Uffizi Gallery Tickets: Prices, Reservations and Private Tours

Uffizi ticket types compared

The single ticket is the one most visitors need. Buying it on the day is cheaper, but the queue for walk-up tickets starts forming early in the morning and in high season it can reach a daunting length, according to Visit Tuscany. The advance price buys you a timed slot.

The afternoon ticket is the quiet bargain. The official ticket page lists a 16 euro ticket for anyone entering from 4 p.m. onwards. The ticket office closes at 5.30 pm and the gallery at 6.30 pm, so an afternoon entry suits a focused visit of the main rooms rather than a full day.

Who gets in free or at a reduced price

Children under 18 of any nationality enter free, and EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay 2 EUR, per the official free and reduced tickets page. Students from outside the EU pay the full price. On the first Sunday of each month entry is free for everyone, but tickets cannot be booked in advance that day, so expect to queue.

Online on the official site

The official shop is tickets.uffizi.it. The ticket can be downloaded straight to your mobile, and the confirmation email with its QR Code is what you show at the entrance, according to Visit Tuscany. That source also describes a booking fee of 4 euro added to full, reduced and even free admission, so read the total at checkout before you pay.

By phone

The call center answers on 800 615 615, or +39 055 0354135 from abroad, Monday to Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., per the official ticket page. It is the fallback if the online calendar gives you trouble.

At a ticket office

Ticket offices sit under the loggia of the Uffizi, in the square in front of Pitti Palace and at the Boboli entrances of Annalena in Via Romana, Porta Romana and Forte Belvedere. Visit Tuscany adds the offices of the National Archaeological Museum, the Orsanmichele Museum and other state museums. Buying at the Pitti or Boboli desks lets you skip the walk-up line at the Uffizi itself.

When a reservation is required

For visits on Saturdays and holidays, reservations must be made at least one day in advance, according to Visit Tuscany. From April to September, and at Christmas and Easter, the same source advises booking always, no matter the day of the week. Outside those periods a weekday walk-up works, but the line still starts forming before the ticket offices open.

How skip-the-line works at the door

Skip the line does not mean no security check. It means you never stand in the queue to buy. The Uffizi Gallery tickets skip the line option is simply the advance ticket with a time on it.

A private tour that includes the ticket does the same thing, and the guide handles the entry for you.

The first Sunday exception

Free first Sundays cannot be booked ahead, per the official purchase page. Everyone queues on equal terms, so arrive early or pick another day if your time in Florence is short.

Ticket alone or ticket with a guide

Buying your own ticket is the cheapest way in. You pick the slot, pay 29 EUR in advance and walk the rooms at your own pace with the visitor map PDF the gallery offers for download.

The Uffizi Gallery Private Tour by Florence Tours by Made of Tuscany costs $280 per person, runs 3 hours and includes the skip-the-line ticket, so there is no separate booking to make. It holds a 4.9 rating from 76 reviews, with free cancellation up to 24h. The guide chooses the route through the rooms, which matters in a gallery this size.

Group rules that favour a private guide

Groups of 6 people or more must use headphones inside the gallery. Groups of 11 or more pay an extra 70 EUR, and groups are capped at 16 people including the guide, per the official purchase page. A private tour for a couple or a family stays under all of these limits.

Opening times and the ticket office

Doors open at 8.15 am and the gallery closes at 6.30 pm. The ticket office closes at 5.30 pm, so a walk-up visitor arriving late gets no ticket at all. The call center keeps longer hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., every day of the week.

Plan around Monday

Every Monday the Uffizi is shut. If your stay runs Saturday to Monday, put the gallery on Saturday with a reservation made at least one day ahead, or on Sunday. A PassePartout 5 Days that spans a Monday, December 25 or January 1 stays valid for 6 days instead of 5, according to Visit Tuscany, so the closed day costs you nothing.

First thing in the morning

In high season the Prima Mattina promotion offers a discounted ticket for entry between 8.15 a.m. and 8.55 a.m., according to Visit Tuscany. The rooms are at their quietest before the tour groups arrive.

Late afternoon

The official ticket page lists a 16 euro ticket for entry from 4 p.m. onwards. With closing at 6.30 pm, that leaves time for the main corridors if you go straight to the rooms you came for.

The best time to visit Uffizi Gallery in the year is outside April to September, when Visit Tuscany says booking is less critical on weekdays.

A standard visit

Three hours lets you see the highlights without rushing. The Uffizi Gallery Private Tour is built on the same 3 hours, with a guide setting the pace. An afternoon entry from 4 p.m. leaves less time before the 6.30 pm closing, which suits a short, targeted visit.

With the Vasari Corridor

The Uffizi + Vasari Corridor ticket gives you entry to the Uffizi 2 hours before your corridor slot, per the official ticket page. Count that time as part of the visit, then the walk across the Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens.

Rules for the corridor

The ticket is nominative, personal and non-transferable, with a mandatory reservation, and it is non-refundable, per the official ticket page. You enter the Uffizi 2 hours before your corridor slot. The corridor runs Tuesday to Sunday, with the first group at 10.15 am and the last group out at 4.45 pm.

You walk it in one direction only, from the Uffizi to Boboli, and the ticket excludes the Boboli Gardens and Pitti Palace, according to Visit Tuscany. If you want those too, the PassePartout 5 Days with the corridor at 58 EUR covers all of it.

How to use it

You book the Uffizi as the first museum. Reservations are needed only for the Uffizi, and you arrive 15 minutes early at door 3, according to Visit Tuscany. The pass stays valid within 5 days of activation, or 6 days if those days include a Monday, December 25 or January 1.

PassePartout season tickets also give unlimited priority access to all the museums and temporary exhibitions, per the official site. Holders of the annual pass pay a 20 euro additional fee for each Vasari Corridor access.