Florence · PALAZZO VECCHIO TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 palazzo vecchio tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Enter Palazzo Vecchio from Piazza della Signoria, collect your guide at the InfoPoint, and explore Medici rooms, Vasari’s Salone dei Cinquecento, and Renaissance art at your own pace. Add Arnolfo’s Tower for superb views, weather permitting.
“We loved climbing the tower and enjoying the view. The audio guide tablet was pretty cool.”
Spend 90 minutes inside Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio with a certified guide such as Ivan, Francesca, Sara, or Lorenzo. See the vast Hall of the Five Hundred, Medici apartments, Bronzino’s chapel, and the map room while learning the palace’s political and artistic story. Tower entry costs extra.
“Lovely tour!! Palazzo Vecchio is unbelievably amazing. Our guide Sara was excellent and gave us all the information of the palace and its residents and the renaissance time period. Highly recommend this tour and if possible Sara as your guide.”
Meet an English-speaking host by Palazzo Vecchio and Michelangelo’s David, exchange your voucher, then enter without waiting at the ticket line. Spend about an hour with an audio guide among Vasari frescoes, Medici rooms, Donatello works, and the Hall of the Five Hundred. Bring your own headphones.
“avoir les messages en français et surtout les contact en français au téléphone quand il y un problème comme nous avons eu ( annulation de dernière minute de nos billets pour le palais Vecchio)”
Meet your English-speaking guide in Piazza della Signoria for a 90-minute visit to Palazzo Vecchio. You’ll see the Medici palace, hear the stories behind its art, and tour in a group capped at 15. Guides have included Ivan, Elizabeth, Silvia, Leo, and Veronica, though assignments vary.
“The tour was actually booked for two but one of us was unwell so it turned out to be a personal single person tour for me alone. Leo, my guide was prompt and easy to find at the meeting point. He was friendly and a mine of useful information, readily able to answer the many questions I had. He put into historical context the art treasures and the intriguing iconographic detail we saw around the Palazzo. A tour hosted by 'Florence Pass' to be thoroughly recommended.”
Join a 90-minute English tour of Palazzo Vecchio with up to nine people. See the Hall of the Five Hundred, Medici apartments, Dante’s death mask, Vasari’s Cerca e Trova inscription, and works by Michelangelo and Donatello. Secret passages and the tower are not included.
“Great tour,our guide Ivan was very knowledgeable and made tour very interesting, thank you”
Meet your English-speaking host beside the David statue at Palazzo Vecchio, then enter with a skip-the-line ticket and audio guide. See Michelozzo’s courtyard, the Hall of the Five Hundred, Vasari’s frescoes, and Medici-era rooms. Bring your own headphones or AirPods.
“cadre magnifique, doit être découvert. inadmissible qu'il ne soit pas prévu d’audio en français. ́nous sommes à l'heure de l'informatique. merci.”
Enter Palazzo Vecchio through concealed doors and narrow medieval stairways on a small-group tour of Florence’s Medici-era back rooms. Guides such as Francesca and Sarah bring the palace to life in clear English. Choose a three-course Tuscan lunch or redeem gelato later that day, but read the voucher carefully.
“There was no record of our booking at Palazzo Vecchio despite clear confirmation It caused stress We were lucky that the lady at Palzzo. vecchio took pity on us and put us with another group”
Enter Palazzo Vecchio through Michelozzo’s courtyard, then explore the Hall of the 500, Medici apartments, Francesco I’s study, and Bianca Cappello’s private room. Choose an official audioguide in five languages or a local guide, with an optional three-course Tuscan lunch nearby.
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Meet a host near Palazzo Vecchio, collect your reserved ticket, and explore Florence’s former seat of power on your own. The roughly one-hour visit includes the Salone dei Cinquecento, Medici apartments, maps, and major works by Vasari, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Bring earphones for the phone-based audio guide.
“Seeing the rooms where the Priori met. Also the Cosimo and Lorenzo rooms. This was an entry without guide but still enjoyed a lot. Room with 500 really nice. Glad Florence allowed the production of The Medici to be filmed there.”
Spend two hours inside Palazzo Vecchio with a private guide in your choice of seven languages. See the Hall of the Five Hundred, Donatello’s Judith, Medici apartments, Dante’s mask, Machiavelli’s Office, and the Renaissance Map Room. Alexandra is one guide praised for clear, wide-ranging explanations.
“Une visite très intéressante avec Alexandra. de nombreuses explications sont données au cours de la visite. Avec de l'histoire, de la géographie, de l'histoire de l'art, de la géopolitique. les nombreuses questions que j'ai pu poser ont trouvé à chaque fois une réponse. On ne voit pas le temps passer.”
Spend two hours inside Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio with a live guide in English, Italian, Spanish, French, or German. See the Hall of the Five Hundred, Medici apartments, Renaissance art, and the city hall’s medieval rooms. Choose a private tour or limited hotel pickup when available.
“We stayed too long in the first room , the room of the 500.”
Meet an English-speaking greeter near Palazzo Vecchio, collect your priority-entry ticket, and explore the Medici palace at your own pace. The roughly two-hour visit covers the museum galleries, paintings, sculptures, and historic offices. Audio is accessed on your phone, so bring headphones and prepare for possible Wi-Fi trouble.
“Impressive palace with interesting history and presentation of the renaissance thru wall ceiling frescos as well as sculpture. Skip the line is a must.”
Start at the Neptune Fountain, visit Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Titian in the Uffizi, then walk the reopened Vasari Corridor to Palazzo Pitti. A private guide such as Jadranka or Francesca can connect the art, Medici history, Ponte Vecchio, and Florence’s grand palaces in 2.5 hours.
“Visita molto interessante, ottima la nostra guida, preparata e di grande esperienza.”
Explore Palazzo Vecchio with a private English-speaking guide, often Irina or Alda. In 90 minutes, you’ll see grand halls, study Medici power, examine hidden symbols, and hear the mystery of Leonardo’s Battle of Anghiari. Tablet images help connect paintings, people, and events.
“Our guide Irina was exceptional. She was extremely knowledgable. She had wonderfull slide shows to explain history of the palace.”
Meet your English-speaking host at Palazzo Vecchio, then enter the palace and climb Arnolfo Tower. See the Hall of the Five Hundred, Medici-era rooms, and Florence from above. No guide is included, so bring headphones if you want to use the phone audio guide.
“I booked the ticket mainly because of the Arnolfo Tower, even though it was double the price. But I was later told that I couldn’t climb the tower and would only get a 50% refund. I shouldn’t have booked the Palazzo Vecchio ticket separately since it was also double the price.”
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