Palazzo Vecchio Secret Passages Tickets

Overview

Let your imagination take flight and experience the past as if it were the present! The Secret Passages Tour takes you into places within the Palazzo Vecchio where time seems to have come to a standstill. Accompanied by an expert guide, experience unique places such as secret staircases, hidden rooms, and the roof trusses of the Salone dei Cinquecento. Book your Secret Passages Tour with us and catch some intriguing and mysterious glimpses of the Palazzo Vecchio!

Target audience: adults and families with children over 8 years old

Available in Italian and English

Length: one hour and a ten minutes

Maximum number of participants: 10 people

When:

October 1 to June 14:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00am, 11:30am, 2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm and 4:00pm

Thursday at 10:00am and 11:30am

Saturday and Sunday at 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:00noon, 2:30pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm and 4:30pm

June 15 to September 30:

Monday, Friday, and Saturday: 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:00noon

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday: 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am, 12:00noon, 12:30pm

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The time you select on the order form is your preferred time. The museum or attraction 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.

Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations once a confirmation code has been assigned to the reservation, and for no shows, we can refund cost of unused tickets minus service fee (reservation fee and online booking fee).

Videoguide Tablet for Palazzo Vecchio

It is possible to add to the service the reservation of a Videoguide for Palazzo Vecchio: a modern tablet, 7 inches long with headset, that can be picked up at the Info Point of the Museum of Palazzo Vecchio.

The tablet is provided for up to two hours, so the time of booking of the tablet will be calculated based on the time of booking of the selected combination. The tablet contains an explanation of the Monumental Quarters without Bianca Cappello Room

Characteristics:
- Interactive Map of the Palace
- 60 minutes of video contents available in 5 languages (English, Italian, Spanish, French and German).
- 3D reconstructions (including the Salone dei Cinquecento, the Green Room and The Room of Maps)
- Photo Gallery: 60 zoomable pictures in high resolution

Details

Let your imagination take flight and experience the past as if it were the present! There are places within the Palazzo Vecchio where time seems to have come to a standstill. Since 2000, the museum of the Palazzo Vecchio has made some of these special places accessible to the public – but only for small groups (no more than 12 per group).

Accompanied by an expert guide, experience unique places such as the Stairway of the Duke of Athens, the Studiolo (study) of Francesco I, the Tesoretto (little treasure) di Cosimo I, and the trusses of the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento. While all these are very different one from the other, they offer an unusual and illuminating glimpses of the Palazzo Vecchio.

Built between 1342 and 1343, the Stairway of the Duke of Athens is an escape route built inside the thick walls of the Palazzo Vecchio, permitting unseen exit through a tiny door in Via della Ninna.

The Tesoretto and the Studiolo, located one above the other next to the Salone dei Cinquecento, are reminiscent of the refined and cultured climate of the Italian courts during the Renaissance. With their precious interiors and art work these rooms are significant examples of the Medici princes' passion for the arts and sciences.

The double rows of Vasarian trusses holding up the roof in the Salone dei Cinquecento and the imposing gilded recessed ceiling of this hall are a perfect expression of the unity between art and science that was typical of the Humanism and Renaissance periods.

Prices

Tickets:

Full price ticket

Reduced price ticket:

Free ticket: children under 18 years old

The cost of the cutlural activity and service are due for all the categories of tickets

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