The art of restoration is firmly anchored in Florence. This city, rich in artworks, has forever shown her attention to the preservation of this patrimony. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure and the many workshops offer a highly skilled service of restoration and make Florence one of the most renowned cities for this activity. Restorers of canvas, panels and fabrics, those of ancient ceramics, mosaics, and stones will be at your disposal in their workshops in Florence's historical centre and are happy to explain their métier.
This is a fascinating itinerary, which needs to be booked well in advance.

Minimum length 3 hours.

There are still traces of the old pilgrims' routes all over Tuscany. Not only the Francigena but many other highways crossed the Apennines on the way to Rome, touching Fiesole, the Arno valley, and the Chianti, often following the routes of the ancient Roman arteries.
The pilgrims travelling on these highways needed to be accommodated in hospices and to worship in parish churches along the way.
Some of these churches contain museums of sacred art that preserve collections of paintings, sculptures, wall-hangings, which are important witnesses of the piety and the historical and artistic importance of our territory.

Minimum length 6 hours (with time for a lunch break).

The Florentine Jewish community is first mentioned as being situated near Ponte Vecchio in the year 1300. Back then Florence had her own Synagogue. In the days of Lorenzo il Magnifico Florentine Jews experienced a period of great liberty and expansion, which ended in the 1570s when they were forced to live in the Ghetto built for them near Piazza della Repubblica. After the demolition of the Ghetto in the 19th century, a new Synagogue in moresco style was erected, which now also houses an interesting museum.

Minimum length 3 hours.

The Italian garden was born as part of Medici court culture. The Medici collections of plants and exotic animals, their orchards, menageries, grottoes, fountains and plays of water adorned these gardens as extensions of their palazzi.
The Boboli gardens are certainly the most splendid result of this passion. They have been recently connected with the Bardini gardens, which rest on panoramic terraces overlooking the river and the city and are the fruit of the love of the exotic of a great 19th-century antiquarian and collector.
Many other Florentine families followed these examples and left us secret gardens hidden between the walls of their ancient palaces.
Equally interesting are the dozens of gardens distributed in the Tuscan territory between Florence and Lucca and in which the Italian Baroque garden meets the Anglo-Saxon love for seemingly unbridled nature until both merge to offer us the great design of 20th-century gardens.
This itinerary offers an opportunity to visit the Medici villas, which are open to the public, and other examples throughout Tuscany, for example near Lucca and in the Chianti

Minimum length 3 hours

Thanks to her reputation for tradition and craftsmanship, culture and high quality production, Florence has always been the point of reference for fashion made in Italy. The histories of family enterprises such as those run by the Gucci, Ferragamo, and Pucci, going back to the 1930s, are famous all over the world.
From the early Renaissance onwards Florentine artisans were able to create, combine, and transform high-end fashion and accessories; the clothes to be seen in the shops and in museums, such as the Galleria del Costume in the Palazzo Pitti, the Museum Salvatore Ferragamo, or the Museo del Tessuto in Prato bear witness to this long and ongoing tradition.

Minimum length 3 hours.

Florence has been a city of the guilds and workshops since the Middle Ages and offers to this day the possibility to watch the skilful hands of artisans who for many generations have been known to create fascinating and beautiful objects.
Carved cornices, marbled paper, jewels, and other objects are the result of an incredible heritage of artistic traditions, which are still followed in the historical centre of Florence, only a few steps away from the Arno.
We would like to introduce you to the soul of the Oltrarno (the left bank): a neighbourhood rich in workshops, a labyrinth of small streets, palaces, and churches dating back to the Renaissance.

Minimum length 3 hours.