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With limited time in Florence, avoid the crowds and take a walking tour through the Uffizi Gallery before gaining exclusive private access to a collection of portraits and paintings housed in the Vasari Corridor. This is your opportunity to visit the Vasari Corridor when it is closed to the general public.
Avoid long lines at the Uffizi Gallery as your guide delivers an informative commentary on your 1.5-hour tour through the gallery's main rooms. Next, you'll enjoy an exclusive private viewing of the Vasari Corridor. Hidden between city houses and even passing through a church, the Vasari Corridor has evolved as one of the most astounding architectural masterpieces of the Renaissance.
After your walking tour inside of the Uffizi Gallery, doors leading to the Vasari Corridor will be opened exclusively for the group.Seeing the Vasari Corridor when it is closed to the general public is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tickets are limited and each group will consist of 25 people maximum with your own guide.
Your private walk along the Vasari Corridor will take you back to the times of the Medici, when Cosimo and his wife, Eleonora, walked along their private corridor, from one side of Florence to the other, observing the crowd below. Built above the Ponte Vecchio, the passageway dates back to 1564 and stretches almost a mile between Palazzo Pitti, over the Arno to Palazzo della Signoria. It was Cosimo I who first summoned the architect Giorgio Vasari to build such a path for the royal family.
Note, you'll skip the long lines into the Uffizi Gallery but private viewing applies to the Vasari Corridor only. You'll tour the gallery with the general public.
- Vasari Corridor is closed for renovations. The private viewing will relaunch in 2012. Please keep checking
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Staircase from the Uffizi Gallery to the Vasari Corridor
Tuesday and Friday Departure Point: Tour departs from Via dei Lamberti 1, Departure Time: 3:30pm Duration: 3 hours (approx.) Return details: Returns to original departure point
- Walking tour (maximum 25 people)
- Entrance fees
- Local guide
- Guaranteed to skip the long lines
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
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This gave us great insight into the Medici dynasty. The corridor takes a fascinating route and the portraits ... Read more ›
Anthony R, United Kingdom, August 2009
Absolutely stunning- a once in a lifetime experience. All the arrangements were smooth and straightforward, ... Read more ›
Mark C, United Kingdom, September 2009
