Friday 8th - Tuesday 12th November

Itinerary includes visits to the Uffizi, Accademia, Duomo, Baptistery, Bargello, San Marco Monastery & Santa Croce

This four day cultural study tour to Florence will include detailed morning and afternoon tours, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand stunning masterpieces by incredible and revolutionary painters, sculptors and architects. A small Gallery Talks group will be carefully guided by Julie through the treasure trove of art in the churches and museums of this wonderful city, which still retains an astoundingly dense concentration of great works of art. Whilst discovering the beauty and history of the art and appreciating the craftsmanship of the artists who created this inspirational city, we will also soak up the vibrant Florentine atmosphere and sample the delights of Italian cuisine.

Florence is one of the loveliest cities in the world, with the River Arno running through it and surrounded by a circle of hills, and with its harmonious Medieval and Renaissance architecture dominated by Brunelleschi’s immense dome. The cradle of the Renaissance, Florence is where the foundations for 500 years of Western art were laid and a succession of great artists were nurtured; Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.

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