Uffizi Gallery
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- Address: Piazza degli Uffizi, Florence
- Hours: Open Tues – Sun 8:15am - 6:50pm
- Admission: €6.50-10 for adults
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
Must-Do Experience,
Monument - Historical,
Museum
Uffizi Gallery Reviews
We've found 36 Uffizi Gallery reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by AmyRob, USA, October 2012
Doing what: Florence Super Saver: Best of Florence Walking Tour, Accademia Gallery, Uffizi Gallery and Florence Duomo
This is really two tours in one: The Best of Florence Walking Tour (including the Accademia Gallery) followed by the Uffizi Gallery Tour. Both tours are really great! However, this is a LOT of walking to do in one day, so be prepared to be exhausted by the end of the day!
Best of Florence Walking Tour (including the Accademia Gallery): This was an awesome tour! Our guide, Mary Grace, was great! Intelligent, knowledgeable and highly entertaining! She did a great job introducing us to the wonders of Florence leading up to the amazing view of David at the Accademia. We would rate this a 5 out of 5.
Uffizi Gallery Tour: This was a really good tour. We cannot imagine how one could really appreciate all of the wonders that are in this Gallery on your own in a full day (much less just a few hours). Our guide, Helma (sp?), was very informative about the styles of the paintings and the history of the art (and the artists) that we were seeing. We would rate this tour a 4 out of 5.
Review by Geoffery K, September 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Uffizi Gallery Tickets
During the hieght of summer, being able to skip the line is a significant advantage. The Uffizi is one of the top tourist attractions in Florence, so this ticket option is well worth it. Although the instructions on/location for collecting the tickets could have been clearer, we did find the right sport in plenty of time and we able to walk right in. The gallery is large, but, was its size means that visitors are dispersed and you can enjoy the works at a leisurely pace. The roof top terrace is an ideal half-way stop for refreshments. Overall, a worthwhile experience and great way to spend a couple of hours.
Review by Brian M M, May 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
Our morning tour of the Academia was great! Our guide made Michelangelo's David and 5 Prisoners almost come to life with interesting facts and stories. We absolutely love this part of the tour. The Uffizi Gallery portion of the tour in the late afternoon was somewhat dry. Our guide spent a long time on each painting. My wife and I were tired after an early morning train ride from Rome and walking in Florence all day. So possibly that contributed to our feelings about the Uffizi Gallery. Obviously this gallery holds some of the world's masterpieces, but I think if the tour guide would have added some humor, spent a little less time on each item and instead given us kind of a highlights tour for a general feel of the museum we would have enjoyed it more. If you love art, you have to do this tour. Definitely some of the best art!
Review by Heather G, March 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
The Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour was well worth the money. I liked being able to skip the long lines. The tour was well organized and having a guide who was very knowledgeable about the history was appreciated. For each tour we received a head set that allowed us to listen to our tour guide, as there were many tours going on at the same time and in different languages. I highly recommend the Accademia and Uffizi Gallery tour with Aviator. I was not quite sure what to expect when I booked, but was very impressed overall and felt the price point was reasonable.
Review by Debbie v, August 2011
Doing what: Florence Half-Day or Full-Day Sightseeing Tour
We booked the Florence full-day tour option with lunch. We had different guides for the morning and afternoon tours. Each tour had about 20 participants.
Our morning tour guide was a very cordial and informative fellow with a vague resemblence to the late Peter Sellers (a bonus). We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and the walk through the various precincts. We particularly liked the square with the foundling home.
Only 6 people took the lunch option, although the lunch was very nice and we would recommend it. The food and service were both good and well worth the price difference.
Our afternoon guide was was a delightful lady who was passionate about Florence, its history and its art. This really came to the fore at the Uffizi Gallery where she gave a very engaging account of the development of art through the exhibits on display.
The only minor concern we had with the morning and afternoon tours was that we had to wait up to 20 minutes in queues at Academia and the Uffizzi. While this is much better than the very long queues that idividuals face, it doesn't beat true skip the line tours.
We would recommend both the morning and afternoon tours, but advise travellers to be prepared for waits at the major museums.
Review by Dave, United Kingdom, August 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor Walking Tour
The Vasari Corridor is worth the price of this tour alone. Access to the Uffizi without a wait is certainly a benefit, but you need to know that you will not see all of the Uffizi on this tour. As with all guided tours, you have varying quality in guides and our guide was not particularly knowledgeable or easy to understand. The first part of the tour takes you through about half of the main gallery before you enter the Vasari Corridor with the aide of tour museum guards. Once you enter the corridor you are not allowed to leave the tour for security reasons. The passage the leads from the Uffizi over the streets of Florence, the Ponte Vecchio and all the way to the Palazzo Pitti is incredible. The paintings that line every inch of the walls are not particularly notable, but the historical value is awesome. The tour concludes by releasing you inside the Palazzo Pitti (so you skip the lines) so plan to take advantage by staying on your own after the tour to see the gardens and palace (some areas require extra admission price). We did not hear of any other way to get access to the Vasari Corridor so that makes this tour a must see in Florence, although you may want to return to see the rest of the Uffizi on your own (which requires another admission price and wait on line).
Review by Angela F, May 2011
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Uffizi Gallery Tour
Really pleased we organized a guided tour of the Uffizi, especially as the week that we went to Florence it was free to enter all the galleries and the queues were extra long.
Luckily the group we were with only consisted of 10 people and the guide was great. She had lived in Camden for a while and her English was excellent and so was her knowledge and enthusiasm. We booked the 4.30 time slot which didn't give us much time after the tour to wander around before the gallery closed but we felt that we had seen what we wanted to and it was well worth the visit.
Review by Peter C, United Kingdom, March 2010
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Uffizi Gallery Tour
I was very glad I booked our tickets for the Uffizi gallery in advance with Viator, as when we got there the whole area was packed with people. Our tickets were easy to print off from the computer. When we were in Florence we did have an initial problem trying to find our guide. The tour was good, but the guide's English wasn't brilliant and sometimes it was difficult to understand. However, I would definitely book with Viator again.
Review by Katharine C, USA, December 2008
Doing what: Florence Half-Day or Full-Day Sightseeing Tour
We hadn't given ourselves enough time in Florence, so the afternoon tour giving a quick overview of some important and scenic sites and the walk through of the Uffizi gallery was a tremendous boon. Our guide was informative, enthusiastic and patient throughout. Kudos to him, especially.
Review by Toni D, USA, September 2008
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
Found the Florence Accademia some what wanting. I thought we would see more then just the David. On the other hand the Uffizi Gallery Tour was fantastic! Our tour guide was so organized and knowledgeable, I was totally amazed. She is a treasure and gave me a whole new way of looking at work I was somewhat familiar with. Loved that girl.
Review by Mary R, United Kingdom, August 2008
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
Definitely worth doing with a guide if you are not an art expert so you know what to look for, and, as the queues were 3 hours to get into both galleries, "skip the line" tickets were worth every penny. Both galleries were interesting, but our guide in the morning for the Accademia did seem a bit bored and uninterested in what she was doing and repeated herself a lot. However, we did get a good overview of the sculptures and especially the David. She only gave us a tour for about one hour, rather than the hour and a quarter we were supposed to have. Our guide in the afternoon for the Uffizi gallery, however, was absolutely fantastic - we all hung on his every word and learned so much from him about the history of painting in Florence and the meanings and imagery of the paintings. He also gave us longer than he should have, so he made up for the mediocre morning session. Definitely worth the money. Thank you!
Review by Rimma, USA, July 2008
Doing what: Florence Half-Day or Full-Day Sightseeing Tour
Absolutely horrible and unreliable explanations of a meeting point. We didn't miss the first part of the tour due to pure luck. Try to imagine looking for a corner of two piazzas, and you'll know what I'm talking about. Nice tour. It's disappointing that bus doesn't stop at Fiesole. We had an absolutely fantastic guide at Uffizi Gallery. Combining morning and afternoon tours is a good way to get a feel of Florence.
Review by Anil Y, United Kingdom, July 2007
Doing what: Florence Half-Day or Full-Day Sightseeing Tour
It's a good tour if you plan to see the city of Florence along with Uffizi gallery. Our guide was fantastic and spoke English very well. She had knowledge of paintings which made the tour very interesting. At the end of the tour, we were taken by bus to a hill from where we had a view of Florence. We were not allowed to get off the bus on the hill which was very disappointing.
Review by Marsha C, August 2012
Doing what: Skip the Line: Florence Accademia and Uffizi Gallery Tour
The tour of the Florence Accademia was good. The check in process was easy and the guide was knowledgeable. When we were in the Uffizi Gallery, we felt the guide moved too slowly. There is an overwhelming amount of art and history to see but we thought the guide spent too long in each room. The Uffizi is definitely worth the visit as was the David.
Review by Stefan F, August 2012
Doing what: Florence Super Saver: Best of Florence Walking Tour, Accademia Gallery, Uffizi Gallery and Florence Duomo
There were two parts to this tour, a morning walking tour and the Uffizi Gallery in the afternoon. Our guide in the morning was great. He pointed out so many cool interesting facts about Florence. It was exactly what a tour of the city should be. You see many of the important sites and hear all about their history. We were unable to get into the Duomo because it was Sunday though. This should have been stated on the ticket when we bought it I think. It said it was closed sometimes. But it is always closed on Sunday, so they should have stated that specific. You end by going to see Michelangelo's David. This was so amazing to see in person. Probably the coolest thing we saw in Florence. The tour guide gave such a great description of why it is so famous as well. The second part of the tour in the afternoon was disappointing. We couldn't understand the tour guide at all. So we kind of just looked through the gallery on our own. Their are many beautiful paintings and sculptures here, but the guided tour was probably not necessary! I think if we did it again I would just book the morning tour and book a skip the line non guided tour for the Uffizi!
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