Private walking tour Florence: seven walks and a Fiat 500

$200 — highlights, 2 hours. The cheapest private walking tour Florence has on this site. A local guide, the Basilica di Santa Croce, Palazzo Bargello and Piazza della Repubblica. 4.9 on 91 reviews.

$312 — local guide, 2.5 hours. From Piazza Duomo to Ponte Vecchio and Pitti Palace, with the city’s story from its origins to the Medici. 4.9 on 66 reviews.

$324 — art and the Renaissance, 3 hours. The Uffizi, the House of Dante and Duomo Square on the route. Rated 4.9 on 10 reviews, too few to compare with the two above.

$237 — the Medici, 3 hours. A visit to the Palazzo Medici and the family’s secrets, scandals and conspiracies. 4.8 on 152 reviews, the most reviewed private walking tour Florence offers here.

$293 — Galileo, 4 hours. A private science tour following Galileo through the city. Rated 4.4 on 13 reviews, the lowest score of any private walking tour Florence has here, on few reviews.

$502 and $637 — two 2-hour walks. One reads palaces, churches and squares as Medici power; the other follows Michelangelo past the Uffizi and the Accademia. Each is rated 5.0 on 1 review. Neither listing says private, so check before you book one as a private walking tour Florence guide.

Group walks on the same themes cost less; they are on the walking tours page.

$162 — vintage electric Fiat 500, 1.5 to 3 hours. A private open-top car up to San Miniato al Monte and Piazzale Michelangelo for the view, as a 90-minute city loop or a 3-hour trip to Fiesole. 4.9 on 91 reviews. Bikes and golf carts are on the bike page.

A private Tuscany day trip from Florence. The $424 day covers Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena, Monteriggioni and Chianti in 9 hours, 4.9 on 34 reviews. Siena and San Gimignano alone by deluxe car cost $781.

The coast. Cinque Terre with a stop in Pisa costs $898 (4.9 on 186 reviews), all five villages $668 (no length listed), and a 10-hour Cinque Terre day $916.

The most expensive. A chauffeur-driven Val d’Orcia day at $1,328, rated 5.0 on 12 reviews. Among the best private day trips from Florence by reviews, the Cinque Terre and Pisa day leads with 186. Group versions are on the Siena page.

Per hour. The highlights walk is about $100.00 an hour, the Medici tour about $79.00, the local-guide walk about $124.80 and Galileo about $73.25. The two one-review walks cost about $251.00 and $318.50.

Against a group walk. The most reviewed group walk on the homepage costs $31 for 1.5 hours. A private walking tour Florence guides run costs more, and the listings do not say how many people that covers.

Our read of the numbers. Of the five private walks with ten or more reviews, four score 4.8 or 4.9. The Medici tour has the most evidence; the highlights walk costs least. Museums with a private guide are on the Uffizi page.