Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor Best Guided Tour and Boboli Gardens on Your Own
Florence, Italy
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: Flexible
Visit in the early morning the Uffizi, the most celebrated Italian painting gallery, and then cross the Vasari Corridor, the most special secret passageway once used by the Medici family in Florence to safely move from the Palazzo Vecchio and the Palazzo Pitti atop of Ponte Vecchio and admire the most famous world's collection of artists' self portraits. Have your cameras ready while enjoying unique sights from such a vantage view point! You can visit on your own the Boboli Gardens behind the majestic Pitti Palace in the afternoon to complete your perfect day in Florence certainly away from big crowds. The Boboli Gardens have been the prototype for the ideal Italian Renaissance garden, imitated all around the world. All tickets included.
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Visit in the early morning the Uffizi, the most celebrated Italian painting gallery, and then cross the Vasari Corridor, the most special secret passageway once used by the Medici family in Florence to safely move from the Palazzo Vecchio and the Palazzo Pitti atop of Ponte Vecchio and admire the most famous world's collection of artists' self portraits. Have your cameras ready while enjoying unique sights from such a vantage view point! You can visit on your own the Boboli Gardens behind the majestic Pitti Palace in the afternoon to complete your perfect day in Florence certainly away from big crowds. The Boboli Gardens have been the prototype for the ideal Italian Renaissance garden, imitated all around the world. All tickets included.Meet with your expert guide at the Piazza della Signoria and after an introductory overview of the political center, of Cosimo I, the protagonist of the affirmation of the Medici as the ruling family and Giorgio Vasari, the most phenomenal artist able to transform Cosimo's imagination into powerful, visible art expressions, you will gain access into the exclusive Vasari Corridor, moving for a while through the top floor of the majestic Uffizi Palace, with your guide pointing out the famous busts and portraits of members of the Medici family.
The crossing of the spectacular Vasari Corridor will certainly last 60 minutes and you will be part of a small group with maximum 25 participants with your dedicated English speaking guide, away from the big crowds of Florence's high season for a unique experience, since, in the average, no more than 90-100 people visit the most exclusive attraction in Florence in a day.
Hundreds of splendid paintings and artists' selfportraits fill the walls of this one-kilometer long passageway, once used to keep the ruling family invisible and well protected while moving from the Palazzo Vecchio (today's city hall) and the Palazzo Pitti on the other bank of the Arno River.
At the end of the morning tour, at around 1.00 pm, your guide will hand you your ticket for the afternoon visit on your own to the splendid Boboli Gardens, where you can admire the most remarkable example of Italian Renaissance gardens till closing time, if you wish.
The crossing of the spectacular Vasari Corridor will certainly last 60 minutes and you will be part of a small group with maximum 25 participants with your dedicated English speaking guide, away from the big crowds of Florence's high season for a unique experience, since, in the average, no more than 90-100 people visit the most exclusive attraction in Florence in a day.
Hundreds of splendid paintings and artists' selfportraits fill the walls of this one-kilometer long passageway, once used to keep the ruling family invisible and well protected while moving from the Palazzo Vecchio (today's city hall) and the Palazzo Pitti on the other bank of the Arno River.
At the end of the morning tour, at around 1.00 pm, your guide will hand you your ticket for the afternoon visit on your own to the splendid Boboli Gardens, where you can admire the most remarkable example of Italian Renaissance gardens till closing time, if you wish.
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