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Artviva Tours: ASTA Licensed Tour Operator
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Artviva The Original and Best Walking Tours 
is an ASTA (The American Society of Travel Agents) approved travel agency/tour operator based in Florence, Italy.
Artviva's tours in Italy are internationally acclaimed and recommended by every major travel guide.• Artviva is a fully licensed tour operator in accordance with Italian and European laws. • Artviva Director Rose Magers is the Italy Chapter President for ASTA. • Artiva's guides are the best in Italy and consistently receive international acclaim.• Artviva specialises in tours and tourism services in Italy's art cities, Rome, Venice, Florence and the famous Tuscan countryside. • No other company in Italy offers the sheer variety and depth of high quality, imaginative and innovative itineraries. • The staff are native English speakers and are dedicated to ensuring inspirational travel experiences for you. • Artviva has great new creative offerings for Italy tours in 2010. Artviva's Background: Artviva began as a theatre company. This background creates a very different perspective for providing high quality tourism services. Our tours are carefully crafted and are informative and entertaining. Our theatre background also ensures cutting edge creativity is always applied to cultural team building, event planning and incentive needs. tions.

Artviva The Original and Best Walking Tours

is an ASTA (The American Society of Travel Agents) approved travel agency/tour operator based in Florence, Italy.

Artviva's tours in Italy are internationally acclaimed and recommended by every major travel guide.

• Artviva is a fully licensed tour operator in accordance with Italian and European laws.

• Artviva Director Rose Magers is the Italy Chapter President for ASTA.

• Artiva's guides are the best in Italy and consistently receive international acclaim.

Artviva specialises in tours and tourism services in Italy's art cities, Rome, Venice, Florence and the famous Tuscan countryside.

• No other company in Italy offers the sheer variety and depth of high quality, imaginative and innovative itineraries.

• The staff are native English speakers and are dedicated to ensuring inspirational travel experiences for you.

• Artviva has great new creative offerings for Italy tours in 2010.


Artviva's Background: Artviva began as a theatre company. This background creates a very different perspective for providing high quality tourism services. Our tours are carefully crafted and are informative and entertaining. Our theatre background also ensures cutting edge creativity is always applied to cultural team building, event planning and incentive needs.
tions.

Artviva adheres to local and international laws pertaining to tourism and tourist safety.

As required under Italian laws we are registered and licenced with the Florence Chamber of Commerce no. 516411

and are fully bonded with Compagna Assicuratrice Unipol S.p.A No. 065032357144

We have a strict privacy policy, we never sell or pass on information about you unless you have aggreed.

We have clear terms and conditions and an easy to understand cancellation policy.

We follow strict self imposed guidelines re integrity in business and customer relations including not accepting commisions from shops and restaurants

Integrity in Travel

International Acclaim for Our High Quality Services

"Walking Tours of Florence are wise and well informed. They have a fresh accessible style which makes it fun. The recipe seems to be the more you enjoy the more you learn. And it works."
Michael Palin
Actor/Presenter (Monty Python and a list of fabulous films too long to list here)

"The Greatest Tour Guide Ever!"
Lou Reed
Rock Star Personalized tour Italy Florence

"...This tour is wonderful, it is informative, complete and fun. And more importantly, you don't feel like a sheep in a flock, herded around town..."
Richard Kind
Actor (Mad about You, Spin City) Florence tour Italy

"Thank You for the Wonderful Experience!"
Alex Rodriguez
(Baseball Star)
In December of 2000 Rodriguez became the best-paid ballplayer of all time when he signed a $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers.

"Walking Tours of Florence are much more than tours,because you leave feeling almost as if
you know Michelangelo and the other Masters personally."
Mike Munro One of Australia's finest investigative journalists and well known media personalities.
Past awards include the Logie for "Reporter of the Year" and the "Penguin Award for Best Current Affairs Journalist.


"...thank you for a wonderful job. Your entire staff was attentive to our shooting schedule and the details which can befuddle so many who are not familiar with the peculiarities of production crews. And most important, you made us feel like we were the most important people in Florence. We all left singing your praises. Thank you very much."
Bill Kurtis
Acclaimed documentary host and producer, network
news anchor and multimedia production company president USA

"Don't miss an opportunity to join one of the highly
informative and entertaining Walking Tours of Florence,
led by English speaking guides who really know their subjects.
I loved every minute of my tours."

 

Author of Great Sleeps and Great Eats in Italy
Sandra A Guftstason
"Entertaining and Informative!"
Nat Young(World Surfing Champion ) Florence tour Italy

Artviva's tours in Italy are internationally acclaimed and recommended by every major travel guide.

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Customers Reviews

Artviva: The Original and Best Walking Tours
Average Rating:   5 out of 5 stars
   Based on 37 Ratings.
Last 10 reviews:

On 2013/03/23
Elaine Lam said:

I took the Florence tour of Florence Artisans. It was amazing. It was the best tour !!!! Our Guide, Helen was fantastic. She took us to places we'd NEVER have been able to find on our own. She was friendly and very informative. In fact, local people were greeting us with such a warm reception which I can only attribute to the fact that she is a well known and liked friend to the city.

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On 2013/02/24
Ingrid Rebelson said:

Great Tours

The tours I did were really great, funny, scintillating, upbeat. Thanks Artviva!

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On 2013/01/22
Helen Campbell said:

Excellent

Nice size for a tour group – not too big. Excellent coverage of the main issues in Renaissance history. Wonderful details – really enjoyed it. Thanks so much.

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On 2013/01/22
Ann Gregory said:

Wonderful experience

The tour was most inspiring and bought Florence to life. Wonderful experience!

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On 2013/01/22
Paul Edward Cook said:

Great tour

I just wanted to write and thank you and your staff for our wonderful and informative walking tour of Florence. The tour helped us fall even more in love with your wonderful city. Thanks again and we hope to return in the near future for some more tours. Paul

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On 2012/12/30
Joyce Won Ha said:

Helen, The Florence Walking Tour & David

Great Tour! Had Helen as our guide for the tour. Lots of great spots shown throughout florence, things/places only a insider would know. Family loved the info & perspective she gave; as well considerate of breaks, walking speed, time, etc. Would recommend Helen and the tour for any first timers. - the ha family

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On 2012/12/30
Joyce Won Ha said:

Elisabetta, Uffizi Private Tour

Elisabetta was great! She is so knowledgeable, honest and quite hilarious. She tailored the tour to exactly the amount we needed as any gallery can get overwhelming. We walked with a better understanding of art/influences. In addition, we had some spare time, so she showed a few spots nearby, recommendations on places to eat, etc. Would definitely consider Art Viva and Elisabetta again. - the ha family

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On 2012/10/03
Michelle Purchase said:

Original Florence Walk & Uffizi Tour

Joined the Original Florence Walk (29 Sept 2012) and the Uffizi Tour (30 Sept 2012) after seeing reviews on Trip Advisor. Didn't disappoint. Learnt so much from enthusiastic and knowledgeable guides (sorry, can't remember names but english lady and american guy). Worth every penny. Thank you guys.

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On 2012/10/01
Jackie Callahan Parente said:

Florence and The David

We took two tours with Brenda and she was terrific! We would definitely use Artviva again. Brenda was personable, very knowledgeable, and made the tours as fun as they were informative.Jackie and Bob in Glastonbury, Connecticut

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On 2012/07/23
Pavla Jurikova said:

Firenze

Yesterday we joined a 3 hours tour in Firenze with a guide named Klaas (I am sorry if I misspelled his name). He was fantastic, we really enjoyed and learned a lot new facts. Great, great, great! I highly recommend to everybody!Thank you : )Sergio and Pavla

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