Artisans in Florence
Florence was always known for its artisans, who created fine goods of exceptional quality. Today you still have the opportunity to buy hand crafted items, made with passion and love. During this tour, we'll visit the city's oldest pharmacy, several jewelry shops, local shoe stores, antique and vintage stores. We'll experience bookbinding and marbled paper making, learn how stone mosaics are created, visit ceramics and leather goods shops and other.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Your Hotel
Visiting flagship store of one of the oldest porcelain producer in Europe
We can just stroll through the shelfs with products and enjoy cosy atmosphere of the shop or you can buy fine porcelain items for you home.
Oldest pharmacy in Florence
The Pharmacy is still located in the old Monastery building, here you can buy traditional perfumes of Florence, candles, soaps and shower gels, shampoos, including shampoos for pets, iconic liqueurs, homeopathic remedies.
Ceramic and bronze store
We are going to walk through one of the old fashioned streets of Florence, where you will find ceramic, bronze, antique store and an interesting book shop.
Papiro paper
Old technic of Papiro paper is what Florence is famous for. You have an opportunity to see the process of creation and buy some notebooks, leather goods or other things with papiro design.
Carpenters workshop
If you are looking for a wooden souvenir, a wooden frame or wooden trace or wooden box we can pop up into one of the carpenter's workshops or special shop.
Print shop
Are you interested in prints. In one of the shops you can see a person working on a print. Around Florence you have different options of buying prints: old ones or new ones, with the views of the city, birds, flowers, famous statues or other subjects.
Jewery workshop
In Florence we have long traditions of jewelry art and you have a great opportunity to watch the artisans at work. We are going to visit one or more workshops/shops depending on you taste.
Silk foulards
Looking for a nice souvenir from Florence, get one of the beautiful natural silk foulard.
Tailor made shoes
You have a great opportunity to see people creating handcrafted tailor made shoes or you can order a couple. On request we can visit Ferragamo museum (10 euro entrance ticket)
Clothes designer
In Florence you can find a lot of small local designer store, where you can buy unique items of high quality.
Ending Point
Your hotel
Want to personalize this tour?
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This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
* Guide fee
* Your personal expenses
Tour Important Information
Please inform what are you interested in: leather goods, silk goods, jewelry, perfumes, wood goods, paper goods, stone mosaics, bronze or marble products, shoes, vintage shops, antique shops, ceramics and porcelain, men's or women's ateliers, accessories (hats, glasses, etc.).
* This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
* Make sure you always have water with you specially in the summer months.
Important message from the supplier
I also do tours in other Tuscany cities like Siena, Pisa and Lucca.
I do wine tastings in Florence and in the wineries on request.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Eva G.
Hi, I'm Eva! I've been living in Florence since 2012 and I've become a professional licensed tour guide in 2016, since then I did a lot of private tours around Florence and in Tuscany, working with families and small groups of friends.
I'm still very curious and constantly learning new things about local history and artists, and Florence always gives you an opportunity to discover something interesting.
I'm in love with my city and I live quite an active life, so I can tell you a lot of things not only about history, but also about modern life of Florence.
During pandemic period I have finished the Wine Courses, so now I'm also professional sommelier, working in wine industry, and I can share my experience with you. We also have a nice wine cellar in the city center, where you can join one of our wine-tasting evenings.
My concept of exploring Italy is doing it with taste and style. So during our tour we will have no rush and you will have an opportunity to really enjoy Italian style of life.
Yes, I give a lot of historical information, but I'm very flexible and I always put your needs and wishes at the first place. So every tour is adopted to the client's preferences.
Reviews
Brian S.
“Eva G. Is an excellent guide”
Eva toured us through Florence and was excellent! Eva is attractive and personable; we all enjoyed being with her, especially our teenage granddaughters. She is so knowledgeable, highly educated in Tuscan history, and her English is easy to understand.We have seen Florence before, but she is the first guide to show us the Roman stone with grapestomping and shipping , which is reused on the side wall of the Duomo. We saw Santa Croce, Piazza Signoria, Ponte Vecchio, the Loggia Medici, some gift shops we were interested in, a wonderful old restaurant Eva knew about, the Accademia, and finally, after spending longer than we had arranged for, Eva delivered us to the Uffizi Galleries.She was well-prepared, with lots of old pictures of areas on an ipad to illustrate the changes in Florence and its city plan. Eva is a fine guide whose tours would benefit anyone.
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Eva G.
Thank you Brian, it was really a pleasure to meet you and your grand daughters! I hope they bring back home great memories of Florence!
Mary P.
“amazingly attentive and informative!”
Eva bent over backwards to be accommodating, helpful and considerate to our tour group of 8 (ranging from 7 to 75 years old). She made all of the arrangements beforehand for transportation, found us a great spot for lunch, and chose perfect spots for us to see in Siena and San Gimignano. She had tons of insights and knowledge about the places and things we were seeing, was flexible when people wanted to stop to shop or take photos, and was compassionate about the pace in the heat and sun. I would recommend using Eva to everyone I know without hesitation or reservation!
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Eva G.
Dear Mary, thank you for choosing me and trusting me your day! I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was really nice to meet you and your family! All the best!
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Veronica S.
“Eva's Tour Is Fabulous!”
Eva is a warm, knowledgeable guide who is fluent in English, Italian, and other languages. She tailored our tour to our preferences and drenched us with wonderful details about the history and customs of Florence. My husband and I have toured with a large number of guides over the years and Eva is among the very best! I highly recommend this amazing woman!
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Eva G.
Veronica, Gary, thank you for choosing my tour! I'm very happy you've enjoyed our Florence walk. Your company was also very warm and pleasant!
$450/ per group
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