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Florence, Italy

Michelangelo in Florence Self Guided Walking Tour

New Tour 5 - 7 Hours 27 stops
Michelangelo in Florence Self Guided Walking Tour
Duration:5 - 7 Hours
Stops:27
Language:English, Spanish, German, French, Italian
Offline:Available
GPS Guided:Yes

About This Tour

Walk in the footsteps of the world’s greatest artist and uncover the sculptures, secrets, and streets that made him, with easy GPS navigation and flexible timing.

What You'll Experience

1

Explore freely at your own pace with no schedule, just you and genius.

2

Look at David, 17 ft marble from a block two sculptors abandoned

3

Stand before an unfinished façade, where Michelangelo’s ambition still shapes the square

4

Discover how a young artist's forgery became the moment launching legend.

5

Enter an open-air gallery where priceless sculptures stand with no barriers.

6

Cross the world’s most beautiful bridge, shaped by Michelangelo’s eye

7

Enter the church where Michelangelo earned anatomy access in exchange for a crucifix

8

Read poetry written in marble, emotion carved deeper than words ever could.

9

Explore the fortress where Michelangelo turned from artist into military engineer

10

Step into the life behind the legend, where genius meant obsession, not comfort

11

Find only signed painting by him, Doni Tondo, spiral colour unlike anything

12

Witness Florence’s iconic view, where Michelangelo’s journey unfolds

What's Included

Included

  • Access to the Michelangelo in Florence Self Guided Walking Tour on our App
  • 25+ narration points of popular locations in Florence
  • Detailed directions to both well-known attractions and hidden spots
  • Fully offline map – no need for Wi-Fi or data.
  • Audio Guide

Not Included

  • In Person Guide
  • Entry fee of The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze ($23.57)
  • Entry fee of The Medici Riccardi Palace ($11.78)
  • Entry fee of The Medici Chapel ($12.96)
  • Entry fee of The Opera del Duomo Museum ($29.46)
  • Entry fee of The Museo Nazionale del Bargello ($14.14)
  • Entry fee of The Casa Buonarroti ($9.43)
  • Entry fee of The Basilica of Santa Croce ($11.78)
  • Entry fee of The Palazzo Vecchio ($21.21)
  • Entry fee of The Uffizi Galleries ($29.46)

Tour Starting

Tour Starting Point

Piazza di San Marco

Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy

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27 stops along the wayTotal drive · 3.23 km5 - 7 Hours including stops

Tour Stops

Piazza di San Marco
Stop 1

Piazza di San Marco

A calm Florentine square where the Michelangelo story quietly begins. Nearby walls once held his earliest works, and a garden just beyond changed everything he would ever become.

Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze
Stop 2
Landmark

Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze

Inside a plain yellow building on a quiet street lives one of the world's most powerful statues. David still stops people cold. An abandoned block of marble. A twenty-six-year-old. Everything changed.

View on Google Maps:Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze
Medici Riccardi Palace
Stop 3

Medici Riccardi Palace

Behind a fortress-like façade lies the palace where Michelangelo lived, dined with princes, debated philosophers, had his nose broken, and quietly became the greatest artist the world has ever known.

Piazza del Duomo
Stop 7
Landmark

Piazza del Duomo

Florence at its most breathtaking. Marble, dome, and campanile converge in the grandest piazza of the Renaissance. Michelangelo didn't build any of it and yet his presence fills every corner.

View on Google Maps:Piazza del Duomo
Casa Buonarroti
Stop 10
Landmark

Casa Buonarroti

His house. His earliest reliefs. His drawings. This quiet palazzo in the Santa Croce neighbourhood is where the personal story feels closest, before the Sistine, before Rome, before the legend took over.

View on Google Maps:Casa Buonarroti
Piazza della Signoria
Stop 13
Landmark

Piazza della Signoria

Florence's most charged square. Where David once stood as a symbol of republican defiance. Where every sculptor who came after Michelangelo either worshipped or tried to surpass him, often both.

View on Google Maps:Piazza della Signoria
Ponte Vecchio
Stop 16
Landmark

Ponte Vecchio

A bridge that forgot it was a bridge. Built in 1345, once filled with butchers, now glowing with jewelers. Above it, a hidden passage that once carried the Medici across Florence, unseen and untouchable.

View on Google Maps:Ponte Vecchio
Piazzale Michelangelo
Stop 27
Landmark

Piazzale Michelangelo

A bronze David stands on a hilltop terrace above Florence, facing his Tuscan origins. Below, the city he shaped spreads across the valley. This is where you see everything at once and understand it.

View on Google Maps:Piazzale Michelangelo

8 of 27 stops shown. Stops 1 to 3 and the tour's landmark stops are open; the full route unlocks in the app after purchase.

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GPS Guides You

Audio narration triggers automatically as you approach each stop.

Lifetime Access

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Skip Any Stop

All stops are optional — the app re-routes seamlessly to the next one.

Bring Headphones

For the best storytelling experience, bring headphones or a portable speaker.

5 Languages

Switch between English, French, German, Spanish or Italian anytime.

Why Trippy vs. a traditional tour

Flexibility
×Fixed schedules, no pausing
✓Start, pause, resume anytime
Privacy
×Crowds of strangers
✓Private — just you and your group
Pricing
×$30–$60 per person
✓One price for the whole group
Availability
×Requires advance booking
✓Instant access, 24/7
Pace
×Set by the guide
✓Set by you — stop wherever you like
Languages
×Typically one language
✓5 languages, switch anytime

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