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Become a partner!Go directly to the source and work with one of the best quality, leading independent tour operators in Italy.

Become a partner!

Go directly to the source and work with one of the best quality, leading independent tour operators in Italy.

We work with some of the world's top tour agencies who book our high-quality small-group tours for their clients visiting Italy.

You too can partner with us to make trip planning easier for you and your clients!  

Partner Benefits & Commissions with Artviva Original & Best Walking Tours

We operate all our own tours and are able to offer you great commissions for booking direct with us! Our small-group Italy tours allow your clients to enjoy the best quality at the best value tours of Italy available.

You can also work with our staff, who are experts in creating custom vacation packages of Italy, for tailor-made custom tours, events and activities. 

All you have to do is create a login username and password, and enter it when you access our site when you need to book tours or transfers in Florence, Rome and Venice for your clients.

Then, you'll automatically receive discounted rates when booking tours via this site. 

Once your membership is approved, you will be able to log-in to a version of our website designated for B2B relationships between us and designated members of the Travel Industry. You will automatically receive the net rate at the checkout on all tours (except for already discounted packages).

Once logged in to our website, you will find the same content except all prices displayed to you will be discounted to your commissioned rate as a preferred partner. This means you will no longer have to book using a fax authorization form or other method to book Italy tours or transfers for your clients. 

It's easy. Just follow the step-by-step process for bookings and payments, made via a secure shopping cart through which you can make all your reservations for tours and services in Italy.  

Easy Skip the Line Tickets for all the must-see sights of Italy: 
Our Museum tours include skip-the-line tickets to ensure your clients do not waste time waiting on long lines.

Your Booking Confirmations & Vouchers:
At the time of booking for all group departure activities and ‘on request' services, you will receive an automatic confirmation, including a reservation number and all the important details such as date of travel, start time, meeting point and the like. 

Cancellations: 
Please see our Terms and Conditions. Additional terms and conditions also appear on each individual tour description if applicable as conditions may vary from one tour to another. Cancellation can be made via e-mail at staff@artviva.com for public group departures and at privatetours@artviva.com for private tours. 

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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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