Palazzo Medici Riccardi Private Tour with Chapel of the Magi Access

Explore Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Chapel of the Magi, and Florence's religious complex on a guided Medici-centered city tour.

Getting started

Meet your expert guide at the designated starting point and begin your guided tour of Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Your admission ticket to Palazzo Medici Riccardi is handled by the guide, so you can head directly inside with the group. Once the palace visit is complete, you continue on foot to Florence's religious complex to visit the Cathedral and Baptistery.

What to expect

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

This Renaissance palace was the first home of the Medici family and a key stage for their political and cultural influence in Florence. Your guided tour of Palazzo Medici Riccardi sets the tone for the experience, focusing on Medici patronage and the spaces where their power took shape.

Features

• With entry to Palazzo Medici Riccardi included, you follow your professional guide through the palace interiors while they explain how the Medici family shaped Florence's history and cultural life.
• A private-style walkthrough lets you explore key rooms at a measured pace while your experienced professional guide shares stories that connect the building to Florence's rise as a Renaissance center.
• The guided tour of Palazzo Medici Riccardi is conducted by an expert guide, so you can ask questions and focus on details that interest you most.

Chapel of the Magi

Hidden inside the palace, the Chapel of the Magi is one of Florence's most celebrated private chapels. It is especially known for its fresco cycle that links religious themes with portraits of Medici allies and contemporaries.

Features

• Access to the Chapel of the Magi is included, giving you the chance to step inside this intimate space that many visitors to Florence never see.
• Your guide points out the vibrant frescoes that line the chapel, and you can observe the procession of the Magi and the richly detailed costumes and landscapes painted across the walls.
• Time inside the chapel is focused on looking closely at the frescoes so you can understand how art, politics, and devotion intersected for the Medici family.

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and Baptistery of St. John the Baptist

After the palace, you move through the historic center to Florence's religious complex. Here you visit the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistery of St. John the Baptist, two landmarks that frame the city's spiritual and civic identity.

Features

• A visit to Cathedral and Baptistery is included; your guide leads you around the complex so you can experience both the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistery of St. John the Baptist within the same tour.
• Around the religious complex, your expert guide explains how these buildings relate to the Medici legacy and to Florence's broader history, tying together what you saw in Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
• This part of the tour gives you time to take in the scale and exterior decoration of the cathedral and baptistery while your guide continues the narrative started in the palace.

Wrapping up

The guided portion of your experience concludes at Florence's religious complex, where you can choose to continue exploring the surrounding historic center independently after the tour ends.