{"id":7896,"date":"2020-02-24T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tornabuoni1.com\/?page_id=7896"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:58:53","slug":"once-a-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tornabuoni1.com\/en\/once-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Once A Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1665503947458{margin-top: 0% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<em>Due to a collaboration with some professional guides we are able to offer to our guests unique, <strong>special and exclusive tours with opening after-hours<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These openings will be possible through our Concierge with different prices for each type of Museum. This means that the guests of Antica Torre Tornabuoni can have private access of the museums chosen and, furthermore, it is also possible to organize aperitifs at the museum or private dinners.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Here is a taste of what we can offer, obviously it\u2019s a \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d experience:<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7965&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582718922069{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Uffizi Museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Special evening opening and tour of the most important painting museum in Italy. A gift the Medici family bequeathed to the city of Florence, it now display an enticing collection showing the evolution in art from the sparks of Renaissance to the 17th century. You will be able to enjoy without the crowds world renowned masterpieces by Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio and many others. Entrance time will be around 7.30pm and you will have an expert and licensed tour guide with you to fully appreciate and better understand the collection and the masterpieces in front of you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1631536135380{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7970&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582718950380{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Accademia Gallery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Special evening opening of the Accademia gallery. Here you will be able to fully enjoy masterpieces by Michelangelo like the captives, the piet\u00e0 and, of course, the David. Away from the crowds and immersed in a magical silence, your tour guide will tell you the story of this museum, of its most famous pieces and also of the less known ones, like the musical instrument display with the first piano ever built or the only 100% completely original viola made by Stradivari.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7951&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582628050483{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Santa Croce Church<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Special late afternoon opening<\/strong> of Santa Croce church. Called the pantheon of the Italian glories, it houses the final resting place of many Italian history key personages such as Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rossini, Machiavelli or Lorenzo Ghiberti. A gothic Franciscan church with frescoes by Giotto and his school, a mystical place with an 800 year long history to be discovered in the late afternoon quiet and peace. This special opening is available from Mondays through Fridays from 5.30pm to 7pm with the exception of special events or liturgical functions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1631536017464{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7954&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582625647589{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bargello museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An incredibly well preserved medieval building which was used as the Bargello\u2019s office (the chief of police) from the early Renaissance to the 19th century. A former prison which was turned into a National museum in the 18 hundreds and is now the house of the best in Renaissance sculpture, from the first ever made Renaissance work of art, to stunning an unique sculptures by Donatello, Verrocchio, Giambologna, Cellini and, of course, Michelangelo. You will also be able to admire and stand in the famous courtyard where in 1786 death penalty was abolished for Florence and all the Grand Dukedom of Tuscany.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7998&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582625657011{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Palazzo Vecchio museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Seat of the Florentine political power since its opening in 1301, the Palazzo Vecchio museum boasts some of the most fascinating rooms and apartments in the whole town. You will be able to learn its history and about all the different personalities that have worked and lived in this building. You will see the famous Hall of the Five hundred, see a statue by Michelangelo, enter the private studio of an alchemist, admire the view from its stunning terraces, see Machiavelli\u2019s own office and some of the best preserved world maps of the 16th century.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7959&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582628129439{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Casa Buonarroti museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Private opening<\/strong> of a less known jewel in the very heart of the historical town. You will enter the house bought by Michelangelo\u2019s nephew that collects, displays and celebrates the works and the dreams of Michelangelo Buonarroti. For centuries the Buonarroti family and the the Buonarroti foundation, have collected and preserved works by Michelangelo: sketches, sculptures, ceramics, and studies. A little treasure divided onto two floors of a Florentine Baroque palace.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_padding_bottom=&#8221;padding_bottom_1-4&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1665503947458{margin-top: 0% !important;margin-bottom: 5% !important;}&#8221;]Due to a collaboration with some professional guides we are able to offer to our guests unique, special and exclusive tours with opening after-hours. These openings will be possible through our Concierge with different prices for each type of Museum. 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