Private tour: Florence Highlights and David timed entry tickets
Overview
This private tour is designed for travelers who want a relaxed, in-depth visit with a licensed expert guide and timed entry tickets to the Accademia tickets, avoiding crowds and waiting time. Unlike standard tours, this experience is fully private and tailored to your interests, allowing your guide to adjust the pace, focus, and storytelling to your group.
With s timed entry tickets included and a dedicated guide for three full hours, this tour offers a seamless and immersive way to experience the Accademia without compromises.
What's Included
- Hotel pick-up when this is central located
- Timed entry tickets to Accademia Gallery
- Private tour
- Professional art historian guide
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- NO REFUND is for flights/trains strikes, delays, illnesses communicated within 24hrs before the tour
Meeting and Pickup
Pick up WILL BE AT YOUR HOTEL if your hotel is in the historical center of Florence.If not, you will be contacted by our staff and define a central meeting point with the guide. Transportation to the meeting point will be at your own expenses
What To Expect
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Piazza della Repubblica (pass by)
Ponte Vecchio (pass by)
Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (pass by)
Galleria dell'Accademia
1 hour Admission Ticket Included
Piazza della Signoria
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Battistero Di San Giovanni (pass by)
Palazzo Strozzi (pass by)
Palazzo Pitti (pass by)
Oltrarno (pass by)
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- NO REFUND is for flights/trains strikes, delays, illnesses or other circumstances communicated within 24hrs before the tour. For the above reasons please refer to your Travel Insurance company - please verify that it covers the above mentioned circumstances
- Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the attraction.
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Accademia Gallery.
- Included in the price: Galleria dell’Accademia admission ticket: €24 total €20 admission ticket + €4 reservation fee
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Private tour: Florence Highlights and David timed entry tickets?
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Hotel pick-up when this is central located.
- Timed entry tickets to Accademia Gallery.
- Private tour.
- Professional art historian guide.
- Lunch.
- Bottled water.
- Private transportation.
- NO REFUND is for flights/trains strikes, delays, illnesses communicated within 24hrs before the tour.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private tour: Florence Highlights and David timed entry tickets is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private tour: Florence Highlights and David timed entry tickets will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Hotel pick-up when this is central located
- Timed entry tickets to Accademia Gallery
- Private tour
- Professional art historian guide
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- NO REFUND is for flights/trains strikes, delays, illnesses communicated within 24hrs before the tour
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- NO REFUND is for flights/trains strikes, delays, illnesses or other circumstances communicated within 24hrs before the tour. For the above reasons please refer to your Travel Insurance company - please verify that it covers the above mentioned circumstances
- Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the attraction.
- Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to the Accademia Gallery.
- Included in the price: Galleria dell’Accademia admission ticket: €24 total €20 admission ticket + €4 reservation fee
