Uffizi Gallery, Guided Tour in English
Book your guided tour to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence for a fascinating journey through the history of painting at an excellent price including skip-the-line tickets to the Uffizi!
GUIDED TOUR OF THE UFFIZI GALLERY
TOUR DETAILS
Language: English
Availability: Every day
Start time: 3:30 pm
Duration: Approx. 1 hour and 45 minutes
Price: €40.00 per person from November to February. From March to October: € 57.00.
VOUCHER ACCEPTED ON DIGITAL DEVICES
The price includes: single language guide service, admission ticket with booking (no line), headset for groups of more than 15.
Note This tour is always confirmed on the scheduled days. It is guaranteed to be given even if there is only one participant.
Children: under 6 are free.
Meeting point with your guide: In front of door no. 3 of the Uffizi Gallery. Please arrive 15 minutes before the tour starts.
Itinerary of guided tour of the Uffizi Gallery
This fascinating guided tour takes you through one of the most famous galleries in the world. Your guide will accompany you on an approximately 2-hour tour, telling you all about the major works of art in this extraordinary gallery, focusing on details and interesting facts about the masterpieces of great artists like Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, and many others.
Your guide's explanation will include the history of the Uffizi Palace and the Vasari Corridor, which you can admire from the outside through the Gallery's great windows.
Museum: The Uffizi Gallery
In 1560, on orders from Cosimo I de 'Medici, the architect Giorgio Vasari, began work on the grandiose Uffizi Palace, which was intended to hold the offices of thirteen merchants and magistrates. The last floor of the building, completed in 1580, was for the Medici's art collections. The Uffizi remains home to famous masterpieces of painting, exhibited in chronological order,
From Cimabue's Romanesque painting to the Gothic revolution and the lavishly decorated late Gothic art of Gentile da Fabriano. The innovations of the Renaissance are seen in art by Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca, and Filippo Lippi. Florence's great era, spearheaded by Lorenzo Il Magnifico, is shown in Sandro Botticelli's masterpieces: the Birth of Venus and the Allegory of Spring. The exhibition continues with the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo's only documented painting, the renowned Tondo Doni and then to famous works by Raphael and Titian. An extensive section features Caravaggio's Bacchus and Medusa and works by his followers, including the famed Artemisia Gentileschi. The museum tour ends with 18th-century neoclassical painting, a prelude to modern art.
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. All tours with admission to Florentine museums always include tickets with bookings that let you skip waiting in line at the ticket offices.
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