Get up close and personal with Michelangelo's 'David' statue with this 1-hour guided tour of the Accademia Gallery, including skip-the-line entry. With your fully licensed guide, breeze past the crowds at the entry way and proceed directly inside to admire some of Michelangelo's masterpieces. Learn about the secrets of the Accademia Gallery and the creation of the 'David' through your guide's informative commentary during the tour. Feel free to stay and explore the museum for as long as you like after the guided tour has concluded.

1-hour tour of the Accademia Gallery
Skip the line entrance ticket
Learn about Michelangelo's life and works from an informative, friendly and professional guide
Explore the museum at your leisure after the tour has concluded

What's Included

Professional guide
Audio headsets available for larger groups to better hear your guide
Accademia Gallery skip the line ticket
Small group tour

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Via Camillo Cavour, 12
Via Camillo Cavour, 12, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Meet your guide in front of Ciao Florence Sales office, in Via cavour 12 black number!

End point

Accademia Gallery
Via Ricasoli, 58/60, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy
The tour ends inside the Accademia Gallery, so you can stay inside the museum also when the tour is over as long as you please

What To Expect

Meet your guide and tour group outside the entrance to the Accademia Gallery. With your prepurchased tickets, skip the entry line and proceed directly inside for you guided tour.

Marvel at Michelangelo's original David, one of the most famous pieces of sculpture in the world. Learn about the process behind its carving and its history from your fully licensed guide. View some of Michelangelo's other masterpieces, such as San Matteo and I Prigioni, to learn more about the artist and his work.

At the conclusion of your 1-hour tour, you are free to stay and explore the museum at your leisure.

Via Cavour Firenze

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Galleria dell'Accademia

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Receive your confirmation at the time of booking
Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Please note that on the busiest days the entrance into the museums may experience some short delays
From November to March (Low Season): The tour is always confirmed in English and Spanish. The minimum required to confirm the tour in Italian, French and German is 4 pax
The tour will be monolingual and in a small group
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

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21 reviews

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Oktay_G, Jul 2021

Very instructive, educational and enlightening. Very helpful and friendly staff. Some unique chef-d’œuvre can be seen

Lovely

Heidi_F, Feb 2020

Our guide was wonderful, her knowledge of the exhibits and comments were very engaging. She kept the group moving well, despite the holiday weekend.

Accademia Gallery

Alan_R, Jun 2019

Tour guide no one could understand her completely. She never counted to see if she had the whole group. She lost my attention right away because of the thick accent and she spoke very fast. Seeing the original DAVID was amazing.

Really I’d like to give three and a half

Gina_R, May 2019

Our tour guide was nice and Informative but I don’t think it was a good value for the money. It was hard to hear and crowded with a big group in addition to all the others around and a short tour as well. Some interesting art but “David” is definitely the star of the show. If I did it again I’d get a skip the line and spend less

Small place for such a large man!

kim_l, Dec 2018

The museum is small. Great visit as crowds were small. Guide was good and shared a lot of interesting info on paintings .

Very knowledgeable guide brought us...

Nathaniel K, Oct 2017

Very knowledgeable guide brought us past the lines and right into the museum. There were about 30 of us, and we were all able to hear her clearly through headsets. She gave us a lot of information about the museum, formerly a school for artists, and took us through the early instruments room, to the paintings, and of course the sculptures. The high point was Michaelangelo's David, and we were able to get up close and walk all around it while our guide explained, among other things, the perspective and the back story of the choice of marble.

Highly recommend. What an experience...

Ani R, Oct 2017

Highly recommend. What an experience! Excellent tour guide

Really good idea to skip the line...

Georgina H, Sep 2017

Really good idea to skip the line. We still had to wait a while until all tour party members turned up and then the guide had to sort out our entry, but it was much better than turning up with nothing bought in advance and having to wait for longer in huge queues. Guide extremely knowledgeable. Sometimes difficult to hear even with a headset. Next time I will buy skip the line tickets but no guide.

Great way to skip those awful lines...

Susan O, Sep 2017

Great way to skip those awful lines. Totally worth it!!

Really disappointing, tour should...

Nicola S, Jun 2017

Really disappointing, tour should have started at 10.30 but it was 11am by the time they had got their act together and we got into the gallery. The tour should have lasted for an hour but at the very beginning we were told by our guide that she would have tofinish at 11.30 so our tour only lasted 30 mins which we felt was just a waste of time as the guide seemed rushed, wouldn't recommend this one,

This is the only way to see this...

Jonathan B, Jun 2017

This is the only way to see this place. The regular line can be very long. Our guide really knew her stuff and made sure that we got the whole experience and not just the David sculpture. The museum is very crowded.

This tour was only one hour so we...

Mike A, Jun 2017

This tour was only one hour so we did not expect a lot but getting it was easy and organized. The guide could have been more knowledgeable on her art but she was pleasant and we felt it was money well spent.

Skipping the line was a huge benefit...

Jordan T, May 2017

Skipping the line was a huge benefit of this tour. Fairly informative guide. We spent a few minutes in each major part of the museum. This tour is a must if you want to experience the Accademia but are short on time. I felt like we got the highlights of each room/piece without spending multiple hours reading for ourselves. This tour also has a great emphasis on David and the Prisoners exhibits, which was fantastic. Lots of nice detail about Michelangelo's techniques and inspirations. The tour also allows you to stop and spend a few minutes getting pictures of David and Prisoners the highlight of the Accademia in my opinion.