Florence and its beautiful gardens: Boboli Gardens and Bardini Garden – Private tour

  • Up to 8 Participants
  • Available in: Italian, English, French, Spanish

What you will find

EXCLUSIVE tour, only on Destionation Florence! Discovering another face of Florence: let yourself be enchanted by the green heart of this city and admire suggestive views and places of incomparable beauty.

With this 3h tour you will visit Boboli Gardens, the most famous of the Italian Renaissance gardens with the works of great artists, is considered an open-air museum and Bardini Garden with its statues, flowerbeds, and the scenic Baroque staircase from which you can enjoy a fantastic panorama of Florence.


FULL PROGRAM

With your private guide, you will be able to live a unique experience: get to know Florence from another perspective that is not the one made up of museums, churches, shops. In addition, you will have the opportunity to visit two of the beautiful gardens of Florence, to discover suggestive views and places of incomparable beauty.

You will start this visit with Boboli Gardens, behind Palazzo Pitti, which is considered the most famous of the great Italian Renaissance gardens. Its 45 hectares of lawns, flower beds, tree-lined avenues, paths, and groves houses sculptures, statues, and fountains, often works by great artists and is considered a real open-air museum.

Among these, you can admire the Fountain of the Ocean by Giambologna, the Fountain of Neptune, the Amphitheater, the Egyptian obelisk, and the Mannerist Cave of Buontalenti, the multifaceted artist who, in addition to being an architect, painter, sculptor, scenographer, is considered the inventor of ice cream!

This magnificent park was built in the 16th century by the Medici Family, who called the best landscape architects of the time to create a superb Italian garden which later became the model for the grand royal gardens of Europe.
It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Medici Villas and Gardens of Tuscany.

A short distance from Boboli, you can admire Bardini Garden. English gardens, woods, vegetable gardens and orchards, ornamental statues, and an incredible tunnel of wisteria make the park of Villa Bardini one of the most fascinating green areas of the Oltrarno District. To visit also just for the breathtaking view over the city, which you can admire from the Belvedere Terrace framed by wisteria, which embraces the Brunelleschi DomePalazzo Vecchio, and Santa Croce.

Of remarkable beauty, there is also the scenic Baroque staircase surrounded by flowerbeds of roses and irises, which leads you to the upper part of the garden, where the villa stands.

At the end of the tour, you can take a break at Caffè Belvedere and enjoy a 360-degree view of Florence.


WHAT'S INCLUDED

  • Expert Private Guide at disposal approx. 3 hours
  • Entrance fee for Boboli Gardens and Bardini Garden
  • Earphones


YOUR GUIDE / TOUR OPERATOR

Caf tour & Travel is a certified tour operator qualified by the City of Florence Tour Operator 'official sticker'. A family business, founded in Florence in 1954, which is still today a reference point for travelers from all over the world who want to experience the artistic, architectural and natural treasures offered by our beautiful city and the wonderful Tuscan land. Guaranteed quality!

NOTES

  • We suggest wearing comfortable shoes
  • During periods of increased inflow of visitors, despite our reservations, admission to the sites may be subject to delays, mainly due to security reasons



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Info / Important details

CANCELLATION POLICY: there will be no penalty for cancellations of tour or service communicated in writing up to 48 hours before departure time of the tour or service. Less than 48 hours before departure time of tour or service 100% of the total price will be due and no reimbursement will be granted.

  • Type: private tour
  • Conditions: 8 people max
  • Accessibility: not suitable for wheelchairs
  • Duration: 3 hours approx
  • Voucher: digital and / or printed
  • Pets: not allowed

Starting from: 55,00 €

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Maximum 8
 
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Where / Meeting point

Piazza Pitti (Ore 9.15 - Davanti all’ingresso principale di Palazzo Pitti) - 50125 Firenze (FI)