Florence Walking Tour: Medici Palaces, Wine Windows Option

Walk Florence's Renaissance streets and taste Tuscan wine the way locals did centuries ago

A guided walking tour of Florence's city center led by a live expert guide in English or Spanish, covering Piazza della Repubblica, Basilica di San Lorenzo, Piazza della Signoria, Medici Riccardi Palace, Orsanmichele Church, and the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo. The tour runs 90 minutes and includes earphones for groups over six people. You can add the Wine Windows Option (available April to October) to sip Tuscan wine served through a historic "buchetta del vino" (a small window where wine was once sold directly to Florentines) plus a surprise local tasting. Different meeting points apply depending on which option you choose at checkout.

Step-by-step itinerary

Guided walking tour of Florence

• Meet at the meeting point
• Explore Piazza della Repubblica
• Visit Basilica of San Lorenzo
• Discover Piazza della Signoria
• See Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
• Visit Orsanmichele Church and Museum
• Walk along Via dei Calzaiuoli
• View Palazzo Medici Riccardi
• End tour at Florence Via Cavour

The experience

How do you move through a city and actually understand it? This tour threads you through Florence's most significant Renaissance landmarks without the scattered feeling of wandering alone. Your guide walks you from Piazza della Repubblica through Via Calzaiuoli (one of the city's most elegant 400-meter streets), and into the heart of the historic center, stopping at sites like the Basilica di San Lorenzo and Medici Riccardi Palace, where the family that shaped Florence's politics and art once lived. You stand in front of real architecture and real history, not just read about it from a distance.

The route takes in Piazza della Signoria, where the city's civic power gathered, and Orsanmichele Church, which began as a women's monastery vegetable garden in the 8th century before becoming the landmark it is today. You'll pass the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, the New Market, just steps from Ponte Vecchio, where the Porcellino statue sits. The guide speaks English or Spanish depending on which departure you book, and if your group is larger than six people, you get earphones so you can hear clearly even in crowded streets. The whole walk takes 90 minutes, which is long enough to move through the city with purpose but short enough to fit into a morning or afternoon without eating your whole day.

If you book the Wine Windows Option (available April through October), the itinerary shifts to include a stop at one of Florence's historic wine windows: small openings in palazzo walls where wine merchants once served customers directly. You'll taste a glass of Tuscan wine the way Florentines did centuries ago, plus a surprise local tasting. This option follows a different route and drop-off point than the standard tour to make room for the wine experience. Children under 18 cannot participate in the wine tasting due to Italian law, though they can join the walking portion of the tour if accompanied by an adult.

What’s included

• Guided walking tour of Florence's Renaissance center.
• live expert guide in English or Spanish.
• earphones for groups over six people.
• 1 glass of Tuscan wine and a surprise tasting if you choose the Wine Windows Option (April–October only).

Options for this experience

5 options

English-language tour starting at 10:00 AM09:4510 am option: departs at 10 am

Guided walking tour conducted in English09:45Lasts 1 hour 30 minutes: walking tour only, NO FOOD OR DRINKS INCLUDED. Small group

Wine Windows option, in English18:00Small group. Included: walking tour, surprise tasting, and 1 glass of wine from a traditional Wine Window

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Private walking tour of FlorenceGuide in English · 09:45 and 11:15A 1.5-hour tour with a guide just for you: explore Florence with a private guide, with tailored stories, hidden gems and full attention. No tastings included.

PREMIUM Wine Windows optionGuide in English · 18:00Lasts 2 hours. Premium tour in English. Small group. Included: walking tour, surprise tasting, 2 glasses of wine from 2 traditional Wine Windows, and a food tasting

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 09:45, 11:15 and 18:00

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AgesAdult (13 and older) · Child (4 to 12 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 25

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Towns of Italy

Is this one for you?Book the standard walking tour if you want to move through Florence's core landmarks in 90 minutes with a guide who knows the Medici story and the city's layout. Choose the Wine Windows Option if you want to add an authentic local moment (tasting Tuscan wine through a centuries-old palazzo window), and you're traveling April through October. Note that the route and drop-off point differ to fit the wine stop into the day.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 12 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What's the difference between the regular walking tour and the Wine Windows Option?

The Wine Windows Option includes a glass of Tuscan wine served through a historic "buchetta del vino" (wine window) plus a surprise tasting, and it follows a different route and drop-off point to accommodate the wine stop. The option runs April through October. The regular walking tour covers the same Renaissance landmarks but without the wine component.

Do I need to book a hotel pickup, or do I meet the guide somewhere in the city?

You meet the guide at a designated meeting point in Florence. Hotel pickup is not included. The exact meeting point depends on which tour option you choose at checkout.

What happens if the weather is bad?

The tour proceeds regardless of weather conditions, so bring appropriate clothing for rain or sun.

Are there interior visits to the churches and palaces on this tour?

The tour is a walking tour of the exteriors and the streets around these landmarks. Interior visits to the buildings and monuments are not included.

How large are the groups on this tour?

Groups vary in size. If your group is larger than six people, you'll receive earphones so you can hear the guide clearly throughout the walk.