Florence to Assisi and Cortona: Explore the Hilltop Towns and Learn about St Francis
4.1
229 Ratings
Firenze
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
What's Included
  • Entrance fee to St Francis’Basilica
  • Free time in Orvieto
  • Journey by fully fitted GT Coach
  • Assisi tour with professional guide
  • Entrance fee to Santa Maria degli Angeli Church
  • Expert multilingual escort
  • Entrance fee to Santa Chiara Church
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a day journey from Florence to the captivating hill towns of Assisi and Cortona, guided by a local tour expert! Explore Assisi and gain insights into the life of St Francis of Assisi through visits to the Basilica of San Francesco and the Convent of Santa Chiara. Pause to appreciate the 9th-century church at Santa Maria degli Angeli before moving on to the Tuscan locality of Cortona for a span of self-guided exploration.

  • Entrance into churches requires a strict dress code. We cannot be held responsible for entry denied due to improper dress. Please make sure your shoulders and knees are covered
  • English and Spanish are always guaranteed. In order to confirm the excursion in Italian, Portuguese or French a minimum of 4 pax is required
Location
Piazzale Montelungo
TOURS & NEWS KIOSK AT PIAZZALE MONTELUNGO BUS TERMINAL Located at 5-10 minutes walking distance from Santa Maria Novella Train Station. Look for our staff wearing a FUCHSIA CIAOFLORENCE JACKET and holding a CIAOFLORENCE CLIPBOARD!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Clara_a
Jun 13, 2024
Excellent tour to Orvieto & Assisi - Sebastian our guide was excellent managing two groups of people who spoke English and Spanish, he was very knowledgeable and did a great job keeping the group engage. We also had a guide in Assisi who was very good. In general the tour was excellent!
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Stephen_e
May 10, 2024
Make sure you do this your it’s worth every Euro - We loved Orveito for its beautiful Duomo and its quaint buildings and shops , we were lucky enough to spend some free time to walk around and shop at some of the lovely boutiques, very friendly locals and it was just so picturesque, sadly we didn’t have enough time to see inside the Duomo but the exterior was magnificent!! Onto Assisi it was a bucket list of ours to see this place and we were definitely not disappointed it was just beautiful and had so much light in the buildings and we were very lucky to have been there when the Medieval Festival was on so we got to see all the Pomp and Ceremony, we loved our guided tour of the Cathedral of St Francis it was awesome and definitely worth the time in Assisi to witness the Crypt and the Lamp and his favourite followers !! Would definitely recommend this tour it was quite a long day from start to finish but soo worth it !!
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Christina
May 6, 2024
Priceless experience that stays with you - Assisi was spectacular, and the guide was very warm and knowledgeable. Our tour leader was also fantastic. This company is organised and definitely better than the competition as far as large groups go. Assisi is an exceptional place with a very high vibration, and the people are treally nice and friendlier than the Tuscans
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Rose_s
Jun 18, 2024
Excellent Sites, But Time Could Be Better Managed - Orvieto was MAGNIFICENT! I could have easily stayed there 1 to 2 more hours. That part of the trip was much too short. We had a guided tour of a church there and then 2-3 more churches in Assisi. I recommend scaling back of the number of churches and allowing more free time in these beautiful towns. Also, the guide didn't factor in bathroom bresks, which I found to be a problem.
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Leeann_c
Jun 3, 2024
Nice day trip from Florence - We enjoyed getting to see these towns. To be fair, we really were looking to just see Assisi. Orvieto was lovely but we would have preferred to skip this and have more time in Assisi. We also went to one church at the very end that we all thought could have been skipped.
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Travel39054586388
May 12, 2024
Assisi is worth a visit~ - The first attraction was only an old church, which didn’t seem to be of much value. I even forgot the name of the place. I suggested that I delete this itinerary in the future and just spend more time in Assisi! The tour guide in Assisi is very detailed and professional! It’s great! The local scenery and food are also diverse, making it a very suitable place for a one-day in-depth tour.
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Joan_g
May 21, 2024
Long bus ride, little time in villages. - The bus pickup in the morning went well, and we left on time even though we had a smaller group and they switched us to a smaller bus at the last minute. Our tour director was curt and directive, and her commentary in English en route wasn’t very engaging; it seemed like she’d done it too many times and it had become mechanical, though she seemed more comfortable and was a little more animated in Spanish. Orvieto was a nice town but we couldn’t get into the cathedral because a funeral was being held. That left us wondering what else we could do besides walk the town and shop. Assisi was the highlight, especially the upper and lower basilicas. Our local tour guide was sweet but conventional in that she told us a lot of names and dates but didn’t draw us into medieval time and place. St Francis and St Clare offer many good stories and details which could be used to give a better framework to the tour. We were about 5 hours on the bus and made three stops, so there wasn’t a lot of time at each stop. I heard several people say they would have preferred to go only to Assisi. All in all, I found it to be too much travelling and not enough time in Assisi. The bus driver was very good though. And I should add that our tour director became better humoured as the day went on so I guess she just had a rough start to her day, as we all do sometimes.
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Tim_h
May 20, 2024
Gets you there and back. Not really a guided tour - The best part of this trip is that you get transportation from Florence to Assisi and Orvieto in one day and back at a reasonable time (before 8PM). Our "guide" was just there to tell us where to meet. We had a separate guide for the cathedrals at Assisi, who provided some basic background. Not a terrible experience, but I've had much better tours.
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Michael_h
May 9, 2024
Worst tour ever. - Worst tour I’ve ever been on. Guide didn’t even care we were there. Was told we would have a certain amount of free time when we started the tour and didn’t even get half the time. This tour was run by Ciao Florence. I will be requesting some sort of refund for this. Be careful booking thru Viator as you may get this tour group. Assisi was great but we were not able to see it properly.
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Ingrid_r
Apr 30, 2024
Don't do it! - If you want to shop, and also experience asisi religious beauty don't book this trip. Although our guide was nive. There is no t enough time to do anything but run place to place. Also the recommend restaurant was horrible, the food no good and the staff was very rude.
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