Tickitaly reviews: The Palazzo Vecchio tours

Casbeth, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
16th Oct 2015

This is the second time that I have taken this tour (others in our party hadn't taken it before). It's a fascinating insight into the life of the palace in Medici times, and I would thoroughly recommend it. (Beware, there are a few stairs to climb!) The guide was superb - clearly passionate about his subject, challenging us to consider the meaning behind pieces of art and happy to answer any questions. If you're undecided about this tour, let me make up your mind for you - do it!

JB, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
23rd Sep 2015

Best ever guided tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and engaging

JS, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
14th Jul 2015

Excellent tour with a friendly, very knowledgable guide (Francesca). So much better than just wandering around rooms staring at the walls. Lots of little, memorable details provided.

JV, Finland
23rd Jun 2015

Very interesting tour where we saw things you wouldn't see normally. I'm happy that there was other info than just Dan Brown stuff, all the historical info was very interesting. Giulia was a good guide!

FB, United States
12th Jun 2015

This was a fun and interesting tour with a a very entertaining guide. We got to see parts of the Palazzo Vecchia that an ordinary visitor would not see

SS, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
13th Apr 2015

Tour was excellent, guide very passionate about the subject, and the tour was very interesting and perfectly timed.

ST, Switzerland
1st Apr 2015

The palazzo is beautiful and visiting the secret chamber was extraordinary. The guide was really good and explained all the historical background very well. Best visit in Florence!

Casbeth, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
25th Oct 2014

I was not aware of this tour until I visited the site. It was very much worth booking. We visited areas not generally open to the public and learned so much about the Palazzo. Highly recommended.

Fabien ZucchiniFrance
19th Aug 2014

We would like to thank a lot the BEST guide we ever had, a Young french man (cannot remember his name, with pepper ans salt hair :), around 30 years) : he was extremly helpful in giving stories, making clear some wrong ideas we had and teach us a lot of valuable and memorable things. We were so interested he thought we were Art student, no we only love Italian renaissance style ! We would love to keep in touch with this man and get an email if he is agree, or his name and last name, we never know we could visit him one again and ask for his service longer... However thank ticketitaly for this amazing experience: it was only our group in il palazzo vecchio for our secret visit, and enjoy "la salle des cinq cent" alone is UNFORGETABLE!!!! Thank you everyone !
[Tickitaly responds: thank you for your comments - we contacted the organisers for you and we've passed on his reply and contact details by email:"J'ai bien reçu votre appréciation et vous en remercie beaucoup. Les retours de ce genre sont très précieux, et pas seulement pour briller aux yeux de la hiérarchie, c'est sans doute ce qui d'un point de vue personnel nous encourage à continuer dans le domaine de la transmission! N'hésitez pas à me contacter! Bien à vous, Yan Blusseau"]

DR, United States
26th Jul 2014

Marco was a great guide! Very knowledgeable about real history as well as the myths represented in the paintings we saw. He was very easy to understand!

FR, Australia
5th Jul 2014

The tour of the Palazzo Vecchio was extremely interesting. Our guide Stefano told us many intriguing details, and was able to answer all of the visitors' questions. We had a thoroughly enjoyable morning!

Antalyaman, Turkey
8th Jun 2014

This was a great tour and the guide was exceptional. Much better than queueing for four hours and then having to work out things for yourself. Also meant we got to go to places that ordinary ticket holders would not see.

RP, United States
27th Feb 2014

The renaissance came alive as we saw priceless works of art by the masters up close.

KE, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
6th Oct 2017

Very interesting and enjoyable. Presented ourselves at the ticket office and were told where to wait for our guide, who was excellent. The tour was fascinating and we would recommend it.

EK, Singapore
26th Mar 2017

Was good

DB, United States
23rd Jul 2016

Very nice tour and guide.

SH, United States
15th Jun 2015

The tour was the perfect length of time and we felt like we got a cool backstage pass to the Palazzo. Would recommend. Plus the ticket goves you access to the rest of the main palace which is awesome to wander around after the tour. When you arrive, go to the "point of information" area at the ticket office, dont wait in the long line.

JE, Canada
30th Apr 2015

A most excellent venue and a fantastic tour. Our tour had been, unknown to us, cancelled, but the staff at the Palazzo Vecchio were able to quickly sort our all of our prepaid tickets and organize new tour times that fit within our very tight schedule.

RW, United States
1st Sep 2016

Our tour was ruined due to a PR event for the movie Inferno. As a result, we could not access many of the areas quoted due to the extra security provided to the movie stars (Tom Hanks , etc.) and the guide was constantly distracted by these security guards. Our guide recommended that we request refunds, but none was given, and rescheduling was not an option. I expect that this is a great tour, but we were quite disappointed.

GP, Slovenia
31st Aug 2024

Very nice guide, answered all questions and told all the interesting details, 10/10 would recommend :)