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. This page covers prices, hours, online timed entry and the practical choice between the palace only, the garden only, both, or the five-day pass with the Uffizi.

Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets: official and online prices

Three main tickets, plus two useful extras. The difference between the “same day” and “in advance” prices is the booking fee (€3 for Pitti and for Boboli), not a seasonal surcharge.

The reduced fare for EU citizens aged 18–25 is €2 (as on the Italian price list; the English version of the site shows €3). Under 18s go free, and state museums are free on the first Sunday of the month, without booking. Online, the main product with a city audioguide starts at around €30, while “Pitti only” or “Boboli only” options cost about €18–€24. Buying online does not magically skip the line: you get a time slot, convenience and each platform’s own cancellation terms. For more comparisons, see Florence tickets.

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PassePartout and Firenze Card

If your plan includes the Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli, the €40 PassePartout 5 Days beats buying advance tickets separately (€29 Uffizi + €25 combined). The catch: the Uffizi must be your first museum, booking is mandatory, and you should arrive at Gate 3 fifteen minutes early. With the Vasari Corridor, the official price rises to €58. Online, the 5-day pass usually costs around €45–€59 depending on the seller.

The Firenze Card (€85, 72 hours) includes Pitti and Boboli, but only pays off if you visit many other museums. For just the Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli, the PassePartout is cheaper. More detail on 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).

A classic trap: on an ordinary Monday Boboli is open but the palace is closed. Check the month’s calendar before you walk up the square.

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

Boboli can be entered from the central doorway of Palazzo Pitti, the Annalena gate (Via Romana), the Forte di Belvedere and Porta Romana. Florence residents get in free with a free ticket and proof of residence through the Porta Romana and Annalena gates (Prato delle Colonne / Isola basin area only) and from Belvedere (Kaffeehaus area), but no longer through 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 Apartments (booking mandatory, online or at the desk on the day), Modern Art Gallery, Museum of Fashion and Costume (twentieth-century dress), Russian Icons Museum, Palatine Chapel.

Closures to plan around:

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

Official video guides cost €8 (single) or €13 (double); they are issued until 16:00 and must be returned by 18:00.

Boboli in practice

Allow 90–120 minutes for a sensible loop (Amphitheatre, city view, Knight’s Garden). Areas under restoration (the official list is updated regularly): the 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 poles, motor vehicles, motorcycle helmets (bike helmets are fine) or amplifiers; do not walk on marked lawns, pick flowers, climb trees or enter the fountains. Groups are limited to 28 people (headsets not required). There are drinking fountains at the Madama, Cavaliere, Adam and Eve Grotto and Prato delle Colonne, but it is better to bring water. The garden may close in bad weather.

At the Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli, umbrellas, backpacks and suitcases must be left at the free cloakroom; glass containers are not allowed on the visit but can be left there too. The Galleries do not publish a maximum bag size. With large luggage, use luggage storage first.

Suggested half-day route

1. 8:30–10:30 — The palace: Palatine Gallery and Royal Apartments (if booked). If time is short, do not start with Modern Art.
2. 10:30–12:00 — Boboli, uphill to the Knight’s Garden; head down towards Annalena or Belvedere if you want to leave away from the square.
3. Alternative — Boboli alone in the morning and the palace the next afternoon (or vice versa), if you are not buying the same-day combined ticket.

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

How much time you really need

The Palatine Gallery and Royal Apartments alone take two hours; add Modern Art and Fashion for another hour. The classic Boboli loop (Amphitheatre, view, Knight’s Garden) takes ninety minutes. Palace and garden on the same day make a generous half-day: bring water 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

The official channel is uffizi.it / CoopCulture (call centre 800 615 615). Booking platforms add service and often an audioguide — useful if you want a single voucher and English-language support. For the garden alone, the desk or a Boboli-only ticket is enough. The Bardini combo is sold only at the desk, on the day.

Members of the Friends of the Uffizi, Friends of Palazzo Pitti and the “Per Boboli” association get free priority entry under each association’s rules (annual fees apply — see their websites). 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

Booking platforms often show “from €24” or “from €30”: always compare what is included (palace only, Boboli only, combined, city audioguide, cancellation). The official prices remain €16/€19 and €10/€13, or €22/€25 combined. If an online price is close to the official combined fare and includes an audioguide, you are paying a little for the service; if it is nearly double for no clear reason, go back to uffizi.it. For the five-day pass, compare the official €40 with resale prices of €45–€59: the difference is fees 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.

Before you go

Bring ID for reduced or free entry, check the Monday closures (palace or Boboli) and book a slot if you want the Royal Apartments. Visitors with reduced mobility should check lifts and current routes on uffizi.it: there is no tower to climb, but the palace has many internal stairs. Check the latest notices on the Treasury, the Iliad Room and the Porcelain Museum rather than relying on an old brochure. Groups visiting Boboli (up to 28 people) should meet outside the gates and hand out water before going in; headsets are not required in the garden, but the palace rules (cloakroom, metal detector at the right-hand entrance) are strictly applied.

Nearby after the visit

Leaving Boboli by the Belvedere or Annalena gates puts you in the Oltrarno, a few minutes from Santo Spirito and the artisans’ workshops. Walking back to the centre over Ponte Vecchio brings you to the Uffizi and Piazza della Signoria. If you still have energy for museums, save it for the next day: Pitti and the Uffizi on the same day is too much. For an overview of prices across the city, see the tickets page and the combos comparison.

In short: Palazzo Pitti Florence tickets

Pick the right ticket: €16/€19 for the palace, €10/€13 for Boboli, €22/€25 combined, or the €40 five-day pass with the Uffizi. The palace is open 8:15–18:30, the entrance is on the right of the façade, and the Treasury and some rooms are currently closed. Check dates and availability in the booking box above; for questions, write to travel@alltours.florence.it.