Uffizi Gallery Florence tickets: prices, hours and skip the line

Uffizi Gallery Florence tickets are the most sought-after in the city: official full fare €25 on the day or €29 in advance, hours Tuesday–Sunday 8:15–18:30, booked entry at Gate 3. Below you will find prices, time slots, the rules on named tickets and the alternatives (PassePartout, Vasari Corridor, Accademia combo), with the official channel and resellers kept clearly apart.

Uffizi Gallery Florence tickets: official prices, afternoon and online

The Uffizi price list no longer has high and low seasons: the price depends only on when you buy (on the day or in advance) and on your entry time (afternoon discount from 16:00). EU 18–25 reduced €2; under 18 free. Group surcharge from 11 people up: €70 per group.

Partner platforms sell reserved entry, audioguide packages and tours: the “from” price can be lower or higher than the official price depending on the time slot and what is included. Always compare with tickets.uffizi.it before paying extra.

Named tickets and Gate 3

Tickets are named: enter each visitor’s first and last name when you buy; maximum 10 tickets per day per account. If the name does not match ID, entry is refused with no refund. With a booking, go to Gate 3 15 minutes early; the ticket desk under the loggia still sells tickets when online booking is sold out, but without a slot the wait can be long, even on weekdays.

Official call centre: 800 615 615 (from abroad +39 055 0354135), daily 8:00–19:00. Official museum audioguides: €6 (delivery until 17:00); radio guide €1.50.

Hours, visit length and when to go

Standard hours: 8:15–18:30, last entry 17:30. Closed: every Monday, 1 January, 25 December. The Corridor rules assume at least 2 hours in the Gallery: if you add the Vasari Corridor, go in with plenty of time.

Early morning and late afternoon reduce pressure on the central rooms. The afternoon ticket from 16:00 costs less but leaves about two hours: useful for a second pass or for anyone who has already seen the Botticelli rooms. On the first Sundays of the month (#domenicalmuseo) entry is free but you cannot book and priority access is suspended: expect long queues and no skip-the-line slot.

Vasari Corridor: rules, prices and meeting point

The Corridor links Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio and Boboli. Daytime hours: Tuesday–Sunday, first group 10:15, last slot 16:45. Booking is mandatory for everyone (including guides, disabled visitors and children under 6). Maximum 5 tickets per transaction. Named tickets, non-modifiable and non-refundable.

Timing: enter the Uffizi 2 hours before your Corridor slot; for the supplement, the slot must be at least 45 minutes after your Gallery entry. Daytime meeting point: room D19 (Cappellina Veneziana), arrive 5 minutes early (10 minutes for Friday evenings). If you are late, you lose the slot. Route about 1 km + 100 m outdoors, duration about 45 minutes (35 in evening); groups of 25 with staff escort, not a guided tour. Exit from the Buontalenti Grotto toward Boboli; to recover the cloakroom you re-enter the Uffizi from outside. Personal photos are allowed; video recording is not.

Friday evening openings (3 July to 20 November, according to the official calendar): 19:00–23:00, last entry 21:50; evening ticket €20 same day / €24 in advance. Access from the Piazzale beside the Loggia dei Lanzi.

PassePartout, Firenze Card and combos

PassePartout 5 Days (€40): five consecutive days, one entry each to the Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli, with priority access; mandatory booking only for the Uffizi, which must be the first museum; arrive 15 minutes early at Gate 3. Validity extended by one day if the five days include a Monday closure, 25 December or 1 January. With Vasari: €58.

Annual PassePartout: €80 individual, €120 Family (two adults + max 8 minors), Boboli only €25; Vasari Corridor supplement €20 per visit. Priority access does not apply on free-entry days.

Firenze Card (€85, 72 h): includes Uffizi with free mandatory booking; does not include Duomo or Vasari (supplement €20). Pays off with 4+ major museums in three days. For the Uffizi/Pitti/Boboli circuit alone the €40 PassePartout is cheaper. Details: passes and combos.

What to see without clichés: a practical route

The Botticelli rooms have reopened with a permanent new display: the Birth of Venus and Primavera face visitors in sealed cases, the Annunciation has a new setting, and there are QR codes and video. The main route is fully open. Some rooms on the first and second floors are still being rearranged (A9, A17/A21, A40/A42, C7/C12, D3, D9/D11), and works from A40/A42 have moved to C9/C10; the current list is on uffizi.it.

Two-hour route (useful order)

1. Second floor — east corridor — orientation and room density; avoid stopping at every label if you have a Vasari slot.
2. Botticelli rooms — where visitors linger longest: allow 20–25 minutes.
3. Leonardo / Raphael / Michelangelo (central zones) — maximum crowding mid-morning; better right after Botticelli or late afternoon.
4. First floor and Tribune — if energy remains; otherwise stop there and savour two key rooms rather than racing through the whole museum.
5. Meeting point D19 — only if you have a Corridor ticket: arrive 5 minutes early, not 20.

The historic entrance (Scalone Lorenese) is operating again: useful if flow toward the modern stairs is saturated, but security checks still apply. Lists of works out on loan are updated every two weeks on the official site.

Bag, food, photo and group rules

• Security: metal detector; deposit large backpacks, bags, suitcases, trolleys and bulky umbrellas at the free cloakroom (max 40×40×50 cm).
• Water: bottles or flasks of up to 50 cl; liquids needed for medical or dietary reasons and children’s juice cartons up to 25 cl are allowed; other food, drinks and glass are not.
• Photos: for personal or study use, without flash, tripods, selfie sticks or lights; not allowed in temporary exhibitions. Sketching in pencil or on a tablet is fine; no paints or easels.
• Dress: no swimwear, overly skimpy clothes, wedding dresses, historical costumes; no bare feet or bare torso.
• Groups: max 16 people (guide included); headsets mandatory above 6 people (rental €1.50); no amplifiers or laser pointers. EU school groups: free, mandatory booking, max 16 pupils.

With travel luggage use a luggage storage near Santa Maria Novella first: the Uffizi cloakroom is not a station left-luggage.

Accademia, Duomo and a two-day itinerary

Day 1: the Uffizi (morning or discounted afternoon) and a walk to Ponte Vecchio; if you have a Vasari Corridor slot, do not squeeze in a second major museum. Day 2: Accademia / David in the morning and Duomo / Dome in the afternoon (Brunelleschi Pass separate: the Duomo is not on the Firenze Card). For an Uffizi + Accademia combo online, compare the official prices (€29 + €24 ≈ €53) with partner packages before choosing.

Practical questions before you buy

Bring ID for named ticket, reduced fare and free entry. Check Monday: museum closed. With children, choose an afternoon or mid-week slot; free Sundays are chaotic. Disabled visitors: the European Disability Card gives free priority entry; courtesy wheelchairs and walkers are at Gate 1. Sold-out online slots do not mean the museum is full: the desk on site still sells tickets, with a queue. There is no fixed rule on how many months ahead tickets go on sale: watch the official calendar and the gradual releases announced by CoopCulture, the ticketing operator.

Free entry, reductions and documents to bring

Beyond under 18 and EU 18–25 reduced (€2), the Galleries recognise free entry for disability + 1 companion, EU licensed guides and interpreters, teachers and students of certain subjects (architecture, heritage conservation, art history, fine-arts academies and others), Ministry of Culture staff, ICOM members, journalists with a valid press card, and reciprocal-agreement categories set by the Italian Foreign Ministry (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Uruguay and certain residence permits). Always bring original ID: at the desk and gates a phone photo is not enough. On institutional free days (first Sunday of the month, 25 April, 2 June, 4 November; 8 March free for women) priority access for PassePartout and association-card holders does not apply.

Amici degli Uffizi members (ordinary €80, Family €120, Young €40 for six months): free priority entry to Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli with card + ID; Welcome Desk at the ticket office Tue–Sat 9:00–13:00. The fee is non-refundable. Same free-entry logic for Amici di Palazzo Pitti and “Per Boboli” association members, per the official reductions page.

How to get there and how much time to leave

From Piazzale degli Uffizi you are two minutes from Piazza della Signoria and about ten on foot from Santa Maria Novella station. The Arno and Ponte Vecchio lie on the natural route toward Boboli if you have a Corridor ticket or the PassePartout. Practical tips:

• Gallery only: leave 2–2.5 hours if you want Botticelli + three “strong” rooms without rushing.
• Gallery + Vasari: enter 2 hours before the Corridor slot; after exiting at Boboli you do not re-enter the Gallery.
• Afternoon ticket: useful if you have already seen the main rooms, or after a lighter museum in the morning such as the Bargello (avoid the Accademia + Uffizi on the same day if you tire easily).
• Lunch: outside the museum; inside you may only carry water up to 50 cl. Plan a café stop outside, not a picnic in the galleries.

Arriving with a suitcase from the train: luggage storage at Santa Maria Novella (KiPoint by platform 16) or lockers in the centre, then bring only a small bag. Do not arrive with a wheeled suitcase: you would have to check it, and the cloakroom queue eats into your slot.

Uffizi vs Accademia vs Duomo: what not to mix

The Tiqets Uffizi + Accademia combo “from €69.50” only pays off if you want the audioguide and guaranteed slots and accept paying more than the €53 official total. Turbopass and commercial city passes often do not include the Duomo: read them line by line. For the Uffizi/Pitti/Boboli area alone the official €40 PassePartout remains unbeatable.

Frequent mistakes to avoid

1. Buying a generic “skip the line” without checking that the name on the ticket matches ID.
2. Booking Vasari and arriving at the Gallery with less than two hours of margin.
3. Counting on free Sunday as a “quiet visit”: it is the opposite.
4. Planning the Uffizi, the Accademia and the Dome on the same day: three queues, three security checks, three doses of fatigue.
5. Trusting sites that imitate the Uffizi name but do not point to tickets.uffizi.it: always compare with the €29 reference price.
6. Bringing a large backpack “because there’s a cloakroom” and losing 20 minutes at deposit while the slot expires — arrive with a bag already compatible.

In short: Florence Uffizi tickets

Uffizi Gallery Florence tickets stay clear on the official channel: €25/€29, afternoon €16/€20, hours 8:15–18:30, closed Monday, Gate 3 for booked visitors, named tickets. Add the Corridor (€43/€47) only if you have two extra hours and the legs for a 1 km route; choose the €40 PassePartout if you will see the Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli within five days. For dates, audioguides and partner availability use the widget above; for questions on prices and hours write to travel@alltours.florence.it. We are an independent guide: if you book through our Tiqets or GetYourGuide links we may earn a commission; the price you pay does not change.