Palazzo Vecchio: Secret Passages Tour

Overview

Guided tour of private passages created for the Medici's to avoid enemies and move safely. Real history in real places. Places exist inside Palazzo Vecchio where time seems to have stood still and where it is easier for today's visitors to relive the emotions of the past. Since 2000 the Museum has made many of these special places accessible to the public but they can only be visited by small groups - max. 12 people - accompanied by an expert guide

Tour details

• Target: for everybody
• Available in Italian and English
• Lenght: one hour and a quarter
• Maximum number of participants: 12 people

• PLEASE NOTICE: Confirmed time is not always the same time you requested; museum automatically confirms the closest available time on the same date if requested time is sold out.

  When:

  • until May 31st: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9,30 – 11,00 – 14,30 – 16,00; Thursday: 9,30 – 11,00; Saturday and Sunday 10,00 – 10,30 – 11,30 – 12,00 – 15,00 – 15,30 – 16,30 – 17,00
  • from June 1st to September 30th: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10,00 – 11,30 – 15,00 – 16,30; Thursday: 10,00 – 11,30; Saturday and Sunday 10,00 – 10,30 – 11,30 – 12,00 – 15,00 – 15,30 – 16,30 – 17,00

   

Details

Places exist inside Palazzo Vecchio where time seems to have stood still and where it is easier for today's visitors to relive the emotions of the past. Since 2000 the Museum has made many of these special places accessible to the public but they can only be visited by small groups - max. 12 people - accompanied by an expert guide: Stairway of the Duke of Athens; Studiolo of Francesco I; Tesoretto di Cosimo I; Trusses of the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento.

While all very different one from the other, they offer an unusual and penetrating glimpse of Palazzo Vecchio.

The Stairway of the Duke of Athens is an escape route built inside the thick walls of the Palazzo between 1342 and 1343 that exits from a tiny door in Via della Ninna. The Tesoretto and the Studiolo, located one on top of the other next to the Salone dei Cinquecento, are reminiscent of the refined and cultured climate of the Italian courts during the Renaissance and represent one of the most significant examples of the princes' passion for collecting. The double rows of Vasarian trusses holding up the roof in the Salone dei Cinquecento and the imposing gilded lacunar 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

• Full price: € 9.50
• Couple (valid for 2 adults): € 18.00
• Family (valid for 5 persons maximum): € 29.50

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