Artviva Original & Best Florence Tours

Don't miss booking The Best of Tuscany small group tour! We had an amazing day with our tour guide Max. He had great facts and stories as we explored Siena, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, and a chianti vineyard for lunch!

È stata un'esperienza molto speciale. Non solo per la pandemia di Covid e per la conseguente atmosfera speciale a Firenze grazie ai pochi turisti. Ma anche e soprattutto perché eravamo solo 4 persone. Noi due eravamo gli unici ospiti e la nostra guida era accompagnata dal suo collega, quindi sembrava veramente come un tour privato. In termini di contenuti, non c'è sicuramente visita guidata migliore a Firenze se sei interessato alla sua storia e allo stesso tempo vuoi avere una ampia comprensione del centro storico. Il tour è stato molto divertente e abbiamo ricevuto risposte conclusive a tutte le nostre domande. Consiglo vivamente questo tour.

We did the Original Florence Walk with Martinia(my apologies if I didn't get name correct) on a Sunday morning and it was the most fantastic tour we did on our trip to Italy. It was a nice relaxing tour and Matinia was very easy to understand and communicate with. Her way of explaining Florence and the hidden gems we came across(like the working Wine Window and Mona Lisa house and other spots) was fabulous!! We learned and experienced a lot about Florence that otherwise we wouldn't have found on our own. Ask for Martinia as your tour guide, she is very very good!!

The Taste of Tuscany tour was fantastic!!! Our guide, Martina was super knowledgeable, very personable and an overall gem! She and the driver took us from Florence to Tuscany which was an incredibly beautiful trip. During the trip Martina gave us tons of great information about the region and wines in general. We went to two wineries to tour the wineries and gardens and taste the wines. She is a wine sommelier and we learned so much on this tour about wines and wine tasting as well as just had a phenomenal time!!! Highly Recommend this tour!!!

It was an amazing and different experience after so many cooking classes that mainly offer pasta and tiramisu.I still can't believe I was lucky enough to be part of it.Enrico was funny, but demanding.He explained in detail what a Florentine steak looks like and what is important in its preparation and what mistakes to avoid. Anyway, I think he knows exactly how to do it. He has been running his business for several years and despite the fact that the restaurant does not have any traditional pasta (because Italia does not live only with pasta), this is the uniqueness of this place.I recommend this place and this event with all my heart for people who want to discover something other than pizza and pasta.If you also have an open mind and a good sense of humor, be prepared for a longer evening than you may have expected, thanks to the entertaining Enrico!

Amazing tour and transfer service. Don’t hesitate to use ArtViva. Rose helped us plan our transfer service from Rome to Florence based on what we would enjoy. Jonathan was an excellent and attentive host and driver.The private tour of the farm was very informative and just lovely. This is the place you visualize when you think of Tuscany. The cheese, wine and food was superb. The view was incredible. It met every expectation.I definitely plan to go back and look forward to planning more tours with ArtViva.

Artisan Tour of Florence. We love all types of art/artists and this tour seemed like it would allow us to learn more about them. It was amazing! Maria personalized our tour to include visits to studios/stores of jewelry making, Florentine paper design, leather, mosaics and added stops along the way (textiles, gold leaf painting, local craft show) as she got to know us. We truly enjoyed meeting so many artisans and learning about renaissance and contemporary techniques. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. this tour, it added a wonderful dimension to our trip to Florence!

My wife and I went on the “Best of Tuscany” tour with Martina, our tour guide, and the best driver in the universe, Luigi. Both of them were awesome. The two took us to a couple different towns and gave us a few tips at each one of things to make sure we didn’t miss anything. Before the last stop Luigi took us to a scenic view where everyone got a picture of San Gimignano. Both my wife and I really enjoyed our day with them and it was one of our favorite days on our trip.

Let me start by saying the two tours we took in Florence through ArtViva were worth every penny! My 82 year old boyfriend and myself age 70 were taking our first trip to Europe and our first cruise that had been postponed for two years due to Covid. Deteriorating health made our original Rick Steves tour of Italy impossible however we used his suggestion of ArtViva. ArtViva was great to deal with via Email. Attempting to deal with “Florence on your own“ excursion from our cruise and coordinating tour times took some persistence. Hindsight being 20/20 I should have arranged for cell phone service simply for the Florence trip as I was unable to connect to Wi-Fi to use my email to get in touch with them once I left the ship. I had many people praying and we had the most wonderful tour guide Martina who patiently waited and did not give up for which I am so grateful!!! We both have hearing issues and I was relieved when she spoke that her phraseology and English were spot on. Her love of art and DAVID mixed with her vast knowledge gave us an unforgettable memory! The same was true with Brenda and her fabulous tour of the Uffizi she took into consideration our physical & time challenges and the desires of what we wanted to see and made it another awesome experience, thank you from Karen & Cooper in AZ

I peppered our ArtViva tour guide with question after question as we walked Florence. I never stopped. Art, history, architecture, painters, philosophy, the Medici, guilds, the Church, Julius Caesar, Dante, Machiavelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, and more. I quizzed him on food, peasants, philosophy, sewage, cobblestones, family crests. The Italian Republic. Mussolini. The Duomo. The Guelphs, Gibbelines and Galileo for goodness sake. Try as I might I just couldn’t stump him. He was so good he knocked every one of them out of the park. Great tour, Great tour guide. (When I grow up I want to be Alessandro.)