Discovering Florence with Francesca
Licensed Tour Guide in Florence
Hello! I am Francesca, I was born in Florence and in this beautiful city I graduated in History of Art. I have always been passionate about the history and the events surrounding the characters, the buildings, the churches and the art collections of this fascinating place and, given my passion for languages and stories, I’ve decided to make all of this my own work, taking the licence as tourist guide in Italian, English and French.
Come and discover with me the most famous museums, traditions, curiosities and legends of Florence!
Discovering Florence: classic city tour through art, history and curiosities.
The tour begins from the origins of Florentia, starting from the old Roman Forum, today Piazza della Repubblica, arriving in the Santa Maria Novella district, with the homonymous Basilica and visiting the Officina Profumo Pharmaceutica, considered the oldest historical pharmacy in Europe in business for over 400 years.
The dark side of Florence: itinerary in the city through legends, family intrigues, superstitions and mysterious stories.
This tour aims to awaken the thrill, the fascination of mystery and fear, the stormy grace of terror, to quote Percy Bysshe Shelley, that feeling that repels and attracts at the same time ..
The Basilica of Santa Croce and the Ponte Vecchio
Also known as the Pantheon of Italian Glories, Santa Croce holds numerous masterpieces but also tombs of illustrious men. There we will find the tomb of Michelangelo, Galileo, Rossini, Machiavelli and many others, in one of the few Gothic churches in Florence, built in 1294 by the architect Arnolfo di Cambio.