Florence and Pisa from Rome: Full Day Private Tour
Rome, Italy
- 12 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
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Overview
Make the most of your time in Italy with a day trip to Florence and Pisa from Rome. Both cities are within easy reach of the capital, but public transport can be unpredictable. Instead, travel from your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle and arrive ready to explore the riches of Florence at your own pace. Continue on to Pisa to see the famous leaning tower.
- Save yourself the hassle of planning the trip to Florence and Pisa
- Go door to door with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
- Travel in a small group of up to eight people for a comfortable journey
- Enjoy free time in each city to explore at your own pace
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Rather than visiting just one city, this day trip from Rome fits in both Florence and Pisa.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup (if inside the Aurelian Walls)
- Guided tour
- Train tickets (second class)
- Food and drinks
- Tips and gratuities
- Admission Fee - Duomo di Pisa€10.00 per person
- Admission Fee - Leaning Tower of Pisa€20.00 per person
- Admission Fee - Battistero di San Giovanni€10.00 per person
- Hotel dropoff from the station
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Operating hours.7:00 am
Itinerary
1
Florence
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Piazzale Michelangelo
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Pass By)
3
Campanile di Giotto
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Piazza della Signoria
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Ponte Vecchio
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Battistero di San Giovanni
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Duomo di Pisa
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
Leaning Tower of Pisa
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
9
Piazza dei Miracoli
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Pisa
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Please provide the names of all travellers
- Please provide your accommodation’s information at the time of booking (name, address)
- The day before we'll send a mail with exact pick up time and train tickets
- It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
3.3
based on 26 reviews
Tania_D, Jul 2025
It was really an unpleasant experience. The tour guide was really rude and asked for tip upfront . We've already paid $400 and he asked for extra 75 euro in cash for each of us if we wanted him to walk with us in Florence . He parked the car in a parking lot way further than the destination and made us walk all the way. He was late for about 30 mins for the second part of the trip
Response from Host, Jul 2025
We are sorry to read this review, as we did not know it happened. You booked a transport to Florence without a guide, so to have a tour guide an additional fee is required, however it is not 75 euro per person. We would have addressed it immediately if you had contacted us. As for the parking, it is unfortunately not possible to park in Florence city center unless you are a resident.
Hena_H, Jul 2025
So we were told that we will be transferred to a mini van and then will go to Florance with a small group, but when I saw driver is heading out of city I asked him are we getting transferred ? He said” what , no we are going straight to Florance” but anyway drive was smooth and relaxed. He stopped at rest area. In Florance another family joined us but they had the same experience and by talking to each other we realized company gave us to another company, probably they had so many trips. But it was nice , felt like private tour , guide was good, we also made friend with another family so we as great time .
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you for your review! We would just like to clarify that we did not use another company, you booked a tour to Florence and Pisa with pickup and dropoff at your hotel in Rome and our driver (who is also a tour guide) took you to Florence and then Pisa. The tour is not private, so that is why another group joined you.
Joanne_B, Jul 2025
Avoid. Extortionate taxi service. Blatant false advertising. Refused refund, charge back through credit card. Avoid at all costs.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
We are sorry to read this review, as we very clearly remember what happened and it was disgraceful.
You booked a transportation service from Rome to Florence without a guided tour. Realized your mistake the night before the scheduled departure, wrote to us an email in the middle of the night demanding a tour guide and when our driver came to your hotel to pick you upthe next morning you refused to meet him and made the receptionist tell him to go away. If you'd met him he would have told you that he was also a tour guide and, for a small additional fee, he would have gladly guided you through Florence. We presented all these evidence to Viator and your credit card company, and both refused to refund you.
Leah_F, Jun 2025
Driver was a little rude. Not a lot of time in each location, so if you want a full day in Florence, this is not the excursion for you.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
We are sorry to read this review, as you did not communicate with us the issue about the driver on the day of the tour, otherwise we would have assessed the situation immediately.
As for the time in Florence, we would like to remind that we do give a rough estimate of how much time you spend in each location in the product description.
Lauren_G, Apr 2025
This is just a taxi service, and not a good one at that!!!
You could get an Uber to drive you there for cheaper.
This wasn't a good experience for us and I would recommend you avoid this 'tour' at all costs!!!
We were dropped off at a random location outside the main tourist area of Florence and expected to find our own way to all of the listed places in the itinerary, and the driver proceeded to wait for us where he left us.
It seemed like he had absolutely no knowledge of where to go and told us to use our GPS to find our way.
We were very well aware that this was not a guided tour but we weren't even taken to the locations promised on this site.
And the driver couldn't even come and fetch us from a closer location.
When we got lost he sent us a pin and told us he is just a driver and not a tour guide.
This is blatant FALSE ADVERTISING!!!
To make matters worse, he was falling asleep behind the wheel. We gave him water to splash on his face and had to keep talking to him because we were afraid.
Our lives were put in danger by the carelessness of the tour company and the driver.
The drive back was extremely uncomfortable after these incidents but we had no choice. It was extremely nerve-wracking.
Response from Host, Apr 2025
We are really sorry to read this review, as it is slanderous and we already reported it to Viator.
First of all, as per the product description (and as we reiterated via email) you did not book a guided tour to Florence, it is clearly stated in the product description that we just provide transportation from Rome to Florence+Pisa and back and that you can explore the cities on your own.
Second of all the driver was not falling asleep behing the wheel: he just took a coffee and some water while you stopped for a restroom break, that's all.
Furthermore, instead of calling us while all this allegedely took place, you wrote this review while still in the car with him. If you were really afraid for your life as you claim, you'd have called us requesting to intervene.
The truth is you did not carefully read what you bought, realized your mistake and decided to write a negative review to slander us and our driver instead of taking accountability and that is shameful.
GHADA_E, Apr 2025
The worst experience I have ever had not in my travel to Italy but in all my travels around the world. My trip was on 22 April, they sent to me an email telling me that the trip was changed to April 21, but this was not a big problem to me. On 21 April the driver took me and another 6 travelers by a non comfortable minivan and after a 3 hours drive he dropped us in Florence in a square far away from the city center in front of the libreria nazionale and was about to leave us. He told us I am just a driver, my job is to leave all of you here, navigate in the city by your own and after 3 hours come back here and I will come to take you to Pisa.. We fought with him, l tolled him that you should take us to the places mentioned in the website of your company and in the voucher. He refused. I threatened him that I will call the police because we paid money for a certain service mentioned in the booking voucher and you through us in the street. He crossed the street to the other side and did some phone calls after that he came and said I will take you around the city according to the voucher. He took us to only 3 places in Florence just to have a look from outside then to one place in Pisa. Then back to Rome. We spent only few minutes in each place not enough to visit any of them. I will complain officially to viator company and to tourist information office in Rome. This is not a tourist company at all. A worst experience I have ever had in my life..
Response from Host, Apr 2025
We are really sorry to read this review, as it is slanderous and we already reported it to Viator.
First of all, as per the product description you did not book a guided tour to Florence, it is clearly stated in the product description that we just provide transportation from Rome to Florence+Pisa and back and that you can explore the cities on your own.
The truth is you did not carefully read what you bought, realized your mistake and decided to write a negative review to slander us and our driver instead of taking accountability and that is shameful.
Proof is we did not receive any complain from Viator, and if you did complain to the tourist information office in Rome they probably told you the same thing we did.
We strongly suggest to carefully read what you buy, as to avoid future' worst experience of your life'.
Tony_N, Apr 2025
I would give it a zero star if that was possible. Our driver Umberto must have been in his late 60 or in his 70s. He couldn't see well or hear well. Drove drastically under the posted speed limit, couldn't stay in a lane, and at one point stopped at the fork on on a highway, he could have gotten us rear ended. He got us there in 5 hours, it should have been a 3 hours drive MAX. But, on the drive back to the hotel. He dropped us off at a location for his convenience and told us to us to use Google maps to get to where we wanted to go.
Complete waste of money
Carol_L, Jan 2025
Great opportunity to see Florence and Pisa if staying in Rome. There is no guide as it is basically a van ride to the 2 cities. Our driver did not speak English which was a small problem in Florence. He let us out in a small neighborhood to go explore. However, we did not know what was ahead so stopped at first restaurant for an hour. Met some people who spoke English and they directed us down the street and around the corner where all the activity was. Looked on Google maps to find Statue of David. Ran out of time because we wasted an hour at the restaurant. At Pisa, very easy to know where to go and enough time to explore and enjoy. Driver was wonderful just needed better directions in Florence.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Thank you for your nice review!
MARIA_R, Jan 2025
Everything was perfect even in time to be in florence and pisa..Mr Flavio ROCKS...he is not just the Driver...He is so helpful..thankbyou so much for helping with my mama and made our trip such a blessed...see you soon
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Thank you for your nice review!
reycalivo, Nov 2024
It was a fun day with our driver Giulio who has extensive knowledge about the history of Pisa and Florence.Describing to us the important edifices in Florence detailing the events and persons involved at those specific time of an era.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Thank you for your nice review!
Frank_R, Nov 2024
1st they didn’t contact me prior to the day of the tour to let us know the tour was canceled on the 8th of November and then offered to take us on the 9th of November. I sent two requests for information on our pick up location days before the tour but no response. Then they responded to my request for a refund by saying, yes.sure. Please send me a email to let me know that you did refund our money.
Response from Host, Nov 2024
we contacted you in advance to let you know that the tour would not start and we proposed an alternative day, you are the one who never responded and when you asked for the pick up time we reiterated that the tour would not start, the refund was made immediately
Brandon_B, Oct 2024
***AVOID THIS TOUR PROVIDER***
ZERO COMMUNICATION.
ZERO CONCERN OR CARE ABOUT THEIR CLIENTS OR THEIR CONVENIENCE.
The driver was very nice but the tour organizer that takes the big bucks and shorts the driver who does all the work was NON EXISTANT. I had a few issues and could write a full page about how bad they were. Book with anyone else. These people DO NOT CARE.
Response from Host, Oct 2024
absolutely false, we sent several emails to know the name of your hotel and you never answered us, we told you the day before the pick up time and meeting point. you never answered, this review is false and we can prove it, it should be removed!!!
Sandra_O, Oct 2024
I love Florence very beautiful and the shopping was reasonable and affordable , Pisa was very beautiful
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Thank you for your review
Giovanna_S, Aug 2024
I ❤️ Florence & Pisa.
I had a fabulous vacation and so many beautiful memories. Florence has the most amazing architecture.
Gianna
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Thank you for your review!
Bhoomi_P, Jul 2024
Really nice. Enjoyed a lot. The driver was good fantastic helpful if needed. Explore most of things.
Response from Host, Jul 2024
Thank you for your review!
Susan_E, May 2024
Wonderful trip. A memorable day in in two special places. Small group was easy. Great driver and guide. Plenty of on your own time.
Response from Host, May 2024
Thank you for your nice review!
Laura_M, Jan 2025
Es un modo muy cómodo de viajar. Ciudades imperdibles, y una forma apropiada de viajar cuando la familia necesita su ritmo propio de recorrer y conocer. Una experiencia inolvidable. Muy recomendable.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Thank you for your nice review!
steffanny_f, Nov 2024
Passa duas horas em Florença e uma hora e meia em Pisa, muito tempo na van, não compensa esse passeio, o guia era simpático , mas perdido no GPS, perdemos uma hora dele perdido na estrada e fomos tarde pq ele se perdeu para buscar duas pessoas e na volta tb se perdeu para retornar a Roma, passei mais de 8 horas na van e 3 horas e 30 minutos de passeio, foi chato
Scrates_B, Oct 2024
Melhor maneira de conhecer Florença e Pisa de maneira rápida e dinâmica. Foi possível viver ótimos momentos de maneira leve e divertida.
Response from Host, Mar 2025
Thank you for your review!
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