion to Florence: Renaissance and Medici Homes Tour

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: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Spezia Cruise Port - Please arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the scheduled departure. Look for staff members in GREEN T-Shirts. Unfortunately, refunds are not available for late arrivals.
  • Florence - Explore the city’s key landmarks, including the stunning marble Dome with its bell tower, the Ponte Vecchio (Old…
What's Included
  • On-board WiFi
  • Return on time guaranteed
  • Comfortable journey with coach
  • Free wi-fi on the bus
  • English and Spanish speaking escort
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Free map of Florence
  • Assistance on board
  • Accademia Gallery ticket (if option selected)
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

This affordable service is designed to give cruise passengers the chance to independently plan an unforgettable visit to one of the world’s most renowned art cities: Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to the Medici, with its historic buildings and the Piazza. Florence is an open-air museum.
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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
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Erik_f
Oct 28, 2025
Great tour. Although it... - Great tour. Although it was supposed to be primarily transportation our guide, Allesandro, went above and beyond with aiding in finding places and providing information. We wished we had more time, there was so much interesting to see.
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Karen_g
Oct 15, 2025
Highly recommend- the best excursion I’ve ever had - This was our first “3rd party” excursion and was impressed how organized everything was. Our guide Alessandro was fantastic- he gave us a primer on the bus and then allowed just enough time for us to enjoy the sites
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Carmen_l
Oct 14, 2025
Day trip to Florence - The tour was as expected and our guide Alessandro was excellent! He was knowledgeable, courtesy and friendly! We made it back to our cruise ship on time and definitely recommend this to other cruise customers if they are looking for a more reasonable pricing for these excursions!
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Robert_b
Nov 2, 2025
Mixed - The walk from bus drop off to the attractions is over a mile and should be disclosed. WiFi was not available on the bus as promised. Bus was comfortable and clean.
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Mary_c
Oct 26, 2025
Not enough time. - Not enough time to explore Florence. We aren’t due back to the shop until 7 ET but the tour brought us back at 5 ET - disappointed we could explore more. We did tickets to the academia and it was right in between so we could venture far before we had to run back to the meeting spot. If you want to see and tour, then you likely won’t have time to do a nice lunch/taste the cuisine or go shopping.
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Sang_p
Nov 3, 2025
No WiFi on a 4 hour bus ride that was advertised to have WiFi. - Advertised as free WiFi on the bus to Florence. There was no WiFi for a 4 hour trip. I emailed Viator about this and did not receive a response.
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Eleanoryijie_c
Nov 1, 2025
Bad experience in Florence - We are not happy about this trip due to following reasons: 1. I travelled with my parents both over 80yrs old. The tour delayed 45 mins start which they have to standing outside of the terminal waiting. 2. The tour guide English has too strong accents and talk fast which we have no idea what she’s talking about 3. The whole entire tour only allowed us 10 mins taking photos from each spots. 10 mins up, tour guide just left does not even care if there’s people coming back or not. She’s careless of customers which is not good customer service. 4. It was heavy rain that day when we at Florence. The pick up time is 4:40pm and we are running little late so my parents need to walk very fast to catch the bus, but they can’t because they’re 80yrs old, so I have to to run to catch the bus and ask them to hold it, eventually my parents able to make it but almost cause them heartache because of the rushing as they don’t want to miss the bus as the tour guide won’t waiting for the people.
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Jeff_k
Nov 1, 2025
Bad communication…No tour! - We did not go! Communication was poor. Never received an email. Called company the day before and supposedly they resent e mail. Never received. The morning of at last minute received a text. I have used this company before and never had this experience. So, paid and no tour. Carla and Jeff Kerbo 11/01/2025
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Just-lovin-cruisin
Oct 21, 2025
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." - I would never recommend this tour operator. They suck at communicating with potential customers. Having booked both tours; one with transportation only and one with guided tour, I inquired as to which would provide the opportunity to rejoin the group after doing another guided tour to the Accademia. They only responded with a suggested time to tour the Accademia, not the tour they were hosting that would provide the best opportunity to travel from the port, get to Florence and see the Accademia and guaranteed return to port. I cancelled both bookings and booked another tour instead. Traveling by cruise ship with specific arrival and departure times are critical when booking "off-ship" excursions so communication is paramount. This company apparently didn't feel the same.
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Vera_s
Oct 14, 2025
La Specia Shore excursion to Florence Italy - This was the worst excursion I ever have had. The tour guide was not providing any information related to places we were visiting. During one hour city tour we walked behind the tour guide and barely were able to keep up with her pace. She really did not care that we are a group of an older people and cannot walk too fast. Beside she did not provide any information related to the historical sites we were passing by. The excursion was totally disorganized. At the end we had to stay outside by the bus for almost 40 minutes, because the driver did not let us get on the bus without tour guide who was late. It was over 90 degrees this day!
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