Our family of four highly recommends Red Cap Tours of Tuscany for your private tour of Florence,…read morePisa and all of Tuscany. Our guide, Lisa, made our one and only day in Florence worth three or four days.
We arrived on a cruise ship in Livorno. Lisa was waiting, exactly on time, were she promised to meet us at the port our ship was docked. We asked her to briefly stop by Pisa for pictures on our way to Florence. Lisa zipped onto a side street, near the Leaning Tower, we hopped out, took some pictures, and on we went to Florence. Lisa had plenty of details to offer us in Pisa, but we wanted to move on. She happily obliged.
As we made the approximate one hour drive to Florence, Lisa asked if we were interested in seeing and hearing about the Tuscan countryside, on our way to Florence. We said, "yes", and Lisa took a detour that added maybe a half an hour to our journey to Florence. On this pleasant detour we saw rolling vineyards, Tuscan villas and so many other beautiful aspects of Tuscany. And then, Lisa surprised us with a striking vantage point, where we enjoyed a view of Florence in the valley below. We stopped for pictures; Lisa took a cherished family photo for us. She also helped make sure a local vendor treated us fairly.
It is typical in Florence for private car tour guides to offer their knowledge while inside the car. The real service offered by great guides, like Lisa, is to provide quality information, while getting you right next to the place you want to visit. Since there is no parking near these attractions, Lisa drives to a place she can wait with the car, while you enjoy yourself inside. At an agreed upon time and place, Lisa was right there to pick us up, and take us right to another attraction, providing great insight along the way. Every attraction I can recall during our visit offered audio guides; this professionally recorded information told us every we could possibly want to know about inside the attractions.
Another outstanding convenience Red Cap provided was helping us to purchase our tickets to see Michelangelo's statue "David", well in advance of our arrival, ensuring we would see this artistic wonder, while we were in town. Our visit to Florence was full of interesting information, convenience and fun, thanks to Red Cap Tours.