Private Tour: the Vasari Corridor
Visiting the Vasari Corridor (Corridoio Vasariano) is the most exclusive experience to organise in Florentine museums. The corridor was projected in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici and represents an exceptional architectural masterpiece for it's structure and for the fact that it was built in less than 6 months.
Normally the Corridor is not open to the public. A special authorization has to be asked to museum local authorities to open and visit it. Visitors have to be accompanied by an authorized guide and a museum assistant during their tour along the Corridor.
The itinerary: Uffizi and Vasari Corridor
This tour lasts about 3 hours and the itinerary may be personalized to suit any visitors' special request. The standard itinerary includes 1 hour and 30' visit of the Uffizi Gallery to admire the main masterpieces of the museum. After the Uffizi tour, visitors enter the Corridor with their guide.
The guide will linger on the most important portraits exhibited in the Corridor, pointing out the main monuments seen from the windows and explaining the anecdotes regarding the Medici family linked to this unique construction.
The visit may be limited only to the Vasari Corridor avoiding the Uffizi Gallery, in this case the tour will last around 2 hours. The cost of organizing this private tour will be higher than other private visits and it depends on the number of participants. We suggest to book this tour minimum seven days prior to the date of the visit, to always communicate an alternative date and to be very flexible with tour hours. Actually, the museum's management may also decide not to authorize the opening of the Corridor in the day and at the requested time for availability or logistic reasons.
For estimated budget costs please contact us: info@ticketsflorence.com
Special cancellation policy for the Vasari Corridor tour
The laws and regulations in case of cancellation foresee a very restricted policy since this would be an extraordinary private opening.
From the reservation day up to 8 days prior to the visit, cancellation penalty is 80% of the tour full price.
If cancellation is communicated to Italy Travels between 7 days to 24 hours prior to the day of visit, and in case of no show, cancellation penalty is 100% of the tour full price and no reimbursement will be granted.
In case of cancellation of tickets or tours, we kindly request contacting our offices by nfo@ticketsflorence.com or by phone at +39 055/2670402.
In all cases, cancellations will have to be noticed in written form by email or fax in order to receive a partial refund (according to the below cancellation policy). The date of the cancellation request is the day when the request in written form is received by Italy Travels. For this reason, valid cancellation requests will not be accepted by phone unless accompanied by a written document.
Our guides
Italy Travels tour guides staff is represented by licensed guides of great experience and high level of professionalism, competence and excellence on their job. All Italy Travels guides are authorized by the provincial administration of Florence and most of them are art historians and teachers in art subjects.
All private tours organized by Italy Travels always include pre-reserved museum tickets when museum tours are included in the tour itinerary. In this way visitors avoid waisting time waiting in line in front of museums ticket offices.
