Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella Tours and Activities

Spend the day exploring Florence—and opt to see sides of the city that many visitors miss—on this full-day, private shore excursion from Livorno. Meet your guide directly at the port, and hop into your air-conditioned minivan. You’ll drive through the scenic Chianti region en route to Florence. Upon arrival, discover the city’s most in-demand landmarks (including the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, and Piazzale Michelangelo). You can also upgrade to add on an extensive, multi-hour walking tour of the city and its lesser-known attractions.

Enjoy an in-depth private look at one of Florence's prettiest Renaissance churches and its ancient pharmacy with this Basilica of Santa Maria Novella tour. Then, tour the basilica's charming Cloisters, decorated with frescoes by Paolo Uccello, and explore an ancient pharmaceutical workshop.

Make the most of your time in port with a full-day, private tour of Tuscan y from LA Spezia port. See the vineyards and olive groves of the Chianti wine-producing region en route to Florence where you explore the city with a local to see hidden sights and tour popular sights like Michelangelo’s Square lookout and Ponte Vecchio. Embark on a three-hour guided walking tour or if you prefer, tour the city by air-conditioned van, equipped with wifi.

A tour that wants to show you a less obvious side of the city. A route will start from a visit to the interiors of the church of Santa Maria Novella and then take you to visit L'Officina Perfume of the Friars, Palazzo Strozzi, Via Tornabuoni with its prestigious shops, the church of Santa Trinità with its masterpieces of the Renaissance, passing for Piazza della Signoria and the Duomo and then conclude between the arcades of Santa Maria Annunziata and the hospital of the innocents.

Learn a bit about Italy's famed fashion industry on a private tour to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum (Museo Salvatore Ferragamo) in Florence. You'll see sketches, photos, and other displays related to the designer's coveted shoes and other fashion items; then visit the nearby Church of Santa Maria Novella to finish up the tour. This tour provides a way for you to explore a piece of Italian culture.

If you want to experience the wonderful art and religious architecture in Florence, this is the trip for you. Enjoy a guided tour of one of the most beautiful gothic Renaissance churches in Florence and the ancient pharmacy.

The best of town temptations: visit the antique Florentine perfume shop, Officina Profumeria-Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella, the Salvatore Ferragamo shoes museum & store + famous Icecream parlour.

Welcome to heaven if you love scents, food, wine and ....flowers ! Florence hosts an extraordinary large number of indipendent perfumeries: you will find special artisan perfume creators, perfume shops housed in old "palazzos" and, at the same time, enjoy smells of delicious truffle shops and wine bars. Florence offers many parks and gardens too: spring bloomings will be a joy for your eyes and... nose ! Guided by a local expert tour guide you will understand the meaning of the italian way of saying: "Dolce far niente" litterally "The sweetness of doing nothing" an essential part of Italy's personality: the idea that moments of simple slow pleasure are the basis of a good life. Dolce far niente is about guiltless joy !

A tour that will rejoice your senses and where you will visit places of great Florentine heritage. We will focus on discovering the origins of the art of perfumery, herbal craftsmanship and infusions made with particular herbs. We will walk the streets of the historic center of Florence, we will tell you the curiosities about the Medici family, and their links with alchemy and in particular the "Studiolo di Francesco I" inside Palazzo Vecchio. Finally we will take you and we will leave you in the most exclusive Fiorentina tea house that for 40 years, thanks to its owner, offers its customers, who often become his friends, a real taste-olfactory sensory experience that consists in a tasting of tea coming from all over the world, accompanied by desserts and biscuits made specifically for each type of drink. In addition, the environment is very suggestive and with areas where you can relax and recharge and then resume, when you want, to explore the city.

A tour that will rejoice your senses and where you will visit places of great Florentine heritage. We will focus on discovering the origins of the art of perfumery, herbal craftsmanship and infusions made with particular herbs. We will walk the streets of the historic center of Florence, we will tell you the curiosities about the Medici family, and their links with alchemy and in particular the "Studiolo di Francesco I" inside Palazzo Vecchio. Finally we will take you and we will leave you in the most exclusive Fiorentina tea house that for 40 years, thanks to its owner, offers its customers, who often become his friends, a real taste-olfactory sensory experience that consists in a tasting of tea coming from all over the world, accompanied by desserts and biscuits made specifically for each type of drink. In addition, the environment is very suggestive and with areas where you can relax and recharge and then resume, when you want, to explore the city.

The walking tour was designed to make you discover historical and anecdotal points in Florence that go beyond the classic tours; in fact together we will discover a part of Florence, of the medieval period, which developed thanks to the religious orders. We will discover how these Religious Orders of the 13th century they have Christianized and brought art closer to spirituality, but above all how they have been able to preserve and pass on the ancient craft of apothecaries, one of the seven Florentine Major Arts.