Your guide will introduceyou to the intoxicating and inspirational heart of Florence today. The tourbegins with the gothic church of Santa Croce: here you’ll see the tombs ofMichelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli and marvel at art works by Donatello andGiotto. A short walk will bring you to the Piazza della Signoria, the politicalcentre of the city and home to an outdoor sculpture gallery. You will then headto the Ponte Vecchio, literally the ‘old bridge’ over the Arno, originally hometo butchers’ shops but subsequently and to this day, occupied by fine jewelleryshops. When you have torn yourself away from shopping, a short walk will bringyou to the Uffizi Gallery, where you’ll concentrate on the highlights of thecollection, mainly works by Giotto, Botticelli, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci andMichelangelo.
