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Mantua City Centre Walking Tour
Mantua, Lombardy, Italy
$123.84
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Overview
The Mantua City Centre Walking Tour offers a unique glimpse into the heart of one of Italy's hidden gems. With a friendly, English-speaking local guide, you'll uncover the rich history and breathtaking beauty of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 🏛️ Start your journey at Sordello Square, surrounded by iconic monuments like the Ducal Palace and the Cathedral, showcasing the city's historical significance.
- 🏰 Visit Broletto Square, the medieval political hub, featuring 13th-century communal buildings and the remnants of a dark history with iron rings used for executions.
- 🍏 Explore Piazza delle Erbe, once a bustling market, flanked by ancient structures including the Palazzo della Ragione and a clock tower with a 15th-century astrolabe.
- 🎨 Admire the stunning Basilica of Sant’Andrea on Piazza Mantegna, a masterpiece by Leon Battista Alberti, known for its remarkable Renaissance façade and artistic interiors.
- 🕍 Marvel at the architectural brilliance of the Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova, featuring a grand nave and trompe-l'oeil painted walls, housing the tomb of Andrea Mantegna.
- 🧱 Discover Piazza Leon Battista Alberti, home to the remaining cloister of the Benedictine monastery, offering a glimpse into Mantua’s architectural evolution.
- 🚍 Enjoy seamless transportation to and from attractions, ensuring a comfortable and convenient experience throughout the tour.
- ♿ Experience a wheelchair accessible tour, with all areas and surfaces designed for easy navigation, making it suitable for everyone.
- 👶 Bring your little ones along, as infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller, ensuring family-friendly exploration.
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Mantua City Centre Walking Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
- private tour
- Professional guide
- Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting point
Rigoletto's house at Piazza Sordello 23. The house is located at the corner of the square at the end of a row of houses behind the Duomo of Saint Peter.
Return details
End point is at Piazza delle Erbe near Saint Andrew Basilica
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Piazza SordelloMantua is a little breathtaking gem; little known or barely remembered before, loved afterwards. The beauty of Mantua, however, is not only in its magnificent buildings but also in the beautiful squares and the charming alleys, lined with arcades and pretty houses. Mantua is small but spectacular and surrounded by beautiful natural environment where art, nature, cultural heritage, great food and overall good living aim for making life sweeter. The city centre tour starts in Sordello Square. Sordello Square is a huge square surronded by some of the most important monuments of the city like the Ducal Palace, the Cathedral and the Bishop's seat. From Sordello Square we can access some squares and gardens beloging to the Ducal Palace like Piazza Castello, Piazza Santa Barbara, Piazza Paccagnini and Piazza Pallone
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Piazza BrolettoBroletto Square, the political square in medieval times, is surrounded by some communal buildings built in the 13th century like Palazzo del Podesta and Palazzo del Massaro. The square was also the place for execution, it is still possible to see the four iron rings used for torturing people.
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Piazza delle ErbePiazza delle Erbe, bordered by the ancient Palazzo del Podesta to the north and the Palazzo della Ragione (court of justice) to the east, takes its name from the medieval fruit and vegetable market. The square is flanked by the typical porticos (arcades), the clock tower, with a 15th century astrolabe, and the Romanesque church of San Lorenzo
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Piazza Andrea MantegnaOn Piazza Mantegna stands the Basilica of Sant’Andrea, a masterpiece of Leon Battista Alberti, one of the fathers of the Renaissance architecture. The square is the right place to admire its beautiful Renaissance façade
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Basilica di Sant'Andrea di MantovaThe Basilica of Sant'Andrea is still considered to be one of Alberti's most complete works and one of the greatest works of Renaissance architecture of the 15th century in Northern Italy. The façade, made up of classical architectural elements, conceals a single nave with barrel vaults and trompe-l'oeil painted walls. The first chapel on the left contains the tomb of Andrea Mantegna
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Piazza Leon Battista AlbertiThe portion of the cloister that closes Piazza L.B. Alberti is the only remaining part of the Benedictine monastery complex destroyed when the new Basilica of Sant’Andrea was built
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Mantua City Centre Walking Tour
Mantua, Lombardy, Italy
$123.84
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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