Day Trip: Rome to Florence & Pisa
Go from Rome to Pisa and Florence and discover two of Italy’s most beautiful cities, with a private guide.
Leave Rome behind and journey to Tuscany’s iconic cities of Florence and Pisa. Climb the Leaning Tower and see Michelangelo’s David.
If the wonders of Rome have whet your appetite to explore more of beautiful Italy then this Day Trip: Rome to Florence and Pisa is for you.
Leave the capital behind on a high-speed train and journey to two of Italy’s most picturesque cities. When you meet your expert guide in Florence, that’s when the fun begins. Enjoy a full-tour of both Pisa and Florence, famed for their relaxed atmosphere, good lifestyle, astonishing culture, and great art. Choose this private day trip: Rome to Florence and Pisa and see both city’s highlights.
The morning will find you whisked away to Florence from Rome. Enjoy zipping across country on the high-speed train before you arrive in this most gorgeous city. Your expert guide will meet you at the train station before your tour of Florence begins.
Walk through the pedestrianized city center and enjoy the incomparable atmosphere. Florence has the same feel now as it must have done all those years ago, when greats like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo would have made their way from studio to palaces, with sketchbook in hand.
As you cross the historic center on your private Day Trip: Rome to Florence and Pisa, your guide will explain the unique cultural heritage of the city – the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. You’ll get to see how public art was such an important display of civic pride for the rulers of Florence. In the Loggia dei Lanzi, you’ll get to see iconic pieces like Donatello’s Judith with Holofernes for yourself.
Amazing artworks aren’t only found outside – head into the Academy and see Michelangelo’s incomparable David: all 17ft of him. Learn the story behind this masterwork and the life of the maverick genius who made it.
Before you wave goodbye to Florence, make sure to rub the nose of Il Porcelino. Legend has it that a rub on the snout of this wild boar ensures your return!
No trip from Rome to Pisa is complete without visiting one of the most iconic monuments that Italy boasts – The Leaning Tower. In the heart of Pisa’s Square of Miracles, you’ll find this wonky icon of architecture, whose leaning affliction has captured the imagination of people worldwide for centuries.
Our expert guide will take you up the Tower. You’ll hear its astonishing history, and how it came to lean. Discover the frustrations of the townspeople, when their brand-new monument, intended to show Pisa as a cultural capital, began to tilt right away! On this Day Trip: Rome to Florence and Pisa, you’ll discover the hidden histories of Tuscany’s most iconic monuments.
From the top of the Leaning Tower, you’ll enjoy beautiful views of Pisa and the surrounding countryside. Then, you’ll get to enjoy the rest of the Square of Miracles with your guide by your side. Enjoy the beauty of this long, green lawn; home to some of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in Italy, on this trip from Rome to Pisa.
And see two of the most beautiful cities in Italy! Learn about the wealth of culture tucked away in the region of Tuscany. Enjoy seeing some triumphs of architecture and Renaissance art, as you learn the history of this unique region, which made it such fertile ground for greatness.
Enjoy all the beauty these two cities have to offer and the wisdom of our expert guide, on this trip to two beloved Italian cities.