Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
day(s) Group Size: 2
- 12
people Destination(s):Italy Specialty Categories:Museum ToursDance, Music and Opera Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: Yes Minimum Per Person Price: 65 Euro (EUR) Maximum Per Person Price: 115 Euro (EUR)
Privileged entrance and a guided tour of the Accademia Gallery to admire a fabulous collection of fifty music instruments dating from the late 17th to early 19th centuries, formerly belonging to members of the Medici and Lorraine families.
The Museum also has two rare instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, and the oldest vertical piano in existence. The instruments are exhibited with paintings representing musicians at the Medici court. Computers enable you to hear the sound of all the instruments on view besides providing information on the history of music in Florence at the time of the grand-dukes.
Our tour continue to visit its famous sculptures by Michelangelo: the Prisoners, the St. Matthew and, especially, the statue of David.
Special visit to a Violin Maker workshop. The shop of Paolo Vettori and his sons is the only violin maker’s workshop maintained through three generations producing fine stringed instruments on antique wood in Florence. We will admire the incredible process to obtain one violin directly from Dario Vettori who will explain us many secret of this unbelievable art.
Available: From Tuesdays to Saturday
Departs: 10:00am or 3:00pm
Duration : 3 hours
Available Language: English and Italian
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Inclusion: Reservation and tickets to Accademia Gallery, private guide and Violin workshop
Exclusion: transportation and Gratuities
