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Florence — luxury travel by Forest Travel
Tuscany, Italy

Florence

More masterpieces per cobblestone than anywhere on earth — seen the way the Medici saw them, before the public arrives.

When to Go
May – June · September – October

Florence rewards the patient and the well-introduced. The privilege here is access and timing: the Uffizi in silence, a Chianti villa as your anchor, the cellar door opened by the family that farms it.

Access · Not Itinerary

What an Advisor Can Open Here

What an advisor can open that an algorithm cannot. Each of these is staged on your terms — the access, the timing, the people.

The Uffizi at seven in the morning
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The Uffizi at seven in the morning

The gallery opened before the public with a Renaissance scholar whose family donated three of the works inside — Botticelli's Spring under your sole gaze, unhurried.

A Brunello cellar, underground
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A Brunello cellar, underground

A long-table dinner inside a private Montalcino cellar hosted by the family that has farmed those vines for six generations — the bottles poured are not on any wine list.

Into Mugello at first light
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Into Mugello at first light

The Mugello truffle grounds with a hunter whose family has worked this Apennine oak forest since the 1920s — the dogs, the silence, the find, then lunch built around the morning.

Curated Journeys

Curated Florence Journeys

Not a package — a starting point. Each is a journey we have designed and refined; your advisor reshapes it for the version only you would recognise.

A Florentine Honeymoon
Honeymoon

A Florentine Honeymoon

A suite above the Arno, a private Uffizi dawn, a Chianti villa with a pool and a chef — and the Brunello cellar visit that turns one dinner into a memory both carry home.

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Florence for the Family
Family

Florence for the Family

Fresco workshops with a real restorer, a gelato-making session in an artisan dairy, the Uffizi with a scholar who explains the Medici as a family drama, and a villa with a pool for the afternoons.

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The Renaissance, Privately
Art & Architecture

The Renaissance, Privately

The Uffizi and the Accademia after hours with leading scholars, then a villa among the vines.

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Tuscan Table & Cellar
Culinary & Wine

Tuscan Table & Cellar

Truffle hunts, Brunello cellars and the family kitchens that define Tuscan cooking.

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Florence in Harvest
Autumn

Florence in Harvest

The grape and olive harvest, golden hills and the city's galleries at their quietest.

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FAQ

Planning a Private Florence Journey

Absolutely — most journeys pair after-hours Florence with a fully-staffed private villa in Chianti or Val d'Orcia.

Yes — before-opening or after-hours visits to the Uffizi and Accademia with an art historian are central to how we travel.

Late spring and September–October bring warm light and the harvest without the summer crowds.

Begin in Florence

None of this is fixed.

Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the Florence only you would recognise.