Gloria Gloria's Contact Details

Gloria Gloria's Company Details

Hello there! I'll introduce myself, my name is Francesca Papi, I was born 31 years ago in this beautiful city, Florence, and I have been a qualified tourist guide of Florence since 2008. After getting a degree in Modern Cultures and Languages at the University of Florence and completing my studies in Spain at the Universidad de Valladolid, I had several experiences in the fields of diplomatic institutions, international trade and, eventually, I approached the tourism business, working on cruise ships. Once I decided that the time of restless travelling was over, I thought that becoming a tour guide in Florence was the best opportunity for expressing my love for Florence to those who want to get to know my home town through the eyes of a local.I remember I was in Scotland few years ago on vacation. Our tour guide, a funny guy wearing his traditional kilt and always singing to himself romantic Scottish folk ballads, relentlessly kept on saying that everything in Scotland was so fantastic: fantastic highlands, fantastic castles, fantastic whiskey, fantastic music, fantastic wool… I loved his enthusiasm for his country so much and I had a lot of fun on tour with him as our guide! So, the idea of this web site was born: I thought that there was no better name than Fantastic Florence for my new entrepreneurial project. Is Florence perhaps not a fantastic place?Guiding is my full time job, my certification was issued by the Italian Government after attending tourism School for one year and passing a very hard examination.This is me, a pure Florentine girl with a passion for my hometown and the desire to share it with my travellers, because with me you are not a simple tourist who passively sees what he has to, I want to help you live an unforgettable experience in Florence, so you will go back home knowing that you will always have a friend in Florence.