Just wanted to take a moment to send a huge Thank-You to one of your amazing Tour Guides! She took our family of five on a Private Walking Tour of Florence and with her sparkling personality, upbeat demeanor, and wealth of knowledge of your beautiful city, my husband, three children and myself were delighted with the tour! A 10+ grade... more

My partner, young daughter and I took the Original David Tour and the Masterpeices of the Uffizi Gallery tour in June. Both of our guides were very informative, knowledgable, fun and very friendly and made the tours the highlight of our stay in Florence. I would highly recommend this tour company to anyone. Definately well worth a look if travelling... more

Our guide was a tremendous tour guide. She was very informative and knowledgeable. It made our tour [The Original Florence Walk] very special and we would highly recommend this tour to anyone coming to Florence. Diran and Mary Kludjian more

“Artviva: The Original and Best Walking Tours” www.italy.artviva.com. My husband, niece and I spent a wonderful morning, May 29th, with a guide from “Artviva, The Original & Best Tours Italy”. We booked the “Original Florence and David Tour”. The guide was very passionate and knowledgeable about the history and culture of this beautiful city. She made Florence come alive for... more

I was part of the Original Florence Walk tour...Our guide truly made Florence come alive for us. I really was able to understand the city and its history. She was knowledgeable, clear, and helpful. We would definitely recommend this tour company for anyone looking to discover Florence. We did other tours through Europe during our two week trip and nothing... more

Tours in gondola and boat were great! Seeing the city from the water side with a knowledgeable guide is wonderful. The guide was wonderful - lots of info, friendly, very helpful with tips on city and what to do. more

We used art viva for our tours in Florence (the Florence in 1 day and the Tuscany bike tour), which were so great that we decided to book some of their tours for our trip to Venice. When we booked the Venice in 1 day tour (5 different tours), they told us that the pick up spot (for the Murano... more

We loved this company so much that we took three of their tours: the evening tour of the Oltrano, and the tours of the Uffizi and David. All were exactly what we needed: educational without being overwhelming, and a pleasure to take on foot. It was the Uffizi tour that blew me away, thanks to the guide's easy manner of... more

Mediocre at best and expensive. I took few of their tours in Venice. It was unpleasant surprise to discover that the tours do not add much to the info I got before the trip after reading few pages on Venice sightseeing in Frommer's Italy 2008. Then I visited the same places with an audioguide rented at the the rental office... more