Highlights
- See Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli and Leonardo in the Uffizi
- Walk the Medici's private Vasari Corridor above the Ponte Vecchio
- Spend about 1.5 hours in the Uffizi before your Vasari Corridor time
- Upgrade to a 1.5-hour guided tour of the Uffizi
Description
Walk where the Medici walked. This ticket combines the Uffizi Gallery, home of the world's greatest Renaissance collection, with the Vasari Corridor, the family's private elevated passage, which reopened in December 2024 after eight years of closure.
The Uffizi Gallery
Built in the 16th century as offices ('uffizi') for the Medici government, the Uffizi became one of the first museums in Europe. Stand before Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera, Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation, Michelangelo's Tondo Doni and Caravaggio's Medusa, and follow the story of art from Giotto to Raphael and Titian.
The Vasari Corridor
In 1565, Duke Cosimo I de' Medici asked the architect Giorgio Vasari to build a covered walkway linking Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of government, to the family's home at Pitti Palace. It was finished in just five months, in time for the wedding of his son Francesco to Joanna of Austria. About 750 metres long, the corridor runs above the shops of the Ponte Vecchio (once butchers, replaced by goldsmiths on the Medici's orders), passes over the church of Santa Felicita, where the family could attend Mass unseen, and ends in the Boboli Gardens. From its windows you'll see the Arno and the city from a view once reserved for the Grand Dukes.
Closed in 2016 to bring it up to modern safety standards, the corridor reopened to the public on 21 December 2024 after a major restoration. It has been returned to its original simple look, with restored floors and ceilings, and it is now step-free, with ramps and lifts.
How your visit works
1. Collect your tickets at our office, City Florence Tours (Via dei Castellani 18r, open 9:00 to 16:30), at least 20 minutes before your Uffizi entry time. Our staff will explain the route and show you the way.
2. Enter the Uffizi Gallery at the time you booked. You have about 1.5 hours to explore before your Vasari Corridor time, which is printed on your ticket.
3. Go to the Vasari Corridor entrance inside the Uffizi 5–15 minutes before your corridor time.
4. Walk the corridor (about 30 minutes) across the Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens, where you exit (a visit to the gardens is not included). You can't go back into the Uffizi afterwards.
Guided tour option
Choose this option for a 1.5-hour guided tour of the Uffizi Gallery in English. The guided tour covers the Uffizi only. You then continue to the Vasari Corridor on your own, where a tour leader from the museum will accompany you through the corridor to the end. Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour starts.
Audio guide option
The audio guide is a smartphone app, available in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German. Please download it before your visit (our staff can help you at the office, as there is no Wi-Fi inside the museum), bring your own headphones or earphones, and make sure your phone is fully charged.
Tip: 1.5 hours goes quickly in the Uffizi, so head first to the masterpieces you most want to see.
Includes
Reserved timed entry ticket to the Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor (47,00 euro)
Vasari Corridor entry slot about 1.5 hours after your Uffizi entry
Reservation and booking fee
Ticket collection and help at our office in central Florence
Audio guide app in English, Italian, Spanish, French or German (audio guide option only)
1.5-hour guided tour of the Uffizi Gallery in English (guided tour option only)
Excludes
Guided tour (except the guided tour option, Uffizi Gallery only)
Headphones and smartphone for the audio guide
Re-entry to the Uffizi after the Vasari Corridor
Entry to Pitti Palace
Visit to the Boboli Gardens (you exit through the gardens only)
Food and drinks
Transportation
Tips
Important Information
- Your booked time is your Uffizi entry time. Your Vasari Corridor time, about 1.5 hours later, is printed on your ticket
Collect your tickets at our office, City Florence Tours (Via dei Castellani 18r, open 9:00 to 16:30), at least 20 minutes before your Uffizi entry time
Be at the Vasari Corridor entrance inside the Uffizi 5–15 minutes before your corridor time. Late arrivals may not be admitted
Once you enter the corridor, you can't go back into the Uffizi. The corridor ends at the Boboli Gardens next to Pitti Palace. You can only exit through the gardens: a visit to Boboli is not included
Tickets are personal: bring an ID matching the booking name for every visitor, children included
Audio guide option: available in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German. There's no Wi-Fi inside, so download the app at our office before you go. Bring a charged phone and your own earphones
Guided tour (Uffizi only): arrive 15 minutes before the tour
Large bags and luggage are not allowed
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
