Palatine Gallery in Palazzo Pitti private guided tour
Book your guided tour to the Palatine Gallery in Florence in Palazzo Pitti, the Medici family's grandest home, and explore the masterpieces of greats like Raphael, Titian, and Rubens.
PRIVATE TOUR of THE PALATINE GALLERY
Book your guided tour with a private guide, an expert in art history, of Florence's Palatine Gallery, the painting gallery on Palazzo Pitti's piano nobile. The former Medici home contains hundreds of artworks that the Grand Duke collected over the 18th century. The rooms and painting arrangements follow no criteria other than aesthetic preference. This means you need the help of an expert guide who can explain the works and make sure you don't miss any of the major masterpieces, which are not always evident. A tour of the Palatine Gallery means full immersion in the beauty created by the great artists of the day: Titian, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens and Van Dyck to name just a few.
Tour details
Duration: 3 hours
Availability: Every day, except Monday, Sunday (Museum's closed days), January 1, May 1, and December 25.
Price includes: Licensed guide service for three hours, admission ticket with reservation to skip the line, headsets for groups of more than 10. At the end of the tour, visitors may stay inside the museum until it closes.
Itinerary of guided tour of the Palatine Gallery
This tour lasts approximately 3 hours. The tour can be customized to meet specific visitor requests. The tour normally includes all major works. Your guide will give you a detailed explanation of this prestigious museum's architecture and fascinating history.
The Museum: the Palatine Gallery
The Palatine Gallery is in the Medici's winter apartment on the first floor of Palazzo Pitti. This is an extraordinary example of a private painting gallery arranged true to collectors' tastes of that era.
Hung following aesthetic criteria alone, masterpieces by great Renaissance and Baroque artists, including Raphael, Titian, Rubens, and Van Dijk, make a magnificent impact heightened by the luxurious furnishings. The decoration of the rooms' ceilings include stuccoes and frescoes by the great Baroque painter Pietro da Cortona, letting us experience the sumptuous experience of the 17th-century Medici court.
Our guides
All Italy Travels guides are licensed by the Province of Florence, have extensive experience, and work at the highest levels of professionalism, skill, and excellence. Our staff is committed to always providing top-notch service to our clients. We offer our guests the best guides working in Florence. Most of our guides are art historians and teachers in the humanities. Private tours with admission to Florentine museums always include tickets with bookings that let you.
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