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Florence · On requestFlorence, Layer by Layer
Look beyond the façades: a walk through Florence, its family rivalries, public squares and changing ideas of power.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗One-Day ToursOne day.
One day.
Many ways in.
A few hours, an afternoon, or a complete day. Discover the Italy that comes into focus through a particular encounter.
The Collections · A few hours to a dayWhat moves
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Florence · On request
Florence · On requestPortraits, Dress & Power at Palazzo Pitti
Clothes, jewels and gestures reveal how Florence chose to be seen, through selected portraits and the world of dress.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestSanta Croce & the Leather Tradition
From the stories of Santa Croce to the hands of Florence’s leather makers: heritage that continues through a working craft.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestGalileo & the Art of Scent
An afternoon between observation and imagination, from historic instruments to a fragrance composed with your own hands.
Around 6 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestThe Florence Gelato Tasting
Taste Florence through the signature flavours of a gelato maker, with a dedicated host and time to discover the stories behind them.
Around 1 hour · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
San Romano · From Florence · On requestFrom the Pasta Maker to the Table
Meet the world behind a family pasta producer, from the Pasta Museum to a tasting at the table.
Around 6 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestA Tuscan Kitchen, a Shared Table
Make fresh pasta, learn a family recipe and sit down to enjoy the dishes you have prepared together.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Chianti · From Florence · On requestSangiovese, Abbey & Village
Explore one expression of Sangiovese through a historic estate, a Tuscan lunch and a village walk at an unhurried pace.
Around 9 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestYour Own Florentine Fragrance
Explore aromatic notes and compose a fragrance to take home, guided through the choices that make it your own.
Around 1.5 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestThe Art of Marbled Paper
Watch colour move across water, then decorate your own sheet using the Florentine tradition of marbled paper.
Around 1.75 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestA Leather Passport Cover, Made by You
Work with a Florentine leather artisan to create and personalise a passport cover you can use on your next journey.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestScarsella: A Little Bag, Made in Florence
Turn reclaimed textiles into a personal drawstring bag, discovering how thoughtful design gives a material another life.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Lucca · Local meeting · On requestLucca, Walls & Local Flavours
Discover Lucca through its streets and walls, with a taste of the local flavours that belong to everyday city life.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Valdarno · From Florence · On requestSan Miniato & the Pasta Makers
Follow a family food tradition from the pasta maker’s workshop to the hilltop streets of San Miniato.
Around 8 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Colle di Val d’Elsa · From Florence · On requestCrystal & the Streets of Colle
See crystal taking shape in a working factory, then discover the streets of the town that surrounds this living industry.
Around 7 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Tuscany · From Florence · On requestSan Gimignano & a Tuscan Winery
A village of towers, a winery visit and a Tuscan lunch: a day shaped around the landscape and the table.
Around 9 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestInside a Florentine Family Workshop
Discover how a family workshop keeps a Florentine craft alive, through materials, skills and the decisions behind its work.
Around 1 hour · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestFive Generations of Paper & Books
Explore the knowledge behind paper and bookbinding, and how an artisan business carries a tradition into the present.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestCircular Design, in Practice
Explore circular design with a clothing designer, then turn an existing textile into an object with a new purpose.
Around 4 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestThe Art of Giving: A Florentine Day
Let a work of art inspire a gift: discover Florence with a guide, then create something personal in an artisan’s workshop.
Around 6 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestA Private Evening in the Workshop
Spend an evening among stones and works in progress, with a private introduction to the craft and a Tuscan tasting.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestA Florentine Fragrance in a Blue Bottle
Compose a personal fragrance in a private olfactory setting, bottled in blue and recorded for a future return.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestA Tuscan Table of Your Own
Gather around a private Tuscan table, with a menu chosen for your occasion and prepared by your hosts.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Pisa · Local meeting · On requestThe Weaver’s Pisa
Discover a city through its threads: meet a weaver and follow the making of a small piece of textile.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestA Florentine Mask, Made by You
Give colour and character to a Florentine mask, shaping a small theatrical memory of your journey.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Florence · On requestPaint with Stone
Discover the patience of Florentine stone inlay, making a pendant or a small composition from carefully chosen materials.
Around 4 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Montespertoli · From Florence · On requestA Tuscan Wine Bottle, Reimagined
Give a wine bottle a new life through an artist’s eye, bringing together colour, place and the pleasure of making.
Around 6 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Florence · On requestThe Florentine Florin
Explore Florence’s goldsmith tradition through a Florin-inspired pendant created during a workshop.
Around 1 hour · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Faenza · Local meeting · On requestClay, Colour & a Family Atelier
Meet a family ceramics atelier and explore clay through colour, form and your own gesture.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Albissola · Local meeting · On requestMaiolica & Pesto by the Sea
Bring together the colours of Ligurian maiolica and the flavours of pesto in a coastal artisan encounter.
Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗Genoa · Local meeting · On requestA Riviera Floral Table
Create a floral centrepiece with an artisan florist, gathering colour and season around a personal table.
Around 2 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗The seasonal calendarItaly, in
Italy, in
its own time.
Selected programmes from our celebrations calendar. Open each programme for its dates, itinerary and request details. Event dates and access remain subject to confirmation.
Florence · WinterFlorence: a Christmas to make
Santa Croce, a handmade mask and a festive tasting in Florence.
1 day · approximately 8 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Pienza & Montepulciano · WinterMontepulciano: Christmas, Nobile & Pienza
Pecorino in Pienza, Christmas stalls and a reserved cellar tasting.
1 long day · approximately 11–12 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Arezzo · WinterArezzo: art, workshops & Christmas lights
Historic lanes, artisan shops and a relaxed afternoon among Christmas lights.
1 day · approximately 10 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Siena · WinterSiena: festive sweets & illuminated streets
A guided Siena walk, a Tuscan table and the city’s traditional Christmas sweets.
1 day · approximately 10 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Cerreto Guidi · WinterCerreto Guidi: the Via dei Presepi
Meet the village’s handmade nativity scenes and the flavours of Montalbano.
1 day · approximately 8–9 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Santa Brigida · Pontassieve · WinterSanta Brigida: a village tells Christmas
A village walk, a warming merenda and the community’s living nativity.
Afternoon & evening · approximately 7–8 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Viareggio · WinterCarnevale di Viareggio
Meet the giant floats and the clever hands behind Tuscany’s most exuberant celebration.
A full day · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Greve in Chianti & Montefioralle · SpringFrittelle in Montefioralle
Chianti wine, medieval lanes and golden rice fritters, fresh from a rather impressive pan.
A full day · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Florence · Piazza Santa Croce · SummerCalcio Storico & San Giovanni
Discover the neighbourhood rivalries, Renaissance pageantry and fierce heart of a Florentine tradition.
A day, or a Florence stay · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Vinci & Cerreto Guidi · SummerLa Notte d’Isabella
Leonardo’s inventions, Montalbano wines and a Renaissance village brought to life after dark.
1 long day · approximately 14–15 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Marradi · Tuscan Apennines · AutumnMarradi & the Marron Buono
Roasted chestnuts, mountain-village warmth and the deep, delicious colours of an Apennine autumn.
A full day · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Maranello · Castelvetro · Sassuolo · All yearFerrari, Sapori & Palazzi
From Florence to the Ferrari myth, aged balsamic and the splendour of the Este court.
1 long day · approximately 12–13 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Rufina · Valdisieve · AutumnBacco Artigiano: Rufina celebrates wine
Meet the vineyards, flavours and festive traditions of the Valdisieve.
1 day · approximately 10 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗
Montepulciano & Pienza · AutumnA day in the Tuscan Renaissance
Vino Nobile, Pecorino di Pienza and a Renaissance celebration in the Val d’Orcia.
1 long day · approximately 12–14 hours · On requestDiscover the programme ↗A journey of your own
Haven’t found your Italy yet?
Perhaps you would like a different pace, another destination, or an idea that is entirely your own. Tell us what you imagine; we will begin there.
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contact@italyauthentictours.com ↗WhatsApp · +39 388 972 5730 ↗Florence, Italy
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