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This small-group tour of about 3 hours takes you through both the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery in one day with a certified local guide. Timed-entry tickets to both museums are included, so there are no extra fees. At the Uffizi, see works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Giotto and Michelangelo. At the Accademia, see Michelangelo's "David" and his unfinished sculptures. The tour is limited to a small group of up to 15 people, and headsets let you hear the commentary clearly.

Begin the tour at the Uffizi Gallery with a licensed local guide. The building was designed by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici, and it is a treasury of Renaissance painting built on the collections gathered by the Medici family. Your guide brings the golden age of the Italian Renaissance to life.

See Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus," which depicts the goddess born from the sea foam, followed by works by Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Giotto and Michelangelo. You can follow how painting changed, from golden altarpieces of the Middle Ages to the perspective and human anatomy of the Renaissance, as one continuous story.

Walk with your guide to the Accademia Gallery and enter with your timed-entry ticket. See "David," the marble sculpture over 5 m tall that Michelangelo completed between 1501 and 1504.

Explore the Sala dei Prigioni (Hall of the Prisoners), which holds sculptures originally planned for the tomb of Pope Julius II but left unfinished. The Accademia also has a collection of paintings on gold backgrounds and a museum of historic musical instruments.
* Tickets to both museums are included, so there are no extra fees.
* The tour is limited to a small group of up to 15 people.
Meeting point:
CITY FLORENCE TOURS office (in front of the Uffizi Gallery general exit)
Via dei Castellani, 14, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Meeting point instructions:
Look for the "CITY FLORENCE TOURS" office in front of the Uffizi Gallery general exit, at Via De' Castellani 18 (red street number), next to number 14. Please arrive 15 minutes before the tour starts and exchange your voucher at the ticket desk.
Via dei Castellani, 14, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy