If you want to tour the Accademia Gallery and save time while admiring some of the city’s other treasures, this tour is ideal for you. On this small group experience, a professional art historian will spend the morning leading you through the world-renowned museum’s most breathtaking masterpieces. Get up close to Michelangelo’s iconic David statue, see the artist’s most famous unfinished works, and marvel at historic paintings and sculptures by some of the world’s most prominent artists.
Passionate English-speaking guide
Skip the line tickets
1-hour guided tour
David statue
Paintings and sculptures by famous artists
Group size of 20
Hotel pick up and drop off
Food and beverages
Guide gratuities
Meeting point
Head straight to the museum’s ticket office, where your expert guide awaits you and a small group of fellow art enthusiasts.
Skip-the-Line
Bypass the usual queue and begin your hour-long journey through the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
Michelangelo’s David statue
Carved from a single block of marble and towering 14 feet, Michelangelo’s masterpiece of David is a breathtaking tribute to the biblical hero.
Professional art historian
From unraveling Botticelli’s and Ghirlandaio’s masterpieces to showcasing hidden gems, an expert guide brings Accademia Gallery’s art to life.
1-hour guided experience
You’ll be amazed at the number of works you can see and learn about in just an hour, with plenty of time to get your questions answered.
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MARGARET W.
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October 24, 2025
Ok
MC D.
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October 18, 2025
Our guide was ok but not exceptional. The audio was not checked before we went on tour so never got her name.
good save
Leslie F.
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October 14, 2025
Our original tour changed meeting location and when we arrived at the designated spot, no guide was there. After a bit of false leads and wrangling, a guide named Alix took us into her group. She was knowledgeable and funny.
Florence Accademia Gallery Express
Daniel M.
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October 11, 2025
We were asked to be early and our guide was there 20 minutes late. There were no signs or indicators for meeting the group, so everyone felt lost and late. The group that the company used were wearing dark sunglasses and short on explanations. The listening devices were new but undependable (dropped signals) so we lacked information in a very crowded area making it difficult to keep together. It felt that this wasn’t thought out well ahead of time and Tour Guy needs to manage better.
The venue carried the success of the tour on its shoulders!
Johnny O.
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October 09, 2025
Had two tours scheduled. One on Tuesday and the second on Thursday. Plans changed and tried repeatedly to contact the tour company to cancel our second tour. Could never get anyone that said they could help. Refused to reimburse us. Be careful in dealing with this company.
Jeff W.
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October 05, 2025
Good tour but…
Penny T.
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October 01, 2025
There was some confusion with time of tour. We arrived at most recent time. Waiting for our guide to arrive, was chaotic. Lots of people, no signage, no one to direct people. When guides finally arrived they seemed disorganized. Finally met the guide, Mary. She was excellent.. She helped us get through the door and and inspection. It was approximately 10:20 before tour finally started, nearly an hour after scheduled rime. I suggest more information prior tour. Better signage and perhaps a uniform so that we can find guide.
As I stated Mary was excellent —very informative.
Did Not Complete Tour
Aiyana H.
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September 20, 2025
I didn’t get to attend this tour because the group left right at 12 PM with no grace period and they passed me on the street as I arrived at the meeting point. I felt that a five minute grace period should be given to allow tourist, especially first-timers to Italy to find the meeting point location.
A nice experience I would like to repeat
Diego P.
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September 17, 2025
Our guide was excellent, she had a nice level of knowledge and an interesting way to transmit it, the pace was good and the organization was fine despite the thousands of tourists over there
Daniel D.
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September 14, 2025
Jennifer G.
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September 12, 2025
Very informative but the headphones didn’t work.
John D.
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September 09, 2025
So worth it!
Faith D.
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September 08, 2025
Linda C.
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September 06, 2025
Very informative
Mark R.
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August 17, 2025
The guide described in an organized manner the development of Renaissance art (eg, from Byzantine to Renaissance, and representative pieces), and how the David was made (where it was quarried, how long it took to carve, etc.). It was interesting to see several of Michelangelo's unfinished sculptures he had to abort after the patron (usually the Pope) no longer paid for his work on them.
Mr Joseph DeMita
Joseph D.
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August 17, 2025
We arrived at 9:45 for our 10am tour and could not find anyone at our meeting place. After walking for 20 minutes asking multiple people we were told it is Italy Pass and across street from our location. We finally found guy at 10:20 and were told we would depart at 10:30. We left at 11:05, were put in another line until 11:30 when we entered venue. Since we had to meet our next tour with your company at 11:45 for our noon tour our tour guide told us to just quickly go see Statue of David and head to next tour. We received absolutely no value for our charge and will be disputing entire charge with our credit card company. My tel is 617-538-6199.
Great tour guide that provided a wealth of information
Curtis M.
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August 13, 2025
Our tour guide was fantastic. We learned so much about Michelangelo and some of the more interesting aspects of his work. It was just the right amount of time to experience the statue of David!
Accademia Tour
Cynthia K.
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August 08, 2025
We have now been in Italy for 10 days, taking various tours in Rome and Florence, the vast majority of which have been great. Our guide for this tour, Natalie, was terrible. She arrived late, did not know which line to get in, put very little effort into the tour, and ended it after 45 minutes. If you just want to see David, which is pretty much all she did, just get a ticket and skip the guide. She did not impart any meaningful knowledge and did not answer the one question we attempted to ask. By far the worst tour we have taken in years, due to the guide.
Bad experience
MIKE S.
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August 03, 2025
We waited at the meeting point for a long time but our guide did not show up. We tried to call the number given with reservation, but no one answered. Luckily, a very nice man leading a tour with Maestro Trips noticed that we had been stranded and offered to let us join their group.
Marta was Fantastico
William B.
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August 01, 2025
We had an amazing day with our Tour Guide. I would highly recommend this to anyone going to Florence.
Accademia Gallery Express Guide Tour
Marta S.
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July 17, 2025
Our guide was very knowledgeable . It was occasionally difficult to hear because the microphone kept pausing
LOVELLA M.
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July 15, 2025
Very insightful and THE way to see the David
Miles J.
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July 14, 2025
Please do not take for granted how long the lines WILL be (this is speaking for high season in July, so the winter maybe its better) this is the way to see the David. Lorenzo is very knowledgable, takes you on a very insightful tour throughout the Accademia, not just to the statue of David. However his knowledge for the David is great and is a treat when seeing such an iconic piece of art.
The David
Janelle P.
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July 11, 2025
Our tour guide, Mary, was so knowledgeable! She spent over an hour pointing out various works in the Accademia, and giving insight into the Medici family, the difference between Gothic vs Renaissance styles, etc. The Tour culminated with detailed information about Michaelangelo and his statue of David. So glad we took this tour! The Tour company even got us on an earlier tour having arrived 25 minutes before our tour started.
Christopher G.
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July 10, 2025
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