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Private Highlights of Florence Bike Tour

Recommended by 95% of travelers
Florence, Italy
  • 3 hours (approx.)
  • Group discounts
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Discover what is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance movement as you explore the heart of Florence on two wheels with this private guided bike tour. Follow your guide as you pedal through the streets, stopping at several important landmarks including the Duomo and Uffizi Gallery. Your guide also provides context on the history of the city and the importance of the Renaissance.
  • Customize the pace with a private tour and dedicated guide
  • Cover more ground in Florence without getting footsore
  • Choose a morning or afternoon tour time to suit your schedule
  • Follow the guide's narration clearly with headsets included

What's Included

  • Bike Rental (eBike Upgrades Available for additional fee)
  • Local, Licensed Tour Guide
  • Headphones so you can hear guide tour clearly
  • Helmet and front bike pouch & back rack
  • Optional gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Entrance to monuments and museums

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Fat Tire Tours - Florence
    Via dei Cimatori, 9R, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

    Close to Piazza della Signoria, in central Florence. Address: Via dei Cimatori, 9Red, 50122, Firenze, Italy. Meet your guide in the office of Italy Segway Florence. The office is located between Piazza della Signoria and the House of Dante Alighieri. Your tour guide will be waiting for you.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Your Florence electric scooter or bike tour begins with a safety session to ensure that you’re comfortable before hitting the streets. Numbers are limited on this small group tour to keep the experience as intimate as possible. After your group is ready to go, plug in your headphones so that you can hear the live commentary clearly and follow your guide into the center of the city.

As you glide past each historical site and architectural gem, hear entertaining anecdotes and facts about the history of Florence. Discover top attractions, including the iconic Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery and the lively activity of Piazza della Signoria and Piazza della Repubblica. You’ll also spot the burial site of famous Italians like Galileo and Michelangelo in Piazza Santa Croce as well as other important churches and monuments.

At the end of your Segway excursion through Florence, you will return to your original departure point.
1

Piazza della Signoria

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

2

Piazza Della Repubblica

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

3

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

4

Piazza di San Lorenzo

7 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

5

Santa Maria Novella

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Via de' Tornabuoni (Pass By)

6

Ponte Vecchio

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

7

Piazza Santo Spirito

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

8

Piazza De' Pitti

5 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

9

Piazza di Santa Maria Soprarno

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

10

Piazza Santa Croce

10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Fat Tire Tours - Florence (Pass By)

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infant seats available
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Most travelers can participate
  • A valid ID document is required on date of travel (person of age and participant in the tour).
  • We recommend wearing weather-appropriate clothing. For spring and summer: hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen. For winter: warm layers, gloves, scarves, and hats. In case of rain: waterproof gear is highly recommended
  • All participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
  • Kids are welcome: We only ask that your children have been riding for a while, are comfortable riding in a group, and can navigate riding a bike on various surfaces and shared traffic roads (please provide the kids' height and age)
  • Child seats or tag-alongs are available (limited) for muscular bikes ONLY.
  • Pregnant women are strongly discouraged from joining bike tours due to cobbled streets
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8
based on 400 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Excellent company and a great experience.

Conal_S, Feb 2024
Fat Tire tours are a great friendly company with Nadia a great guide, very pleasant and good English speaker.

Brilliant

Jane_H, Sep 2023
It was brilliant fun and great way of getting around Florence quickly and seeing lots more. The guide was fantastic and so informative.

Super fun e-scooter tour

Jennifer_S, Jul 2023
We had a great time scootering and laughing with Andreas. He was a terrific guide, very knowledgeable about Florence history and all the statues, fountains and museums (and movies set in Florence too.)

Great guide and experience with scooter

Ricardo_A, Jun 2023
Great experience in scooter showing the best of Florence with a great guide Our guide was very committed and motivated to share the best Thanks

You will love this

Harold_S, Jun 2023
This is a great way to see the sights and cover a lot of ground, including climbing up and seeing fantastic views of the city

We met up with Nadia on a...

Georgina_M, Apr 2023
We met up with Nadia on a drizzly morning but she thoughtfully provided ponchos. We were lucky that there was no one else on our tour but our small group of 3. Nadia was informative, interesting and fun, answering all our questions and making sure that we had a good all round impression of the City. I would not hesitate to recommend Nadia and this tour.

Very Fun

Victor_M, Apr 2023
This was so much fun for my family. We saw sites we would not have seen by just walking on our timeline. Fat Tire was great taking care of us the whole way through. The E-scooters were in great condition and safe. I would recommend this company and tour to anyone.

All the major Florence sites with a local flare!

dwpond, Jul 2022
Segway became bikes as Florence had a temporary ban, but it was definitely an awesome tour. Our guide Thomas was super knowledgeable and fun. We got to go places a Segway could not navigate. So many great sites in a just over 2hrs. A great way to cover a lot of ground without walking much. Highly recommend this excursion!!

Great Tour - Excellent Tour Guide (Guido)

Mark_M, Mar 2022
The tour was fun and informative. As good as the tour was, the tour guide, Guido, was beyond excellent. He was very patient and knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor. Some of us, namely me, took a little longer to learn the Segway, but he took his time to make sure we were comfortable in using it. After this great experience, I would take another Segway in other cities. Again, Guido was an excellent tour guide and would recommend asking for him as your guide.

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Grazie Mark! Guido is an amazing guide, but fortunately we have the best guides in Florence so whoever ends up leading the tour will make it fun and memorable

Highly recommended. Great experience!!!

Carmen_T, Mar 2022
I was actually a bit scared at first since it was my first time. Soon after getting the hang of it, it was so fun!! Best experience through the city!! Knowledgeable guide! I totally recommend!

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Grazie Carmen!

So much fun.

Nathan_M, Jan 2020
This tour was great! We ended up being the only couple to book on this particular morning (it was raining that day) so we basically had a private tour of Florence. It was a great way to see the city!

Great fun!

Tauchi1, Oct 2019
First time on a Segway. Easy to learn and operate. Marzia was knowledgable with a great sense of humor. Zipped around and saw the most important sites in central Florence and learned the important history behind them. HIGHLY recommend this one.

Highly Recommend!!

Jessica_G, Aug 2019
My husband and I booked a segway tour with this company and they were amazing from the start! They were super friendly and our guide Elena was extremely knowledgeable and fun!!! We got to see so much and learn soany interesting facts about Florence!! We highly recommend this tour!!

Only way to travel in Florence!

Dawn_A, Aug 2019
We did this 3 hour tour to get to know Florence in a short time and we certainly did. Vanessa, our tour guide was fantastic and so knowledgeable about the history - she made it come to life in her stories and we fell in love with the city.

Great time!

Brian_E, Aug 2019
We had a great time and learned a lot from our guide Stephani! We would highly suggest this tour! BrianE.

So fun!!!!

Richard_E, Jul 2019
Just amazing! Didn’t want it to end. Our guide, Benedetta, was second to none! My teenage kids loved every minute also.

Great Excursion!

Yvonne F, Jul 2019
Our Segway tour of Florence was better than anticipated. I did it for the younger members of our crew and I think my sister and I (both in our 50's) enjoyed as much or better than them! Such a different way to see Florence. Super fun tour!

Wonderful family fun in Florence

ChrisMinNJ, Jul 2019
Loved it. Small group with personal attention of a knowledgeable guide. Perfect English. Very safe on roads. Easily located in center of city. Saw many highlights of Florence, and a few off of the beaten track. Definitely recommend.

Fun way to see the highlights.

Laura_A, May 2019
Guido was our guide and it was his 2nd day on the job. He was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I have done Segways in other cities and it was a little harder to do in Florence because of the cobblestones. Also, the crowds of people make it challenging. But I would personally do this Segway tour again.

A Must do in Florence - had so much fun...

kay, Oct 2018
A Must do in Florence - had so much fun whizzing around Florence, definitely a different experience to a walking tour! MUST DO!!!

Our tour guide was wonderful but...

Charles G, Aug 2018
Our tour guide was wonderful but negotiating the crowded streets of Florence on a Segway was difficult for some first time users. No big problems but a walking tour maybe a better option is high tourist season of June-August.

GREAT!

Melassina2017, Jul 2018
Very pleasant. I strongly recommend. It was the second time visiting big Italian city on the seqway and it was a indite way to easily touch every important touristic points.

First segway tour I have taken a great...

Wayne R, Apr 2018
First segway tour I have taken a great way to get around

Awesome tour and extremely...

Rosy M, Apr 2018
Awesome tour and extremely knowledgeable guide, Katerina. A great overview of the city with lots of history and facts. Got to see all the major sights and Katerina gave us ideas on things to explore further during our trip. Katerina was very patient. The streets were very busy as it was Easter Monday, so dodging pedestrians was definitely a challenge. Overall I highly recommend this tour. It is also a very efficient way to see the sights.

Totally worth every penny, awesome...

Karen C, Mar 2018
Totally worth every penny, awesome guide, knowledge and entertaining. We loved it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Fabulous, fun, safe, even for the...

Alice_E, Jan 2018
Fabulous, fun, safe, even for the faint of heart.. Great instructions and practice before the tour.

The tour was professionally run, the...

Martin W, Nov 2017
The tour was professionally run, the guide was excellent and we saw many of the key areas of the old city. But...... Florence is not an ideal city to Segway in as the streets are so crowded either with people or cars, slowing progress and taking the enjoyment out of riding a segway.

We had never been on a Segway before...

Jamie W, Nov 2017
We had never been on a Segway before and were a bit apprehensive. But, within a few minutes, it was so easy. Even with the crowded streets, we had no problems maneuvering through. Great fun!

I have done quite a few Segway tours...

James H, Oct 2017
I have done quite a few Segway tours in different cities. They are an excellent way to get to know a city and learn about it from experts. Segways are also great fun. Valentina our guide was wonderful, she was passionate about Florence and gave a fascinating insight to the city as she expertly and safely guided us around key sites and some lesser known sites also. We were very luck as the other two people booked on the tour did not turn up so in effect we had a private tour. Valentina was very friendly, very pleasant and had a great knowledge of Florence. It was a wonderful afternoon we both enjoyed very much. We would highly recommend.

Great fun - see a lot of Florence in an...

Jacqueline_G, Oct 2017
Great fun - see a lot of Florence in an expedited manner

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