Vasari Corridor Guided Tour
Guided Tour of the Uffizi and Vasari Corridor in Italian - Small groups
Available from January 2025
An exceptional guided tour that will accompany you to discover the wonders of the Uffizi Gallery, its masterpieces, its history and the extraordinary architecture of the Renaissance palace that houses the collections together with an expert guide. With your guide you will also discover the famous Corridor that Giorgio Vasari built in just six months in 1565. An unprecedented architectural work and still unique in the world today. At the end of the guided tour you will be able to access the Vasari Corridor and walk along this path until the exit at the Buontalenti Grotto in the Boboli Gardens at Palazzo PItti. The walk along the Corridor of approximately 1 km will be accompanied by a museum employee and not guided. The current layout of the Vasari Corridor does not include any exhibition of paintings within the Corridor itself.
TOUR DETAILS
Language: English (the tour is carried out in monolingual version)
Starting time: 2.00 pm
When to take place: every day except Monday and the first Sunday of the month.
Duration: total approximately 3 hours of which approximately 2 hours of guided tour and 40 minutes dedicated to the Vasari Corridor
Small groups of 4 to 12 visitors.
For pre-established groups of more than 10 visitors please write to our customer service by email at info@ticketsflorence.com to receive a personalized quote.
Price: 129.00 euros per person.
Children: (6 - 18 years old) 75.00 euros
ATTENTION - This tour is confirmed with a minimum of 4 participants. The maximum number of participants is 12.
Price includes: monolingual guide service (Italian) to the Uffizi Gallery, entrance ticket with reservation (no queue), access and unguided visit inside the Vasari Corridor, earphones for groups of more than 6 participants, focus of the guide on the Vasari Corridor, its history, architecture and curiosities
Children: under 6 years old free. Pleasereport the presence of children under 6 years in the notes field.
Meeting point with the guide: the meeting point will be communicated directly on the booking confirmation voucher.
ITINERARY: meeting with the guide 15 minutes before the start of the tour at the entrance of the Uffizi Gallery.
TOUR STEPS
Short walk towards to admire the external structure of the Corridor and clearly understand the architecture of the curious aerial passage on which the visitor will then walk.
Uffizi Gallery entrance and check-in procedures with skip-the-line ticket.
Guided tour of the main rooms of the Uffizi Gallery.
Unguided access to the Vasari Corridor. After approximately 2 hours of guided tour inside the Uffizi Gallery, visitors will enter the Corridor where they will be able to admire the Corridor from inside for approximately 40 minutes. The tour will end at the Buontalenti Cave in the Boboli Gardens. Access to the rest of the Boboli Gardens and the Pitti Palace Galleries are not included in this booking.
If the tour takes place on special dates, the itinerary described above may undergo small variations.
VASARI CORRIDOR TOUR CANCELLATON POLICY
CANCELLATIONS
From booking to 8 working days before the date of the visit, the cancellation fee is equal to 50% of the total price.
For cancellations communicated in writing 7 working days before the date of the visit, the cancellation penalty is equal to 100% of the total price, and therefore you will not be entitled to any refund.
DATE CHANGE
It will be possible to request a date change up to 8 working days before the tour date. The penalty for changing the date is 55 euro per person. In this case it will be necessary to evaluate whether the minimum number of participants will be reached on the new requested date. If the minimum number of participants is not reached, our staff will try to propose alternative dates or alternative visits.
The Vasari Corridor tour
Looking for a truly unique experience in Florence? The Vasari Corridor is one of the hidden treasures of the city also because access to the Corridor is difficult to obtain. Feel like the Grand Duke on this walk, from his private display of artworks on the top-floor of the Uffizi, along the corridor built by Vasari, crossing the Arno River along an aerial hidden passage over the Ponte Vecchio, you can reach the Pitti Palace and the Boboli gardens. Find out why the Corridor was built and what its purpose was.