Secrets of the Uffizi
the Medici's private passage and hidden grotto
Destination
Florence, Italy
Duration
3 hours
Tour size
Max 25
Language
English
Overview
The Vasari Corridor was built for one family to move through Florence unseen, and for centuries, walking it meant being a Medici. Even now that it's open again, after almost a decade of being closed to the public, access stays tightly limited. This private tour includes entry to walk the same private passage the family used, alongside the Uffizi Gallery's Renaissance masterpieces and the Buontalenti Grotto, with a guide focused entirely on your group and nobody else's questions to compete with.
- •Stand before Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo with skip-the-line entry to the Uffizi
- •Walk the Vasari Corridor, closed to the public for nearly a decade before reopening
- •Cross the Arno on a passage built for the Medici to move unseen through their own city
- •Step into the Buontalenti Grotto, a surreal cave of sculpture tucked inside the Boboli Gardens
- •Move at your own pace, with a guide who answers only to your group
What's included
- Skip-the-line entry to the Uffizi Gallery
- Entry to the Vasari Corridor, including its personalized, ID-checked tickets
- A private English-speaking guide for the full 3 hours
- Access to the Boboli Gardens and the Buontalenti Grotto
You will visit
- The Uffizi Gallery
- Vasari Corridor
- Church of Santa Felicita (viewed from the Vasari Corridor)
- Boboli Gardens
- Buontalenti Grotto
- Palazzo Pitti (exterior)
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What to expect
The Uffizi Gallery: Renaissance art, without the wait
Begin at the Uffizi, home to one of the world's most significant collections of Renaissance art. With skip-the-line entry, you'll move straight to the galleries holding works by Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo, at whatever pace actually interests you. Your guide explains the history and the rivalries behind the paintings, the kind of context that gets lost in a crowded room.
The Vasari Corridor: a passage built to be invisible
From the Uffizi, cross into the Vasari Corridor, an elevated walkway built in 1565 so the Medici could move between their residence and government offices without ever touching the street. Closed to the public for more than eight years before reopening, it carries you above the Ponte Vecchio and the Arno, past a window into the Church of Santa Felicita most visitors never notice. Every ticket is personalized and checked against ID at the entrance, part of why access here stays this limited.
“People assume the Vasari Corridor is just a hallway between two museums. It's usually the part guests bring up again weeks later.”
Antonio,
WalksDevour Tour Guide
“Guests walk the same private passage the Medici family used, not just look at where it used to be.”
Leo,
WalksDevour Tour Designer
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