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Florence Golf Cart Tour Panoramic Hills & Michelangelo Square
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
$159.34
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Overview
Florence's hills offer a serene escape from the bustling city, inviting you to explore its hidden gems aboard a stylish Alba DA electric golf cart. This private tour weaves together the rich tapestry of history, art, and science, all while surrounded by breathtaking landscapes.
- 🏷️ Private Tour of Florence on the Hills: Enjoy an exclusive experience with a professional guide as you delve into the life and legacy of Galileo Galilei.
- 🗣️ English-speaking Tour Leader: Your knowledgeable guide will share captivating stories that blend science, art, and everyday life.
- ⏳ Duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes: Immerse yourself in the beauty and history of Florence without feeling rushed.
- 🌳 Scenic Journey: Begin at Porta Romana, where your adventure takes you toward the hills, away from the city's crowds.
- 🏞️ Visit Giardino Del Bobolino: Stroll through this romantic garden, a perfect spot for photos and reflections on Galileo’s early observations of nature.
- 🏛️ Explore Villa Pian dei Giullari: Discover the residence where Galileo spent his final years, a place of profound scientific exploration.
- ⛪ Chiesa di San Matteo in Arcetri: View this convent from the outside and learn about Galileo's heartfelt correspondence with his beloved daughter.
- 🔭 INAF Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory: Witness the bridge between Galileo's discoveries and modern astronomical research.
- 🏰 Villa del Poggio Imperiale: Conclude your journey at this magnificent villa, reflecting on the interplay of art, power, and science in Florence.
- 📸 Piazzale Michelangelo: Enjoy a short scenic walk to one of Florence's most iconic viewpoints, capturing stunning panoramas of the city.
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Private Tour of Florence on the Hills – In the Footsteps of Galileo
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Note carts are available in different type3/5 seats, depending on availability the day of the tour.
- Professional Tour Leader
- Driver Guides
- Photo stops at the panoramic points
- Private transportation
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Meet our vehicle and our Guide almost in front of the NH HOTEL Florence
You will easily recognize the large medieval stone gate at the south entrance of the city.
Your Guide will be waiting for you right there with an Alba 6-seater electric golf cart and a sign with the tour name.
Please arrive at least 10 minutes before departure.
Return details
Meet our vehicle and our Guide almost in front of the NH HOTEL Florence
You will easily recognize the large medieval stone gate at the south entrance of the city.
Your Guide will be waiting for you right there with an Alba 6-seater electric golf cart and a sign with the tour name.
Please arrive at least 10 minutes before departure.
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Porta RomanaOur adventure begins at Porta Romana, one of the majestic fourteenth-century gates that still mark the entrance to Florence. Merchants, travellers and pilgrims from DA Siena and DA Roma used to pass through here. It is the ideal point to open a journey that does not go into the crowded heart of the city, but takes the opposite direction: towards the hills. Porta Romana is a symbol of passage, yesterday as now : then from the outside world to the city, today from the center to the nature that surrounds it. DA here we start to discover views, gardens and places of Galileo Galilei, the man who changed the way we look at the sky.
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Giardino Del BobolinoOur journey begins along Viale dei Colli, the great nineteenth-century boulevard designed DA Giuseppe Poggi when Florence became the capital of Italy. With its harmonious curves and tree-lined avenues, it was intended as an elegant outdoor lounge for carriages and scenic walks. Even today it offers enchanting views of the city from above. Along the avenue opens the Bobolino Garden, a small romantic jewel full of paths, fountains and staircases, created as an “introduction” to the most famous Boboli. In this suggestive place you can breathe nineteenth-century Florence, but it is also an opportunity to remember the young Galileo, who already as a boy observed nature with curiosity to draw insights and experiments. Here, between landscapes and gardens, art and science begin to intertwine in our journey.
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Villa Pian dei GiullariGoing up we arrive at Pian dei Giullari, a hilltop village whose name recalls the medieval jesters who performed here. In the middle of noble villas stands Villa Il Gioiello, home of Galileo Galilei for the last ten years of his life. Condemned by the Inquisition, he spent his house arrest here, blind and guarded, but still full of ideas. In these rooms he wrote the Discourses and mathematical proofs around two new sciences, the basis of modern physics. It is a place that conveys emotion: despite its limitations, Galileo never gave up investigating the cosmos, leaving an eternal legacy.
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Chiesa di San Matteo in ArcetriNot far DA Il Gioiello is the Convent of San Matteo, where Galileo's daughters lived. The most beloved, Sister Maria Celeste, maintained an intense exchange of letters with him. His letters show a different Galileo: not the rebel scientist, but a frail, loving and grateful father. She comforted him with sweet words, small gifts, health remedies. When he died young, in 1634, Galileo was destroyed. This place, while seen from the outside, is fundamental: here the human and private side of the great scientist is told.
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INAF Arcetri Astrophysical ObservatoryNext to Il Gioiello, on the same hills, stands the Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, founded in the nineteenth century and now the headquarters of INAF. It is a symbol of continuity: from the rudimentary lens of Galileo’s telescope, which opened up to humanity the vision of Jupiter’s moons and sunspots, to modern instruments that today peer into galaxies and black holes. Arcetri is a place where past and future meet : the memory of the father of modern science lives alongside the most advanced research. A stage that links tradition and innovation, showing Florence as the eternal city of knowledge.
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Villa del Poggio ImperialeOur last stop is Poggio Imperiale, a splendid Villa that was a Medici residence and then a Grand Ducal. Imposing and monumental, it dominates Florence from above, offering an extraordinary panorama. Today it houses an international school, but retains all the charm of the past. It is the perfect place to close the story: Galileo was protected by the Medici, court scientist and pride of Tuscany, but he did not escape condemnation. Florence was the scene of his victories and difficulties. DA here, with the city lying below us, we can understand how art, power and science have always coexisted, creating the magic of Florence.
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Piazzale MichelangeloPiazzale Michelangelo is one of the most iconic panoramic viewpoints in Florence. Guests will reach the viewpoint with a short scenic walk of about 100 meters from the nearby golf cart stop, in accordance with local access regulations. From here, they can admire breathtaking views over the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the Arno River and the historic rooftops of Florence, with time for photos and to enjoy the panorama.
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Florence Golf Cart Tour Panoramic Hills & Michelangelo Square
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
$159.34
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!