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“Informative, fun, comfortable pace, interesting, friendly.Thank you.”

                                                            Florence City Tour

                       

“Excellent Tour!  Very Informative, well presented.  Thank you.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    John Weller

 

“Excellent guide.  Elizabeth was a fantastic tour guide.  The tour was extremely informative, fabulous detail and insight into the history and architecture of Florence.  We wouldn’t had the appreciation without this great education provided by Elizabeth.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

 

“Elizabeth was really enjoyable and knowledgeable about Florence.  She was very informative and fun.”

                                                                                                                                   

Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Claudia & Terry

 

“Elizabeth gave us a great tour of the Uffizi gallery – a high point of our visit to Florence.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Uffizi Gallery

                                                                                                                                    Sidney & Suzanne

                                                                                                                                    03/10/2004

 

“We very much enjoyed our tours – got great insight to the beautiful things we saw.  We would highly recommend these tours to our friends.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    The McFeeters

 

“Grazie for an inspiring tour.  We admire your friendliness, patience and knowledge.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Pete & Zuzana

 

“Thank you for such an informative and pleasant tour.  Elizabeth was extremely helpful and knowledgeable.  We enjoyed it very much.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    The Coopers

                                                                                                                                    19/04/2005

 

“Extremely informative, pleasant and fun.  Both the tour and the guide.  A highlight of Florence.”

 

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

 

“Elizabeth was a wealth of information and delightful stories.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    The Nesmins

 

“Was great and informative.  A wonderful tour!”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                       

“Elizabeth gave us a fantastic tour:her love and enthusiasm for Firenze has certainly shown through.  Very pleasant too!

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Anna & Geoff

                                                                                                                                    27/06/2005

 

“Fantastic tour, very informative.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Cheryl & Michael

 

“You did a great job.  The experience was so enriched by your commentary.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Phyllis & Roger

 

“Great guide with an amazing sense of art history and a fantastic ability to teach along with it!”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Thomas

                                                                                                                                    10/08/2004

 

 “Molto grazie a Molly.  We had a wonderful time on the tour with Molly.  We really appreciated her flowing of knowledge and bringing each thing ‘to life’.” 

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Dr Virgil Shields

 

“Molly was absolutely FANTASTIC – We enjoyed her wonderful guidance for 2 tours yesterday & look forward to today’s tour with enthusiasm.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Pam Sotir &

                                                                                                                                    Dave Deroan

 

“Molly was Bella!  Her tour was straordinaria!  She shared factual, informative stories of Michelangelo!  I recommend her tour – lovely personality and creative tour leading abilities!”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    The Clarks

 

“Molly’s tour of the Academia was terrific.  She knows the subject and could answer all of our questions.  It was a delightful, informative tour that we all enjoyed thoroughly.  Well done.”

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Doris Rouse

                                                                                                                                    20/07/2005

 

“Took the original David Tour with Molly today, July 20th. It was a great tour and Molly was filled with much interesting information about Michelangelo and the David.  I would highly recommend this tour and Molly to others.”

 

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Donna Murphy

                                                                                                                                    20/07/2005

 

“Awesome, full of pertinent info, very well spoken and versed – do not let her go, she’s a gem!

                                                                                                                                    Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Sandy Earle

                                                                                                                                    17/08/2005

 

“Grazie for your excellent tour today.  We learned so much and your insights with historical knowledge made our day!”

                                                                                                                                   

Florence City Tour

                                                                                                                                    Sheila & David

 

 

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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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