3-hour museum tour
kid-friendly tour
You will be blown away by one of the most prominent museums in the world, the Uffizi Gallery, made popular by its extraordinary collections of paintings and ancient statuary: absolute masterpieces of art of all time.
It is enough just to mention the names of Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Beato Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo, Raffaello, Caravaggio. The Gallery was donated to the City by the Medici family, and it is the first example of a modern corporate collection in Europe. We will see the talent of Raphael and the major works by Botticelli, “The Birth of Venus” and the “Primavera”.
Moreover, you will have the chance to admire Da Vinci’s shading technique and the expressive power of Michelangelo’s “Doni Tondo”. Your guide will use the gallery as a map to narrate the history of art through the artworks displayed letting you appreciate the richness of the museum while absorbing its highlights and learning more about the techniques used to create such masterpieces.
Some of the most representative pictures of this tour
Discover the main stops of this tour
It is one of the most important and most visited Italian museums, famous worldwide for its outstanding collections of ancient sculptures and paintings, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance. The Uffizi was designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de’ Medici to house the Granducal Magistratures of Tuscany. Over time, the top floor loggia became an exhibition of the dynastic collection of ancient sculpture, artwork and artifacts.
The Uffizi Gallery is located on the left side of the Piazzale degli Uffizi, an area that before the creation of the Uffizi used to be infamous and disreputable. In fact, the piazza was renovated only in the mid-1500s by Cosimo I de’ Medici, who decided to aggregate all the Florentine magistrates near his new residence in Palazzo Vecchio. In fact, he concentrated in one place the many civil, judicial and financial institutions (the "uffizi", i.e. offices) that up to then were scattered around the city. This great project was entrusted to Giorgio Vasari, who designed the elevated enclosed passageway known as the “Vasari Corridor” to connect the Palazzo Vecchio with the Palazzo Pitti.
Some useful information for your experience
Expert and licensed guide, entrance ticket, full on-site assistance, sterilized earphones (from 5 people upwards).
Not available on Mondays.
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