Dante’s Inferno – Medieval Murders and Love Stories – 1.5 Hours
This tour is designed for all admirers of Dante Alighieri the Father of the Italian Language. You will explore the places where Dante Alighieri lived from his birth (1265) to his exile (1302). You’ll discover “Fiorenza”, as Dante used to call Florence when Giotto’s Bell Tower, Brunelleschi Dome, and even Palazzo Vecchio did not exist. During Dante’s life, the city was a network of narrow streets, stone-built houses, and wooden houses. The city was full of towers, small churches, and studios. You’ll walk in the footsteps of Dante, investigating through monuments, tombstones, characters, houses, towers, and historical streets that lead to the great poet. During this walking tour, you’ll walk through the steps of the Divine Comedy. We will compare the reality with the fictional Inferno by Dan Brown. The tour starts in Duomo Square, where stands the oldest building of the city and the baptistery of San Giovanni. In medieval times, this square was the entrance of the city, from here begins the so-called “Dante’s District”. A few of the spots might be: the church called Badia Fiorentina, via dei Cerchi with the homonymous tower, piazza dei Donati, the church of S. Margherita de’ Cerchi which houses Beatrice’s tomb and where perhaps Dante married Gemma Donati, Palazzo Portinari. We will visit the place where he is thought he was born and where he first saw Beatrice and we will move to the Dante Studies Center and Ponte Vecchio, where according to the legend the struggle among Guelphs and Ghibellines began, and the city was divided into two parts. At this point, we will reach the heart of Florence during medieval times: Piazza della Signoria and its Palazzo Vecchio, where Dante’s funerary mask is kept inside. At the end of this amazing tour, we will see one of the most beautiful statues of Dante in Florence. This is an amazing tour for the ones who love stories of love, murders, fightings and secrets and it is also a pleasant journey to discover the Florence of the Middle Ages.
Itinerary
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- Duomo Square
- St. John’s Baptistery
- Dante’s Quarter
- Dante’s House (Exterior)
- Torre della Castagna
- Church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi
- Badia Fiorentina (Exterior)
- Bargello (Exterior)
- Portinari Palace (Exterior)
- Palazzo Vecchio (Courtyard)
- Ponte Vecchio (Exterior)
- The Uffizi Gallery
- Santa Croce
Available in Italian, English and Spanish
Prices:
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- One person: € 110
- Up to 2 people: € 65 each
- Between 3 and 7 people: € 45 each
- More than 7 people: € 25 each
- Children under 12 years old are free
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What is included?:
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- Private Tour with a Licensed Guide
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