Chiara has been a licensed tour guide since May 1998, having qualified through a regional competitive examination. With more than two decades of professional experience, she offers highly personalized private tours shaped by deep academic training and a lifelong engagement with art, history, and cultural exploration.
Her studies began in Florence, where she trained in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1988 with a thesis in Art History. She later continued her academic path at the University of Florence, earning degrees in Educational Sciences and in Cultural Anthropology. In 2003, she completed her degree in Cultural Anthropology with a thesis dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci, an artist and thinker who has remained central to her intellectual and professional journey.
She is perfectly fluent in English, a language she has spoken since childhood and refined through formal education, private schools, and extensive time abroad. During her high school years, she spent her summers in England attending college courses. She later lived in the United States for extended periods, including a semester in Los Angeles.
Her primary artistic focus is the Renaissance, particularly the 15th and 16th centuries, extending into the early 17th century with a special appreciation for Caravaggio. This broad chronological perspective allows her to guide guests through the evolution of artistic language with clarity, depth, and sensitivity.
In her free time, she dedicates herself to study and writing. She travels whenever possible, drawn both to cities rich in museums and masterpieces and to places where nature can be experienced in its most powerful forms—oceans, forests, vast landscapes, and open horizons—elements that quietly inform her thoughtful and reflective approach to private guiding.