Giovanna is an active archaeologist. She has been working in one of the main Eastern Turkey sites for a long time. During her PhD in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, she spent a good deal of time in Mexico, where she further developed her international research network. She is the author of several publications in scientific journals and volume chapters, and she has participated in numerous international conferences. She has held seminars and lectures for universities and research institutes in different countries. At some point, she moved to Florence, and she fell in love with it. She studied art history, and she got her tour guide license in Tuscany, an incredibly inspiring territory, which allows her to do what she always loved: studying and discovering! Her humanistic background and previous experience influenced Giovanna’s way of leading tours. She conducts tours with the same positive energy, passion, and knowledge that she has in the archaeological excavation!
Giovanna was absolutely fabulous. It was cool and raining and we did not have a great trip into the city. After we left her tour we were upbeat and very informed about things we could do and see. Because of her I believe that I could/would take a trip back to Florence to visit the many places she informed us about. She was one of our favorite tour guides.
We enjoyed our tour with Giovanna immensely! She was passionate with her love of Florence and was curious to know what we wanted to see to make the tour personalized for us. She was knowledgeable and we learned many interesting things about Florence! We especially liked how warm and friendly she was...her English was great! We've been on several tours in Rome, Venice, Cinque Terre and Florence...Giovanna was the best!
Giovanna was a spectacular guide - I was especially impressed at how she interacted with our 12 year old son and kept him engaged the whole tour. We only had 24 hours in Florence, but because of this tour, we feel like we spent 3 days there. I would highly recommend this tour and would love to be a part of any tour lead by Giovanna.