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Artviva Tours: ASTA Licensed Tour Operator
The Original & Best Tours

Italy Production Services

Complete Production Services ItalyHigh quality reasonably priced production assistance in Italy, Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Venice.Everything required for complete production assistance for films and documentaries in Italy.Artviva is excellently placed to provide optimum service for complete production services in Italy.

Complete Production Services Italy
High quality reasonably priced production assistance in Italy, Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Venice.
Everything required for complete production assistance for films and documentaries in Italy.
Artviva is excellently placed to provide optimum service for complete production services in Italy.


What sets ARTVIVA apart from other production services:

Quality Services
Our Theatre background ensures sensitivity to quality issues concerning location choices and budget, costuming, acting and makeup.We have sourced the best and most reasonably priced technicians, costumiers, props suppliers etc in Italy.

Travel and tour arrangements
Our travel agency background ensures all travel arrangements can be catered for from hotel reservations to transport to drivers to private tours to museum reservations
Research
Our expert historians and art historians ensure high quality in house research at reasonable cost and also ensure that locations and costumes and props are historically accurate.

Logistics Research
Our pre production services also entail research into the logistics of your production
Fixing
Because we work closely with museums and churches as well as many other excellent locations around Italy we can offer cost effective guarantees to accessibility to major monuments

Central Location
Artviva is based in Florence Italy, within hours of Rome, Venice and Milan
Translators
Able to do fast efficient on site translations during filming
Lighting and Sound
International Phone Rentals
Catering

Price Guarantee
We guarantee to equal any genuine written quote to the same standards and price
One stop for all Production Needs Guaranteed
Artviva can prepare absolutely everything for your production company so you only need to arrive and get the job done

"...thank you for a wonderful job. Your entire staff was attentive to our shooting schedule and the details which can befuddle so many who are not familiar with the peculiarities of production crews. And most important, you made us feel like we were the most important people in Florence. We all left singing your praises. Thank you very much"
Bill Kurtis
An acclaimed documentary host and producer, network news anchor and multimedia production company president USA

Please contact rose@artviva.com for more information

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Artviva For more information & reservations (We speak English!)
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Artviva The Original & Best Walking Tours provides:
Italy pre-production, production, production logistics, location managers, location scouting, high quality reasonably priced renaissance and medieval costumes, costumes, make up, lighting and equipment rental, sound equipment, location permits, fixing, props, on site translators, research, historian research services, highly regarded historians and art historians expert on the art and history of Italy, drivers, transport, actors, extras, flag throwers, musicians, accommodation booking, phone rentals, catering services, and research assistance ensuring costumes, props and locations are historically correct. Guided tours and museum bookings also available.
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Italy pre-production, production, production logistics, location managers, location scouting, high quality reasonably priced renaissance and medieval costumes, costumes, make up, lighting and equipment rental, sound equipment, location permits, fixing, props, on site translators, research, historian research services, highly regarded historians and art historians expert on the art and history of Italy, drivers, transport, actors, extras, flag throwers, musicians, accommodation booking, phone rentals, catering services, and research assistance ensuring costumes, props and locations are historically correct. Guided tours and museum bookings also available.

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Artviva: The Original and Best Walking Tours
Average Rating:   5 out of 5 stars
   Based on 23 Ratings.
Last 10 reviews:

On 2011/12/09
John Brade said:

cooking class

I took the Cooking Class and Market tour (in San Lorenzo Market). It was awesome! The market had the most incredible fresh ingredients, and the most amazing seafood selection I have ever seen. The cooking class was extremely professional, and the lunch afterwards was great! I recommend this class for anyone.Mark

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On 2011/12/07
Aurelija Dugnaite said:

A truly life changing experience

Absolutely amazing.Words can hardly express how much we enjoyed our experience with ArtViva! From the minute we stepped in their lovely office, we felt attended, looked after and taken care of. The friendly staff advised us in detail of what would suit our tastes and knowledge best, and as they have so many beautiful tours to choose from, that help was very appreciated. Florence's cultural richness can be overwhelming, but relying on ArtViva made everything easy and utterly enjoyable for us.The small group walking tour of Florence exceeded all expectations. Our guide Paul was tremedous: a true Florence insider, with amazing knowledge of arts and culture, engaging story telling and great local tips you won't find in a guide book. The memories of the tour will stay with me and my sister for many many years. Booking with ArtViva is the best single thing you could do to have the ultimate Florence experience.Thank you, ArtViva.

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On 2011/11/29
Sepideh Emami said:

I did the uffizi tour and the guide was perfect in a way of comminicating with us and interestingly presenting the paintings....

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On 2011/11/24
Eddi Frantz said:

Friendly and Knowledgable.

An essential part of visiting such an historical city as Florence is a smart, knowledgeable tour guide. Artvivas guides are fun, friendly and really know their stuff. Plus they know all those great places not on most guidebooks that only a passionate local world know. Dont even contemplate a visit to the Uffizi or Michaelangelos David without one!

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On 2011/11/24
Kathleen Marriott said:

Hightlight of Italian Trip

Thanks so much for the great walking tour we did in Florence in May. It was fun, informative and we were treated like VIPS! The guide made us feel welcome and got to know exactly what we were interested in seeing to make sure all was covered. If we had tried to do everything we did on the tour on our own, we would have spent days getting hopelessly lost! I highly recommend this tour if you are interested in the art, architecture, history and the culture of Florence.

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On 2011/11/22
Caroline Beck said:

Feels like you have hired a first-class guide from a first-class outfit – at a fraction of the price.

If you are the type to shy away from “packaged” tours, preferring to go it alone in a brand new city, Art Viva might just be your new BFF (best friend forever) when on tour in Florence. Comfortably small groups - instead of large crowds moving en-masse. Personalized insights by well-educated guides – instead of canned presentations. ArtViva’s walking tours are the next best thing to hiring a private art historian to walk you around this fabulous city – at a fraction of the price. Their 3-hour walking introduction to Florence’s history and a follow-up tour of the Uffizi dispelled all my preconceptions that tour groups were not for me. Even if you’ve been to Florence before, start your vacation off right in 3 quick hours. It will set the stage for a perfect stay.

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On 2011/11/22
Brigitte Reynolds said:

Incredible!

My husband and I had the good fortune of taking ArtViva tours of Florence while on our honeymoon. We started with the walking tour, followed by the David tour. We were so impressed we immediately signed up for the Uffizi tour the next day. The guides we had (Sasha/Sylvia & Brenda) were all amazing; they were incredibly knowledgable, friendly and spoke perfect English. What was best was their genuine enthusiam and love of the arts and history of Florence; their excitment was contagious and inspired us to want to know and learn more! I couldn't have asked for a better experience.Brigitte Reynolds

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On 2011/11/22
Nadia LaMantia said:

a wonderful experience!

I loved my tour, and the artviva staff were so great and extremely helpful!!

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On 2011/11/16
Jade Farley said:

GREAT Tours!

Best tours I have ever been on! The guide's knowledge was just incredible, and I can't wait to come back to do more tours.

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On 2011/11/09
Alexandra Buscaino said:

Educational and entertaining!

Our tour was great - very informative, and the guide just fabulous! He not only knew so much about the history, but also had a knack for storytelling that kept us all fascinated.

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