David & Wine

Discover Michelangelo and his David statue and unwind afterwards with a wine tasting

The perfect late afternoon tour to start your evening and welcome you to Florence! 

DURATION: 3.5 hours

TIME: 3:30pm-7:00pm

Tour not available on Monday as the Accademia gallery is closed. 

This 3.5 hour tour concentrates on satisfying the eyes as well as the palate! The first half of the tour is dedicated to the great Michelangelo and his most famous statue, the David. Afterwards, the tour will be dedicated to wine tasting conducted by a certified sommelier in a local restaurant.

The tour will start in the Piazza della Signoria (town hall square) where the copy of David is located and you will be propelled into the time when it was carved and understand why the original was placed here five centuries ago. You will hear about the cultural history of the period, the life of Michelangelo and then visit the Accademia gallery to see the original David.

The second half of the tour will be dedicated to wine, a wine tasting with a sommelier. Learn how to taste and decipher wine like a professional and sample some excellent varieties from Italy (four types). There will also be some food to accompany your tasting.

 

Meeting place:

To be determined upon booking.

All tours that we organise are private. We do not organise group tours.

The cost of the 3.5 hour tour:

€490 for parties of 1-5 people (excluding admission fees) + €30 per person wine tasting fee.
€560 for parties of 6-9 people (excluding admission fees) + €30 per person wine tasting fee.
€630 for parties of 10 people or more (excluding admission fees) + €30 per person wine tasting fee. 

Please note: The above prices are for the tour & wine tasting only, they do not include the admission fees to the Accademia Gallery. 

Headsets

Groups of 4 or more people will require headsets, necessary for most of the museums and recommended for city walks due to surrounding noise.

Freya’s Florence will book these in advance and they will be distributed at the beginning of the tour and used for the entire duration of the tour. For parties up to 15 people the total cost for a half day hire is 30€ or for a full day tour the cost is 40€. 

For parties greater than 15pax the cost of the individual headset hire for the half-day rental is 30€ + 2€ per person.

Accademia Gallery Admission Fees

Full price admission costs €20 per person (ticket €16 + reservation fee €4). Admission fees are paid directly to the museum at the time of entry, cash (euro) or credit. 

Children between 6-17 years (inclusive) have free admission but the €4pp reservation fee must be paid.

Children under 6 years old are free and no reservation is necessary.

European Union students 18 to 26 years old are eligible for the reduced ticket admission with a current student card.

Original or a copy (digital or paper form) of the passport must be shown as proof of age for free/reduced tickets to the ticket office staff upon ticket purchase. Payment for the tickets can be made by credit card or cash.

*Admission fees are subject to change.

Ticket Reservations for Timed Entry

Tickets to the Accademia Gallery will be reserved in advance by Freya’s Florence so as to avoid the long wait in the unreserved queue. Due to the very busy tourist season there is often an unavoidable short wait in the reserved queue also. There is no ulterior way other than the reservation that we make to avoid this.


The gallery reservation fee is €4 per person for timed/priority entry and requires payment in advance as we are charged at the time of making the booking. We will send you a SumUp invoice for the cost of the reservations.

 

Payment

Prepayment is required for guided tour costs. This is done as a security measure so that large sums of cash are not carried or exchanged on the day of the tour. We use a secure payment system provided by SumUP, you do not need to have a SumUP account to use it, you can sign in as a guest and use a credit card. SumUP charges a 2.5% handling/service fee which will be added to your invoice.

 

Please note:

The Accademia Gallery is CLOSED on Mondays. This tour is not available on Mondays.

It is not possible to make reservations for timed entry to the Accademia Gallery on the FIRST SUNDAY of the month. Without reservations for timed entry, the wait to enter will span hours. Because of this, we DO NOT organize tours to these museums on the First Sunday of the month. 

The Accademia gallery will also offer free admission on 25th April & 2nd June and so we do not organize this tour on either of these two dates.

The legal drinking age in Italy is 18yrs. 

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations or date changes made less than 1 week prior to the tour start time require full payment. Cancellations or date changes made within 2 weeks of your tour date will require half payment. Tours proceed in inclement weather. Museum reservation fees and pre-purchased tickets are non-refundable. SumUP handling/service fees are non-refundable.