Uffizi Gallery Tickets

Visiting the Uffizi Gallery (La Galleria degli Uffizi) is a must-do when visiting Florence, as it's one of the oldest and most famous museums in the world with one of the greatest collection of paintings (Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael and some European painters) and ancient statues and busts from the Medici family.

You could easily spend an entire day admiring the unique paintings and sculptures, but it's so overwhelming. Allow yourself at least 2-3 hours to the very best pieces.

Be sure to plan your visit ahead, as the Uffizi is one of the most visited museum in Italy. For good reason, you could wait in line for up to 2-3 hours to buy tickets during the high season.

Read on to find out more about best ways to get tickets for the Uffizi Gallery so you save your time and money. See our suggestions for visiting Florence in 3 days!

General info about tickets

It's possible to buy regular ticket at the spot which costs 25€ in high season (from February to November) and the rest of the year 12 €.

Entry is free for children under 18 if accompanied with adults, Persons with disabilities, scholars, tour guides and some other categories. For those between 18 and 26 years coming from European union countries (plus Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Uruguay) the ticket costs 2€.

Priority entrance tickets are good idea as there are always lines for visiting the Uffizi Gallery.

Tickets for the Uffizi Gallery can be also bought at one of these places:

• Pitti Palace ticket office
• National Archaeological Museum ticket office
• Orsanmichele Museum store (located in Via de’ Calzaiuoli)
• ticket office of any of the national museums in Florence.
  

The Uffizi Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8:15am to 6:30pm (the ticket office closes at 5:30pm). It's closed on Mondays and December 25 (Christmas).

Buying the Uffizi Gallery tickets online

The easiest way to get your tickets is to purchase them online. There are many online vendors but we recommend to buy your tickets at Tiqets or GetYourGuide.

Visitors find this priority entrance tickets very useful (you'll still need to show smartphone voucher and ID at entrance gate 3 to receive your paper tickets).

Another option is to buy combined ticket that allows you to visit Uffizi Gallery, Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens and Bardini Gardens, consider buying this 5 days pass - it's a pretty good deal!

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Priority Entrance tickets

There's one last option if you want to visit the Uffizi Gallery - purchasing the Florence Pass. This pass allows you not only to visit the Uffizi Gallery, but also to skip-the-line to visit Florence Cathedral and climb the Brunelleschi Dome (stunning views of the Florence) as well as visit Accademia Gallery (plus discounts on other entry tickets).

Taking the guided tour

We highly recommend visiting the gallery with a local guide which will show you the best of it and you'll hear great stories behind each famous art piece and the history of the Uffizi in general. Plus, you'll avoid waiting for the buying the tickets and you'll use priority entrance (smooth and quick entry).

To make the most of the visit, we recommend booking a guided tour. A local guide will introduce you to the history of this museum and also guide you from one to another masterpiece, telling you stories and details behind them and what they represent.

The meeting point is usually just outside the entrance, a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio. You'll get headsets which will allow you to clearly hear the guide during the tour (very useful).

Your guide will take you to watch all the main works with an excellent historical sequence and the explanations of even very interesting details about each the paintings.

If you want a more intimate experience, a private Uffizi tour is the best way to visit the gallery. It’ll feel just like a knowledgeable friend is showing you around town. You can ask endless questions and by the end of the tour, you’ll feel like a Renaissance expert.

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Here are some of the best Uffizi Gallery tours:

• Uffizi Gallery small-gropu guided tour (with skip-the-line entrance)
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We done this guided tour with City Wonders and we loved it (you can choose from several daily departures).

Here are some of the best Uffizi Gallery tours!

• Florence In A Day With David, Duomo, Uffizi & Walking Tour
• Super Small Walking Tour Uffizi & Accademia
• Skip-The-Line Uffizi Guided Tour
• Florence, Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
• Uffizi Gallery Small-Group Tour
• Semi-Private Uffizi Gallery Tour

A private tour will be completely customisable according to your pace and taste, although going with a group would be surely cheaper.

You will get explanations about the various art pieces, which is the main advantage of guided tours because the Uffizi are not an interactive museum – you won’t find any information there, besides the name of the author and piece.

Travellers love this combo guided tour of Florence (lasts for 6.5 hours), covering the most iconic sights including the Uffizi Gallery!

Find out our review of small-group guided tour of Uffizi Gallery.

Booking tours at GetYourGuide is super easy!

Booking guided tours at GetYourGuide is so easy and hassle-free. Once the tour is paid, you'll get confirmation directly to your email. For even easier experience, see your ticket at GetYourGuide mobile application.

At your fingertips, you'll have your digital ticket and all tour details (date and time, duration, booking reference code) including contact of tour provider (in case you need to phone them) as well as explanation of how to find the meeting point. You can easily cancel the tour online (if you purchase this option). So easy!

Best time to visit the Uffizi Gallery

It's important to find the best time to visit the Uffizi Gallery to have the most pleasant experience. As with most of the famous museums and sights in Italy, the Uffizi Gallery doesn't have a very clearly defined high and low season.

However, if you are visiting from November until February, the visit will be more pleasant thanks to the fact that there are fewer people in this period.

More important is knowing what day and what time of the day to visit. It's good to skip the weekends, as the museums are more crowded than during weekdays. During the weekdays, there are lots of school groups, which comes mostly in mid-morning or right after lunch.

This means that good time would be to visit the Uffizi Gallery around lunch time, starting from 1pm. You'll have enough time (1-5 to 2 hours) to see the artworks before the crowds come back. 

Or go late afternoon (after 5pm), when you'll find a lot less people around than early morning or midday.

Some of the most famous paintings in the Uffizi gallery

At the Uffizi Gallery you'll see Giotto's Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels and saints. This painting was made at the height of his artistic maturity and, for over a century, it was a model of inspiration for Florentine painters. The work is also known as Maestà di Ognissanti.

One of the most famous masterpieces you'll see in this museum are Primavera and the Birth of Venus, from Sandro Botticelli. You may recognize his painting of the Birth of Venus, which shows the goddess being carried ashore in a giant seashell. Primavera shows arrival of spring with dancing gods and muses in a garden. 

Michelangelo’s Holy Family (or Doni Tondo) painting dates back to the same period as his David statue, and is one of the few remaining examples of Michelangelo’s painting, together with the breathtaking frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

The Doni Tondo also laid the foundations of mannerism, also known as Late Renaissance. This style of European art featured bizarre, striking poses and iridescent colors, and your guide will help you to see its clear origins in this masterpiece.

You'll also see one of the most celebrated portraits of the Italian Renaissance (done by Piero della Francesca), the diptych features the Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza (by Piero della Francesca).

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