Signature Experience

Our Signature Tours

Due to a collaboration with some professional guides we are able to offer to our guests unique, special and exclusive tours.

History of the Tornabuoni family

Discover the fascinating history of the Tornabuoni family. On this tour your guide will shed light on the life of this family and life of the privileged families living in Florence during the 15th and 16th centuries. Going down Tornabuoni street there will be many palaces with incredible stories to talk about. After this first introduction you will enter inside Santa Maria Novella church and see with your own eyes the amazing works of art these patrons commissioned, learn about the famous school where their heirs got their education, and reach the main chapel in the center of the apse commissioned by the Tornabuoni family. Here you will admire the frescoes done by Ghirlandaio and his students (one of which was Michelangelo) and relish in the beauty of Renaissance art and way of describing religious stories.

HISTORY OF THE LEGENDARY VIA TORNABUONI

In depth tour of the famous fashion street in Florence, home of the best and local most luxurious shops since the Middle Ages. You will learn about life as a banker and trader during 15th and 16th century Florence. We will, of course, start with the Tornabuoni and Gianfigliazzi families and proceed with the challenges and successes of the Ferragamo, the Bartolini Salimbeni, and the Strozzi. After this first half of the tour, you will enter the stunning Palazzo Larderel and create your own and personalized herbal tea. After this break, you will enter one of the few baroque churches in Florence, see the first courtyard of the Antinori palace and end the tour with a final visit of the peaceful jet rich Santa Trinita church.

Golf Day at Circolo Ugolino

The course was designed by an Englishman and an Irishman, Cecil Blandford and Peter Gannon. They used the natural contours of the Chianti slopes to produce an outstanding course, threaded through the indigenous vines, olive trees, maritime pines, and broom. The course is not long but demands a high degree of skill. The greens are small and well defended by bunkers. The sloping fairways also present a great challenge. In his book Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die, Chris Santella includes Ugolino as one of the fifty places to play.

Create your custom elixir at Officina de Tornabuoni’s Artisanal apothecary

The passion for know-how and the authentic heritage of 4 generations of Florentine officinal tradition give life to our natural creations for beauty and wellness. In our historic apothecary on via Tornabuoni you can discover all the skin care, fragrances, herbal remedies and teas, created in full respect of our ancient knowledge.
Book your experience and our highly specialized herbalist will guide you to create your own bespoke herbal tea blend, based on organic medicinal plants. During the experience you can also discover the properties of medicinal plants and their use in the Florentine medicinal tradition, through the illustrations of our herbarium and historical archives.