In this section of our web site you will found all the information about the guided tours trough the Hotel staff.

( 1 ) GUIDED COACH TOURS of FLORENCE
These tours are ideal for discovering Florence and the surrounding hills.
Our comfortable coaches take visitors along the most important and panoramic roads of the city and its immediate surroundings.
Short walks allow visitors to reach the most celebrated monuments in the historic centre, which cannot be reached by tourist buses.
Tours do not operate on 25 December and 1 January

1.a Visit of Florence: morning
Terminal: Piazza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Departure: h. 09:30 (15 minutes earlier at the terminal)
End: around h. 12:30
Includes: Transport, guide, museum entrance fees with booking.
Price: € 45,00 per person

Drive along the romantic Viale dei Colli up to Piazzale Michelangelo: a stop to admire the wonderful panorama of the city, one of the most beautiful in the world. The tour will proceed by coach through the old city centre. Then walking guided visit of the outdoor Duomo complex: the Baptistery with its bronze doors including the famous Porta del Paradiso and the visit of the Cathedral with the magni ficent Cupola del Brunelleschi and Giotto’s bell tower. A short walk through the historic streets of the heart of Florence brings you to the renowned Galleria dell’Accademia* where you can admire the famous David by Michelangelo and other works by the great artist. End of the tour inside the museum.
All year round every day
(*) Closed on Monday. Replaced with the Bargello museum or the Medici Chapels.

1.a + Light Lunch: Florence morning tour + Light Lunch
Terminal: Piazza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Departure: h. 09:30 (15 minutes earlier at the terminal)
Includes: Transport, guide, museum entrance fees with booking, lunch and drinks.
Price: € 58,00 per person

It is possible to book the morning City tour that includes light lunch and drinks in a historic restaurant in the centre, following the guided tour, just a brief walk away, accompanied by our assistant.
Arrival in time for the afternoon tours is guaranteed.
From 16 march to 15 novem. (every day)

1.b Visit of Florence: afternoon
Terminal: Piazza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Departure: h. 14:30 (15 minutes earlier at the terminal)
End: around h. 18:00
Includes: transport, guide, museum entrance fees with booking..
Price: € 45,00 per person

A fine coach tour offering panoramic views of the unparalleled beauty of Florence, taking in Fiesole, a delightful town of Etruscan origin set on the hills overlooking Florence and the Arno Valley. The tour continues to the old city centre for a visit to the Franciscan Church of Santa Croce (exterior). A short walk through the historic streets of the heart of Florence brings you to the famous Piazza Signoria, where you can admire the imposing Palazzo Vecchio (exterior) and the beautiful Loggia del Lanzi. The tour continues with a guided tour of the famous Galleria degli Uffizi* where you can admire the superb paintings of Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio. End of the Tour inside the museum.
The Gallery is closed on Monday replaced with the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.
All year round (every day)

1.a + 1.b All Florence, its Great Museums and Hills in just one day
Terminal: Piazza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Includes: transport, guide, museum entrance fees with booking..
Price: € 85,00 per person

A remarkably valuable experience at a promotional price. An expert local Guide will be with you all day to show the city. This is the best way to know a place thanks to the comments of who lives the city every day and knows it like no one else. The history, the art, the culture of Florence explained in a fascinating way through the unforgettable panoramas of Piazzale Michelangelo and Fiesole and by visiting the city, the old town and the famous Academy and Uffizi Galleries.
All year round (every day)

1.a + 1.b + Light Lunch: Florence full day + Light Lunch
Terminal: Piazza Stazione, at the corner with Piazza dell'Unità
Includes: transport, guide, museum entrance fees with booking, light lunch and drinks.
Price: € 100,00 per person

It is possible to book a complete tour of the city (morning and afternoon) that includes light lunch and drinks at a very reasonable price, in a historic restaurant in the centre, following the morning guided tour, just a brief walk away accompanied by our assistant.
From 16 march to 15 novem. (every day)

( 2 ) GUIDED WALKING TOURS of FLORENCE
It is an easy promenade guided by an experienced multilingual Guide through the most charming and famous sites of the city which cannot be reached by tourist buses. An unforgettable itinerary among the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, art and history, culture and curiosity in the ancient civil and religious heart of the old city centre.

2.a Medieval and Renaissance Florence complete Walking Tour: morning
Terminal: Piazza S.M. Novella, at the entrance to the church
Meeting: h. 09:15 (10 minutes earlier at the terminal)
End: around h. 11:45
Season: All year round - Every day(*)
Includes: guide, entrance fees where required.
Price: € 25,00 per person

The most complete and thrilling guided walking tour starts from the peculiar Central market zone, characterised by its workshops and multicoloured stalls, where the Medici Chapels, and Basilica di S. Lorenzo, the church of Medici’s Family, are located.
In a short time you can reach Piazza del Duomo, where you can admire the Cathedral* (inside visit) and its dome by Brunelleschi, the bell-tower by Giotto, Saint John Baptistery with its Paradise Door.
The tour continues by visiting the medieval quarters where Dante Alighieri and Beatrice lived.
Further on you can find Palazzo del Bargello. Not too far, there is Piazza della Signoria, a great “open-air sculpture museum”, overlooked by the imposing Palazzo Vecchio.
Next to it the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most important museum all over the world.
Then you proceed to the picturesque Mercato della Paglia (Straw market), where the famous Piglet Fountain is located.
You walk along the street that leads to Ponte Vecchio, the “jewels bridge”.
By crossing the bridge, you will reach the wonderful Pitti Palace where our tour ends.
*) Cannot be visited on National Holidays and for reasons beyond our control.

2.b Concert and Dinner in the heart of Florence
Italian Opera arias and Neapolitan songs
Terminal: Piazza Santa Trinita, at the column
Start: h. 19:00 (10 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: h. 22:45 around
Season: (*) - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Includes: assistant, dinner with drinks, concert.
Price: € 53,00 per person

An evening in genuine Italian style, devoted to discovering Tuscan cuisine and the most celebrated Italian opera arias and famous Neapolitan songs. Our assistant will take you into an ancient and fascinating neighbourhood in the old city centre. In a characteristic restaurant, you will be served a typical Tuscan dinner with excellent Chianti wine. Talented singers will be awaiting you after dinner in an intimate, old setting (the Anglican church), to perform the most beautiful arias from the operas of Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and other renowned Italian composers, in addition to worldfamous Neapolitan songs. You will be reserved frontrow seats so you can enjoy this absorbing spectacle to the full. During the intermission, tea or coffee together with a piece of cake or a goblet of very good wine will be served (they are included in the price).
(*) Excluding August.

2.c Dinner and Opera in the heart of Florence 
La Boheme - Tosca - La Traviata - Rigoletto - Le Nozze di Figaro - Barbiere - Carmen
Terminal: Piazza Santa Trinita, at the column
Start: h. 19:00 (10 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: h. 22:45 around
Season: (*) - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Includes: assistant, dinner with drinks, Opera.
Price: € 53,00 per person

An evening in genuine Italian style, devoted to discovering Tuscan cuisine and a famous opera. Our assistant will take you to a charming old district in the city centre. In a characteristic restaurant, you will be served a typical Tuscan dinner with excellent Chianti wine. Talented singers will be awaiting you after dinner in an intimate, old setting (the Anglican church), to perform four acts of one of the most famous Operas (of Verdi, or Puccini or Mozart), accompanied by piano music. You will be reserved front-row seats so you can enjoy this absorbing spectacle to the full.
(*) Excluding August.

2.d Renaissance banquet - The magic of an ancient night at court in a XVth Palace
Terminal: Palazzo Borghese - Via Ghibellina n° 110 (1st floor)
Start: h. 19:45 (10 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
Season: (*) - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Includes: show, four-course dinner, water, wine and coffee
Price: € 59,00 per person

Experience an unforgettable renaissance evening in the magnificent setting of the ancient halls of a noble residence.
You will be involved in the typical atmosphere of a Florentine fifteenth century banquet gladdened by the sound of a harp and flute, the sweet voice of a soprano and dances of the period.
Waiters, musicians, dancers and the jester, all in beautiful Renaissance costumes will make you feel part of the evening.
If you wish, you can also try their typical costumes and learn some fifteenth century dancing steps.
At the end of the evening, that will have a duration of around two hours, each guest will receive a personalised parchment with the emblem of the palace to certify the participation in this magical "Ancient Night at Court".
(*) from November to March

2.e Medieval Florence Gastronomic tour: morning
Wine and typical "street food” Itinerant tasting in Dante and Beatrice’s Quarter
Terminal: Piazza della Signoria, at the Statue of Cosimo on horseback
Start: h. 11:30 (10 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: h. 13:00 around
Season: (*) - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Includes: guide, wine tasting and typical products
Price: € 39,00 per person 
(*) from 1 April to 31 October

Cooking Course and guided Wine-Tasting
 Some fascinating proposals taking place in ancient palaces in the old city centre for all cooking and wine lovers. These proposals allow the visitors to discover the Tuscan and Florentine culture through its celebrated eno-gatsronomic tradition, too.

( M ) GUIDED VISITS to the MUSEUMS of FLORENCE
Our experienced multilingual guides will help you to discover the treasures of two of the most famous and important museums in the world. They will take you back in time, on an animated journey through the history and art of Florence, in order to reveal secrets and tales linked to the artworks of the greatest Renaissance artists.
Once the guided tour is over, it is possible to stay in the museum.

M1 Guided Visit to the Accademia Gallery
Season: All year round - from Tuesday to Sunday
Meeting: AT THE MUSEUM , entrance reserved to booking holders
Start: 11:15 (15 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: around 12:30
Price: € 35,00 per person
Includes: guide, museum entrance fee with booking.
(Once the guided tour is over, it is possible to stay in the museum).

Total immersion in the art of Michelangelo to know his most renowned work, the “David”, and other important works of art such as ''I Prigioni'' and ''San Matteo'' and the “Palestrina Pietà”.
The young Michelangelo carved the David from a huge block of rough marble in three years, creating an imposing sculpture of absolute beauty, an icon of the renaissance model.
He depicted a magnificent nude young man at the height of his physical vigour, whose intense expression of strength and courage, which originated from an absolute faith in God, roses as a symbol of power and invincibility of the Florentine Republic at the time of its maximum splendour.

M2 Guided Visit to the Uffizi Gallery
Season: All year round - from Tuesday to Sunday
Meeting: AT THE MUSEUM , entrance reserved to booking holders (door 1)
Start: 16:30 (15 minutes earlier at the meeting point)
End: around 18:00
Price: € 35,00 per person
Includes: guide, museum entrance fee with booking.
(Once the guided tour is over, it is possible to stay in the museum).

You can't leave Florence without visiting one of the most important art galleries in the world. Here you can admire numerous works of art by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio

M1+ M2 Accademia Gallery + Uffizi Gallery
Season: All year round - from Tuesday to Sunday
Meeting: at the museum, entrance reserved to booking holders
Price: € 60,00 per person
Includes: guide, museum entrance fee with booking.
It is not necessary to book the visits of the two museums in the same days.

The guided tour of the Accademia Gallery (morning 11:30) can be purchased together with that of the Uffizi Gallery (afternoon 16:30) at a very reasonable price.

REGULAR EXCURSIONS

Excursions to Chianti
Hotel Alessandra, in partnership with a selected company specialized in this sector, propose its guests interesting different itineraries through the delightful hills of the Chianti countryside with an ever-changing scenery of vineyards and olive trees..


( 8 ) OUTLET SHOPPING TOURS These tours take you to the outlets of the most prestigious designer labels in the Italian Fashion, renowned throughout the world as expression of style, refinement, and luxury. The outlets will allow you to buy shoes, clothing, bags and accessories with solid 30% to 50% discounts. During a comfortable trip on luxury, air-conditioned coaches, you will enjoy the beautiful landscape offered by the Arno Valley.

8 Gucci and Prada Outlets Shopping Tour
Terminal: P.zza Stazione (corner with P.zza dell'Unità) 15 minutes earlier at the terminal
Departure: Tuesday, Monday and Friday 13:15 Saturday 8:45
Return: Tuesday, Monday and Friday around 20:00 Saturday around 15:30
Season: All year round
Price: € 28,00 per person
Includes: Transport

This tour takes you to the outlets of the most prestigious designerlabels in the Italian Fashion, renowned throughout the world as expression of style, refinement, and luxury. The outlets will allow you to buy with solid 30% to 50% discounts.
During a comfortable trip on luxury, air-conditioned coaches, you will enjoy the beautiful landscape offered by the Arno Valley.
Departure from Florence to reach the Prada outlet. Stop of about 1h30, then departure to reach the famous center The Mall (stop 2h45 approx.) where you can find prestigious high fashion companies including: Gucci - Giorgio Armani - Fendi - Ferragamo - Valentino - Zegna - Bottega Veneta - Sergio Rossi - Loro Piana.
The pleasant Café in the Center offers the chance of a snack (not included).