THE MEDICI: Reaching wealth and power during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Medici - a family of bankers and cloth merchant, popes and generals, grand dukes and queens, art patrons and despots - significantly determined European politics and the culture of the Renaissance. Our guided tour demonstrates the history of this family based on their most important residences, monuments and works of art. Stages of our tour are the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Medici Chapels with the San Lorenzo church, and the Palazzo Vecchio. We recommend the combination of this thematic tour with a visit of a Medici villa, and our tours of the Boboli Gardens, the Pitti Palace and / or the Uffizi.