Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets: prices, hours and Boboli Gardens

Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets cover the Oltrarno palace run by the Gallerie degli Uffizi: official palace fare €16 same day and €19 in advance, Boboli Gardens €10 / €13, combined €22 / €25. Anyone searching palazzo pitti florence, pitti museum florence or florence palazzo pitti lands here for prices, hours, online timed entry and the practical difference between palace only, garden only and the five-day pass with the Uffizi.

Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets: official and online prices

Three core tickets, plus two useful formulas. The gap between “same day” and “in advance” columns is the booking right (€3 on Pitti and on Boboli), not a seasonal surcharge.

EU 18–25 reduced: €2 (Italian price list; the English page wrongly shows €3). Under 18 free. First Sunday of the month free entry to state museums, without booking. Online the flagship with city audioguide starts around €30; “Pitti only” or “Boboli only” options drop toward €18–€24. It is not a magic skip-the-line: it is a slot, convenience and cancellation under each platform’s rules. For live comparisons see Florence tickets.

PassePartout and Firenze Card

If the plan includes Uffizi + Pitti + Boboli, the PassePartout 5 Days at €40 beats buying advance singles (€29 Uffizi + €25 combined). Constraint: the Uffizi is the first museum, booking mandatory, arrive 15 minutes early at Gate 3. With the Vasari Corridor the official list rises to €58. Online the 5-day pass usually sits around €45–€59 depending on channel.

The Firenze Card (€85, 72 h) includes Pitti and Boboli but only pays off with many other museums. For only the Uffizi/Pitti/Boboli cluster the PassePartout stays cheaper. Formula detail: combos and passes.

Hours, closures and the new entrance

Palace: Tuesday–Sunday 8:15–18:30, last entry 17:30. Closed Monday, 1 January, 25 December.

Boboli: every day from 8:15; closes 16:30 (Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec), 17:30 (March/October on standard time), 18:30 (March daylight saving, Apr, May, Sep, Oct daylight saving), 19:10 (Jun–Aug). Last entry always one hour before. Closures: first and last Monday of the month, 25 December (special openings possible on 1 January).

Classic trap: an ordinary Monday with Boboli open and the palace closed. Check the month’s calendar before you climb the square.

Current entrance: security and metal detectors at the doorway on the right of the façade on Piazza Pitti, near the ticket office; exit through the central doorway. The Ammannati Courtyard is no longer the filter zone.

Boboli access points: Pitti central doorway, Annalena (Via Romana), Forte di Belvedere, Porta Romana. Florence residents: free from Porta Romana and Annalena gates (Prato delle Colonne / Isola basin only) and from Belvedere (Kaffeehaus area), with a free ticket and residence ID — no longer from the central doorway.

What to see inside (and what you will not find)

The “palace” ticket opens several museums in one building: Palatine Gallery (Raphael, Titian, frescoed rooms), Royal/Imperial Apartments (mandatory booking online or at the desk the same day), Modern Art Gallery, Fashion and Costume Museum (twentieth-century dress displays), Russian Icons Museum, Palatine Chapel.

Closures to plan around:

• Treasury of the Grand Dukes — extraordinary maintenance, closed until further notice; mezzanine suspended.
• Iliad Room (Palatina) — closed from 30 June to 25 October; alternative route via Stufa – Education of Jupiter – Ulysses – Prometheus – Jupiter – Saturn rooms.
• Volterrano Quarter — restoration and reinstallation.
• Porcelain Museum at Boboli — closed for reinstallation, no published reopen date.

Official video guides: €8 single, €13 double; issued until 16:00, return by 18:00.

Boboli in practice

Allow 90–120 minutes for a sensible loop (Amphitheatre, city view, Knight’s Garden). Areas under restoration (official list updates): Principini Garden, Neptune basin, Amphitheatre tribunes, part of the Chestnut Lawn, Lower Botanical Garden / Limonaia gates, part of the Upper Labyrinth, inner Isola basin. Upper Botanical Garden (Pineapples): 9:00–13:00 and 14:00–16:00 in winter, until 17:00 in March, until 18:00 from April to October.

Rules: no bikes, scooters, skateboards, roller skates, Nordic walking, motor vehicles, motorcycle helmets (bike helmets OK), amplifiers; do not walk on marked lawns, pick flowers, climb trees or enter basins. Groups max 28 people (whisper not mandatory). Drinking fountains at Madama, Cavaliere, Adam and Eve Grotto, Prato delle Colonne — better to start with water already. Closures possible in bad weather.

Uffizi/Pitti/Boboli cloakroom: free mandatory deposit for umbrellas, backpacks, suitcases and trolleys; glass containers banned on the visit (depositable). No maximum centimetre size is published on Gallerie pages — do not invent one. With large luggage use luggage storage first.

Suggested half-day route

1. 8:30–10:30 — Palace: Palatina + Apartments (if booked). Avoid starting with Modern Art if time is short.
2. 10:30–12:00 — Boboli uphill toward the Knight’s Garden; descend toward Annalena or Belvedere if you want to exit away from the square.
3. Alternative — Boboli only in the morning, palace the next afternoon (or reverse) if you skip the same-day combined ticket.

If the Uffizi is also on the same trip, buy the PassePartout and leave Pitti/Boboli for day two or three: your legs will thank you. Ponte Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor connect the two poles mentally, but the Vasari ticket is a separate product (€43 / €47 with Uffizi).

How much time you really need

Palatine Gallery and Apartments only: two hours. Add Modern Art and Fashion: another hour. Postcard Boboli (Amphitheatre + view + Knight’s Garden): ninety minutes. Palace + garden same day: a generous half-day, with a water break and comfortable shoes. Families with small children often do better reversing the order: garden in the cool morning, palace after a rest, or Boboli alone if the budget is tight.

You do not need to “see everything”: the palace ticket opens more museums than one afternoon can hold. Decide in advance whether your goal is painting (Palatina) or open air (Boboli). The Fashion Museum works well as a second visit or a short stop if thirty minutes remain before last entry.

Online vs official desk

Official channel: uffizi.it / CoopCulture (call centre 800 615 615). Platforms add service and often an audioguide: useful if you want one voucher and English support. For garden only, the desk or a dedicated Boboli ticket is enough. The Bardini combo exists only at the desk on the day.

Amici degli Uffizi / Amici di Palazzo Pitti / “Per Boboli” association: priority free entry on the circuit under each association’s rules (annual fees — check Amici sites). Official annual PassePartout: €80 single, €120 family, Boboli only €25. Amici Welcome Desk at the Uffizi ticket office: Tuesday–Saturday 9:00–13:00, tel. +39 055 285610.

How to read online prices

On marketplaces you often see “from €24” or “from €30”: always compare what is included (palace only, Boboli only, combined, city audioguide, cancellation). The official list stays €16/€19 + €10/€13 or €22/€25. If the online price is near the official combined fare and includes an audioguide, the markup is the service. If it is nearly double with no clear reason, go back to uffizi.it. For the five-day pass, compare €40 official with resales at €45–€59: the difference is fee and packaging, not extra museums.

How to get there and what to bring

From Santa Maria Novella: about twenty-five minutes on foot via Ponte Vecchio, or a bus toward Oltrarno and a final walk up Piazza Pitti (the square is on a slope). Oltrarno has no dedicated “museum parking”: leave cars and suitcases elsewhere. Bring walking shoes for Boboli, a water bottle, ID for reduced fares, and the printed or app slot if you booked Royal Apartments.

In summer start at opening: the garden and square heat up fast. In winter Boboli closes at 16:30 — last entry at 15:30 cuts last-minute visits short. In heavy rain the park hours can change: keep the palace as plan B the same day if you hold the combined ticket.

Questions to settle before you climb the square

Bring ID for reduced or free entry. Check Mondays (palace vs Boboli). If you want Royal Apartments, book the slot. If rain is heavy, Boboli hours may shift: keep an indoor plan B. For mobility disabilities check lifts and updated routes on uffizi.it; there is no tower here, but the palace still has many internal stairs. Also check notices on the Treasury, Iliad Room and Porcelain Museum: do not assume every room from an old brochure is open.

If you travel with a group of up to 28 at Boboli, meet outside the gates and hand out water before entry. Whisper is not mandatory in the garden, but Gallerie rules in the palace (cloakroom, metal detector at the new right-hand entrance) stay strict.

Nearby after the visit

Leaving Boboli toward Belvedere or Annalena you are already in Oltrarno: Santo Spirito and workshops are a few minutes away. Returning to the centre via Ponte Vecchio naturally links Uffizi and Signoria. If you still have museum energy, save it for the next day: Pitti + Uffizi the same afternoon splits attention and legs. For a city-wide price overview keep using the tickets page and the combos comparison.

In short: Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets

Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets pay off when you pick the right title: €16/€19 palace, €10/€13 Boboli, €22/€25 combined, €40 five-day pass with Uffizi. Long palace hours 8:15–18:30, entrance on the right of the façade, Treasury and some rooms currently off-route. For dates and availability use the widget above; questions on prices and hours: travel@alltours.florence.it (alltoursflorence campaign).