Accademia Gallery Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Our guide was fantastic. The context and color she added to our tour was incredibly helpful for our entire Italy trip. It layed a great informational foundation and understanding of some of the Renaissance greats.

Our guide Lori was absolutely amazing during this tour. She was enthusiastic and engaging. Her knowledge, detailed but not overwhelming. It was great to listen along to a story that provided context not only to the artwork/pieces on display, but also Michaelangelo personally and the kind of person he was, as well as a quick revision of Florence's history and other families/artists like the Medicis in an interesting way with fun facts. A well executed tour, timed well through the rooms and with plenty of time to analyse Michaelangelo's David up close and in detail. Highly recommended.

Rachel our tour guide was simply amazing!!! Knowledgeable, funny, sense of humor and was able to adapt to our knowledge base. It was fantastic!

It really was such a great tour. I loved that it wasn't too long but fully packed rough inforntion about not only the David but the whole time period that made the experince of seeing it more satisfying. The guide was friendly and so open to questions a well as very knowledgeable.

Marie was a wonderful guide. She was so knowledgeable about all aspects of the museum. We learned some interesting facts about mideveal vs renaissance artworks, the dress and customs of ancient Florence, beautiful old musical instruments and especially learned about Michaelangelo's David. It was a fabulous tour. We highly recommend Marie.

Olga our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and made our tour very interesting and amusing. She did not rush us during the tour and gave us lots of time to view the works of art. She obviously has a passion for what she does.

The guide was fantastic! She loved what she was talking about and had a great grasp of the history. She communicated in a way that was engaging, witty and with humor. We were hanging on her every word.

Well organized tour with our guide Olga. Highly recommend taking the 1 hour tour to learn more about Michelangelo and his back story of his work. Nice museum to visit during your trip in Florence.

We were a party of six and wanted to see the museum with a guide to help us make the most of our visit. The office for the tour was easy to find and Laurie could not have been any more warm and gracious when she greeted us on our arrival. She fitted us with earpieces which worked very well in the noisy street as well as inside the museum. We waited in line at the museum entrance for about five minutes until our entry time, and then she led us inside and proceeded to spin captivating stories about the history of Florence, the titanic efforts to adorn the Duomo with statuary in the 15th and 16th centuries, and most all, Michelangelo's creative brilliance. Laurie made the museum come alive for us and we would not have appreciated the paintings and especially the magnificent DAVID without her expertise and seamless dialogue. It was a magical lesson in art history and in the history, culture, politics, and economics of this fabulous city. By the way, the exhibit of Renaissance musical instruments, including several Stradivarius violins and cellos, along with an early (the first, perhaps?) pianoforte ALONE is worth the price of admission for music lovers!

We had a very entertaining and detailed tour of the Accademia. Our guide was sensational! Thank you very much!

Thomas was a wonderful guide and made the tour exceptionally informative and entertaining. We will definitely visit again !

Buying the ticket was easy and the joining instructions were clear. Our Vox sets worked and the guide was very good She was well informed and clearly loved her subject.

The art was beautiful and it was an incredible experience to see Michaelangeo's David! It was very easy to get tickets online. Instructions to the meeting place for the tour were very easy to follow. Mary, our guide was wonderful. She was very knowledgable and friendly. Thanks so much for being a part of my wonderful experience in Firenze!

Mary was an exceptional tour guide! The tour was incredibly informative and enjoyable. You could tell she enjoys what she does. We would have not gotten as much out of the visit without Mary's insite. Skipping the line was well worth the cost of the tour alone as it was very crowed that morning.

Great tour of the Michael angelo sculptures including the David. Very informative and clear guide in Spanish. She was also very helpful as she handled getting a wheelchair and early access for my disabled father. 100% recommend.

The guide was very engaging and informative. She gave us lots of context and really made the whole experience much more memorable

Ticketing experience was very simple. Our guide was personable, knowledgeable and provided a great historical context to the art.

It was easy to find the guide as described and we were lead almost to front of queue. Waited 15 mins in queue before getting entry as very busy that day. Our gallery was Mary and she was so lovely, very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She was able to answer all of the questions she was asked by the group. Thank you Mary, u were awesome 👌

Mary, who was our guide, was exceptional, as her explanation was quite good and she had something that gave a plus, she is a historian, which enriches the tour.

Yes, the truth is that it was an unforgettable experience. On the one hand, the main objective was to see again and up close that marvel of sculpture that is the David, it really made me fall in love and moved me to tears. This with respect to the Galleria itself. On the other hand, our guide Robellia, was magnificent, a very passionate person who speaks Spanish very well, she really made our visit a pleasure. On the other hand, it was very agile to find the office for the exchange of tickets, there we could use the toilette services and also stock up on water for the tour of the gallery. The whole service was impeccable.