Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
500 Touring Club
( 346 826 23 24;
www.500touringclub.com
; Via Gherardo Silvani 149a)
Hook up with Florence's
500 Touring Club for a guided tour in a vintage motor - with you behind the wheel! Every
car has a name in the fleet of vintage Fiat 500s from the 1960s (Giacomo is the playboy,
Olivia the kind rebel and so on). Motoring tours are guided - hop in your car and follow
the leader - and themed.
Families love the picnic trip, couples the wine-tasting. March to November tours need
to be booked well in advance.
VINTAGE CAR TOUR
ArtViva
( 055 264 50 33;
www.italy.artviva.com
;
Via de' Sassetti 1; per person from €25)
Marketed as the
'Original & Best', these excellent one- to three-hour city walks (from €25) are led by his-
torians or art-history graduates; tours include the Uffizi, the Original David tour and an
Evening Walk/Murder Mystery Tour. ArtViva also runs trips further afield to Chianti
(wine tasting) and a Renaissance villa outside Florence (includes lunch and a swim).
WALKING TOUR
Freya's Florence Tours
( 349 074 89 07;
www.freyasflorence.com
; per hr €70)
Australian-born, Florence-based private
tour guide; admission fees not included in guiding fee.
WALKING TOUR
Faith Willinger -
Lessons & Tours
(
www.faithwillinger.com
)
Food-lovers' walking tour, cooking classes, market stroll and much
more, by American-born, Florence-based food writer Faith Willinger.
CULINARY TOUR
Accidental Tourist
( 055 69 93 76;
www.accidentaltourist.com
)
Become an Accidental Tourist (membership €10),
then sign up for a wine tour (€60), cooking class (€70), gourmet picnic (€35) and so on;
tours happen in and around Florence.
WINE, CULINARY TOUR
Festivals & Events
Festa di Anna
Maria Medici
HISTORICAL
