Uffizi Tickets Reservation

Overview

You may prefer booking a guided group visit to the Uffizi Gallery , or a tour including the Uffizi and the Accademia to this link.

* Want to combine culture and fun? Skip the Lines at the Uffizi Gallery AND at the Hard Rock Cafe! We have been noticing how very popular the Hard Rock Cafe is for traveling families and the younger crowd - so we did something about what may seem an unusual venue for us. As of today, you can choose to book your fast access ticket for the Florence Uffizi Gallery, skipping the lines, and including a fantastic lunch (or dinner) at the Hard Rock Cafe of the city! With our ticket in hand you will be seated at the first available table.

* If you would like to admire the masterpieces of art at the Uffizi gallery and Michelangelo's David at the Accademia Gallery, you can book the combo package “Uffizi and Accademia Galleries in a Day”, now at discounted price! This new promotion allows you to visit the two most important museums in Florence saving 40% of the online booking fee.

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Make your Uffizi Tickets Reservation with us now and skip the wait time that could be hours. Buy your tickets directly online through our safe and easy booking system to secure your fast track to the Uffizi Gallery's masterpieces.

Need to book Uffizi tickets for a whole group? No problem! We also offer the most comprehensive list of tourist services available online, including excursions, audio guides, event ticket reservation, and much more... Make your stay in Florence an unforgettable experience – book with us!

Uffizi Gallery Admission: available for a maximum of 30 people every 15 minutes, reserving at least 1 business day in advance.

NOTE: from February 5th 2013 until further notice, rooms 25-34 of the Uffizi Gallery will be closed to the public as part of the "New Uffizi" project. A selection of works by Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto is temporarily exposed in the rooms 43 and 44 of the Museum.

Please read all the Ordering Information before completing your order.

Remember that you can add all reservation services for the various cities before checking out, placing a single order for your entire Italy visit.

PLEASE NOTE: Immediately after submitting an order, you will receive an email with your order summary and an email confirming your successful payment. A confirmation email with links to the vouchers will be sent one business day after you place your order (Monday afternoon for orders submitted on Friday and during the weekend). Please make sure that your anti-spam filter does not block our automatic emails (especially users of aol, Sbcglobal, Comcast and libero). Your voucher will also be available for downloading from http://en.firenze.waf.it/get_vouchers2.php (same timing as email confirmations)

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: The time you select on the order form is your preferred time; the museum will automatically confirm the closest available time, which can be any time during opening hours on the selected date, if your preferred time is no longer available.

Uffizi Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 8:15 am to 6:50 pm. Closed on Monday.

Cancellations and changes:
Changing a confirmed visit: you can change the date and time of a confirmed visit, paying a penalty fee, and subject to museum availability.
Cancellation of confirmed visit: if you cancel a confirmed visit, the cost of unused ticket(s) will be refunded minus the service fee.
No shows: cost of unused ticket(s) will be refunded minus the service fee, upon request.

Uffizi Gallery Audioguides rental service

You can book the audioguide for your visit to the Uffizi Gallery, after choosing date, time and number of tickets.

Audioguides are available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.

Audioguides have a complete duration of 1 hour and 25 minutes and includes the rooms until Caravaggio; from Easter 2012, they will include the new rooms with Flemish and Dutch painters. The service offers a selection of the most important works of art of the Gallery; user chooses the desired room and listens to the explanation of selected works of that room.

You will receive a confirmation voucher (valid only for the audioguide) together with the confirmation voucher o your visit to the museum. In order to pick the audioguide up, please deposit this voucher at the Audioguides Desk - near to the point for reading the electronic ticket - along with a valid identity document (accepted only originals: passports, identity cards or car license).

In case of loss or failure to return the audioguide, visitor will be requested to pay the cost (€ 250.00 per each audioguide).

Special agreements for our clients:

• A complimentary Hard Rock Cafe gift, with 25 Euros purchase at the Cafe in Florence.
• Complimentary amenities by EFG Guanti:

1. You will be offered with your name initials customization done with a blind or gold stamp on your purchased gloves.
2. 10% discount will be granted above 100,00 € purchases

Details

The Building

The Uffizi Palace was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici and designed by Vasari (16th Century). Many buildings were demolished to make space for building the new palace, with the most important being the church of San Piero Scheraggio.

The new palace, following the will of Cosimo I de' Medici, had to host the offices of thirteen administrative and judicial magistrates. During the construction of the building, Vasari died and his successors were Buontalenti and Alfonso Parigi. The first designed the Teatro Mediceo (Medici's Theater), as requested by Francesco I, son of Cosimo I, in 1586. This area became the seat of Italy's Senate when Florence was the capital of Italy in the 19th century.

The Uffizi Palace has a unusual U shape, open towards the Arno: two wings of the palace are connected by a corridor with six big arched windows, facing the Arno and the inner courtyard. Statues of famous citizens of Florence from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century fill several niches of the portico arcades which support the two floors of the building.

Nowadays the building hosts the Uffizi Gallery, one of the most visited museums in the world, collecting masterpieces from the 13th to the 18th Century.

In 1993 a bomb at the Accademia dei Georgofili (hosted in one of the bodies of the building) provoked major damages to some masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery. Most of these works of art have been restored and are again accessible to the public.

The Gallery

The very beginning of the Uffizi Gallery was the collection of Francesco I de' Medici to which he dedicated the second floor of the building for his personal enjoyment. The collection became “public and inalienable good” thanks to Duchess Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici whose will it was that it would be open to the public forever.
Today, the Uffizi Gallery is one of the most important museums in the world, with new acquisitions and gifts coming from collectors, private donations, diplomatic exchanges, dynastic and church heritages, patronages, and arts and crafts corporations.

Prices

Tickets:

Full price tickets

Reduced price tickets: available only for citizens of the European Union between 18 and 25 years old and European Union teachers.

Free tickets are available for the following categories:
Citizens from the European Union under 18 and over 65 years old. (Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult)
Tourist guides and interpreters (accompanying a group), with official documentation
ICOM members
Students/scholars of all nationalities may apply for special permits for a limited period.

Major events by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage:

VALENTINE DAY: February 14th, Fall in love with art - two tickets for the price of one (please book 1 of the 2 tickets as free).

CULTURE WEEK: Free tickets (choosing to book, you pay the cost of the booking service and any temporary exhibitions).

Italian and European school groups accompanied by their teachers, with official authorization from the school and with an advance booking made directly with the museum.

PLEASE NOTE:

Service fees (pre-sale and online booking fees), as well as fees for temporary exhibitions happening during your visit are due for ANY KIND OF TICKET as well as for free admission days.

When picking up a reduced or free ticket, you will be asked for a document proving your right to the price reduction. Entrance will be denied without it.

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