The Medici Tour @ Florencepass: The rise of the Medici Family in Florence

This tour is focused on the influence of this prosperous merchant family onto the Florentine history from the 1430s till the family became extinct in 1737. Our guide will accompany you through the Convent of St. Mark,  costructed with the  patronage of Cosimo the Elder, then we proceed towards the Medici Palace by Michelozzo, prototype of so many Renaissance noble residences, then the wonderful Basiica of San Lorenzo, absolute masterpiece of elegance by the Renaissance Florentine genius Filippo Brunelleschi and mainly financed by the Medici family, as well its peaceful cloister. This tour ends with the visit of the grandious Medici Chapels, the majestic funeral chapel constructed during the Baroque period for the tombs of the last Medicis, embellished with spectacular hard-stone inlaid works, from which we also have access to another Michelangelo's masterpiece: the New Sacristy, where the divine artist simultaneously worked as architect and sculptor.

(FOR PRIVATE TOURS TICKETS FOR 2 PAX ARE INCLUDED IN OUR SALE PRICE, FOR EXTRA TICKETS YOU CAN PAY DIRECTLY WHEN IN FLORENCE)

Lenght: 150 minutes 

Small Group with max 8 people

Incidentals: Museo San Marco entrance ticket, San Lorenzo Basilica and Medici Chapels around € 14 per person.

This Walk is run on Thursdays and Saturdays Meeting Point @ Entrance of San Marco Museum on Piazza di San Marco,#1 @ 8:30 a.m.

Walk is run shine or rain.