Sightseeing in Florence

Florence's sightseeing section splits into museums and day trips. Cheapest are two options at 65 dollars: a bike tour with the climb to Piazzale Michelangelo (two and a half hours) and a tour of the Duomo complex. The complex takes in the cathedral, Giotto's campanile, the baptistery and the crypt, and the visit is built around Brunelleschi's dome, raised without external scaffolding.

The galleries are counted one by one. The Accademia with Michelangelo's David in private format is an hour at 106 dollars; the same with a walk through the city, three hours at 159. The Uffizi with a private guide costs 265 dollars for two and a half hours, and the Uffizi-plus-Accademia combination with skip-the-line entry seven hours at 259. The Pitti Palace with the Palatine Gallery fits into 110 minutes and 75 dollars.

The trips run longer and cost less per hour. Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa with lunch take twelve hours at 92 dollars, and Cinque Terre with Portovenere thirteen and a half hours at 170. The upper bound of the section is a private walk in the footsteps of the Medici at 384 dollars. GetExperience lists 25 sightseeing programmes in Florence, from 65 to 384 dollars.