To gain a broad overview, you will focus on a select few pieces and take a deeper look into the style and period they were created in, using the art as a way of exploring how the city of Florence developed. Stendhal Syndrome (where visitors to galleries feel an intense emotional reaction to works of art) is hunger-inducing stuff, so make sure you check with our Concierge where best to get lunch on the northern banks of the Arno.

After lunch, make the most of your queue-jumping tickets for the Grand Museum of the Duomo this afternoon. You will be able to swan past the queues of people waiting (not that British, we know, but necessary here) to get into Brunelleschi's Duomo, Giotto's bell tower and the church's museum.

Beginning with the Torrigiani Gardens, you will explore some of Florence's green space and learn how the gardens came to be a repository for plants brought back to the city by explorers in the golden age of discovery.

Moving on to the artisanal workshops of the area, you will meet craftspeople whose workshops have been producing jewellery and leather goods for kings, queens, nobles and merchants for centuries. After your tour, our Concierge has arranged a private tasting of local wines, accompanied by some local cheeses and meats, in one of their favourite bars.