Florence: Uffizi Gallery Timed Entry Ticket + App Audioguide

About This Experience

This is a plain timed-entry ticket to the Uffizi with a downloadable app audio guide, sold by GetYourGuide itself rather than by a local operator. There is nobody to meet: the provider confirms, usually within an hour and within 48 hours at most, and the voucher in the GetYourGuide app is exchanged for the museum ticket on the booked date. You arrive at the Uffizi for your slot, pass security, climb to the second floor and follow the collection at your own speed: Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio, Botticelli's Primavera and Birth of Venus, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael. You can stay until closing.

The ticket is the museum's own €29 advance ticket, and the time slot gets you past the ticket queue. Security is the same for everyone: a metal detector, and a hold at the door when the gallery is full, reserved ticket or not. Umbrellas, large bags and backpacks go to the free cloakroom by the entrance. The ticket is a single entry with no time limit; the gallery closes at 6.30 p.m. The route starts with 126 steps up the Grand Ducal staircase, with lifts available. The audio guide is an app on your own phone; reviewers repeatedly say it fails without a signal, so download it the night before.

It suits travelers who are certain of their date and time, want a reserved slot with no meeting point to find, and are happy to make their own way round. An option adds Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens, visited in any order within the following 5 days. If your plans might move, the Florence Uffizi Gallery Reserved Entry Ticket and Audioguide costs more but can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before. If you want the paintings explained, the Uffizi Gallery Renaissance Masterpieces Guided Tour has more than 6,000 reviews.

This ticket is non-refundable and the date and time you choose are binding, so book it when the day is fixed, not as a placeholder. Uffizi tickets are nominal: under-18s need their own ID even though their entry is free, children under 12 must be with an adult, and anyone claiming free entry shows proof.

Highlights

• Timed entry slot, then no time limit inside the gallery
• Botticelli's Primavera and Birth of Venus in the Botticelli rooms
• Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Giotto, Cimabue and Masaccio on a self-guided route
• App audio guide in seven languages, including English, German, French and Japanese
• Option to add Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens, valid over the next 5 days
• Sold by GetYourGuide itself; limited to 5 participants per booking

What's Included

• ✓ Timed-entry ticket to the Uffizi Gallery (the museum's €29 adult ticket)
• ✓ Digital app audio guide in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish
• ✓ Time inside with no limit, from your slot until the 6.30 p.m. closing
• ✓ Voucher in the GetYourGuide app, exchanged for the ticket on the booked date
• ✓ Optional add-on: Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens tickets for the following 5 days

Not Included

• Live guide
• Host or greeter: there is no meeting point
• Headphones and the phone to run the app
• Any refund or date change once booked

What to Bring

• Passport or ID card matching the name given at booking, for every traveler including children
• A charged phone with the audio-guide app downloaded in advance, plus your own headphones
• A small bag only; umbrellas, large bags and backpacks go to the free cloakroom

Good to Know & Caveats

• This ticket is non-refundable, and the date and time slot you choose are binding once booked.
• Uffizi tickets are nominal: give every traveler's full name as on their ID and bring that ID. Under-18s enter free but still need a passport or ID card, and children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
• The timed slot skips the ticket queue, not security. Everyone passes the metal detector, and when the gallery is full staff may hold entry until others leave.
• The ticket allows a single entry with no time limit inside; the gallery closes at 6.30 p.m.
• Confirmation comes from the provider, usually within an hour and within 48 hours at most, so book at least two days ahead to be safe.
• The audio guide is an app on your own phone; reviewers say it often fails without a signal, so download it before you go.
• The Uffizi is closed on Mondays, 1 January and 25 December.

Meeting Point

There is no meeting point. Your voucher in the GetYourGuide app is exchanged for the museum ticket on the booked date, and you go straight to the Uffizi (Piazzale degli Uffizi 6) for your time slot.