Florence Palazzo Vecchio and Arnolfo Tower Sunset Tour with amazing Top View

Experience one of Florence’s greatest treasures, the Palazzo Vecchio, at sunset on this 1.5-hour tour. With a professional guide, explore the former hub of Florentine power, admiring its art-filled rooms and stunning Hall of the Five Hundred. Then, gaze at twilit Florence on a tour of the battlements, and choose to climb the palace’s Arnolfo Tower for bird’s-eye views. Numbers are limited to 25 on the palace tour for a personalized experience.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence Italy

Admire the plain 14th-century façade of the fortress-palace, and hear how it was the hub of Florentine civic power for centuries, and is still home to the city council. To visit the palace means to stroll among the wonders of Renaissance and retrace its history, discovering also the secrets and tales linked to the powerful Medici family.
As you admire the exterior, take in the crenelated battlements and 311-foot (95-meter) Arnolfo Tower, the clock tower that is Florence’s second highest viewpoint after Bruneschelli’s Dome.

Enter the palace with your guide and explore it opulent interiors. As you walk, learn how the building became home to Florence’s first Medici ruler, Cosimo I, in 1540, and how the Medicis went on to rule the city for centuries, acting as patrons of the arts.

Ogle the courtyard by Michelozzo and see the main chambers, halls and boardrooms filled with Renaissance paintings, frescoes and statues by greats including Michelangelo, Donatello and Giorgio Vasari.

Marvel at the showpiece Hall of the Five Hundred, with its Vasari battle frescoes, and view other highlights, including the study of Francesco I Medici and chambers of Cosimo’s wife, Eleonora of Toledo.

As dusk takes hold, climb to the rooftop for a guided walk around the battlements 130 feet (40 meters) above the square. Gaze at the sunset-washed city, and if you wish, climb the Arnolfo Tower for even more spectacular views.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, 50100, Florence Italy

The elegant courtyard by Michelozzo, welcomes you at the beginning of a visit that will enable you to admire the famous and beautiful “Hall of the 500”, the charming and intimate study of Francesco I de’ Medici, the beautiful private apartments of Eleonora of Toledo and Cosimo I de’ Medici and the sumptuous and stunning boardrooms, in an incredible series of frescoes, paintings, decorations and statues of the greatest Renaissance artists as Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio, Vasari, Ghirlandaio and Bronzino, just to mention some of them

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Torre di Arnolfo, Piazza della Signoria Palazzo Vecchio, 50122, Florence Italy

After this incredible full immersion in the art masterpieces, you will access with your guide to the top of the building, on the ancient "battlemented patrol path", which offers a spectacular walk around the top of the palace where to enjoy an original tour of the city from the height of 40 meters! The spectacular sight of Florence monuments at Sunset will remain in the best memories of your stay in Florence! The most enterprising and tireless of you, will continue the climb up to the top of Arnolfo’s Tower, to end the tour with a stunning “aerial view” of the whole city and its hills.

Duration: 20 minutes