Florence: Vasari Corridor and Uffizi Gallery Exclusive Tour

About This Experience

This is a private tour, so the guide is yours for the whole two and a half hours and the pace is set by your party. You meet at the Neptune Fountain in Piazza della Signoria, a minute from the Uffizi courtyard, and spend about two hours in the gallery. The listing names Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, Leonardo's Annunciation and Titian's Venus of Urbino, so the route covers both the second floor and the first-floor Venetian rooms. The guide then brings you to the corridor entrance on the first floor for your timed slot.

The corridor walk takes about 45 minutes and is one way, from the Uffizi over Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens, in a museum-escorted group of up to 25 that may include other visitors. Guiding inside is not allowed, so your guide's explanation of the 1565 passage, built by Vasari for Cosimo I in five months, happens before you go in. The corridor itself is bare: 73 windows over the river and the rooftops, and since 2025 more than fifty Roman busts along the bridge section. You exit by the Buontalenti Grotto and are escorted to the Palazzo Pitti courtyard; the gardens and the Pitti museums are not part of the ticket.

This suits a couple or small family who want the corridor plus a proper guided Uffizi visit without sharing the guide. If a small group is fine, the Uffizi Gallery with optional Vasari Corridor tour covers both in a group of ten, and if you want a private Uffizi tour without the corridor the Uffizi Gallery Private Tour is the plainer option.

Reserved entry skips the ticket queue only; everyone passes the metal detector, and one reviewer with reserved tickets still reported a long wait on a busy day. Backpacks and large bags are banned in the corridor and, since you cannot return to the Uffizi afterward, anything left in the cloakroom means a walk back across Ponte Vecchio. On cancellation, the listing's policy allows a full refund up to 24 hours before, while the operator's description says the named corridor tickets are non-refundable; take 24 hours as the deadline.

Highlights

• Private guide for your party only, with about 2 hours in the Uffizi
• Birth of Venus, the Doni Tondo, Leonardo's Annunciation and Titian's Venus of Urbino
• One-way walk through the Vasari Corridor over Ponte Vecchio, about 45 minutes
• The corridor's history: built for Cosimo I de' Medici in 1565 in five months
• Finishes at the Buontalenti Grotto on the Boboli Gardens side
• Available in English, Italian, Spanish, French or German

What's Included

• ✓ Private guided tour of the Uffizi Gallery, about 2 hours
• ✓ Vasari Corridor access at a timed slot
• ✓ Reserved Uffizi entry that skips the ticket line
• ✓ Guide in your choice of English, Italian, Spanish, French or German
• ✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before, per the listing's cancellation policy

Not Included

• Commentary inside the corridor, which museum rules do not allow
• Entry to the Boboli Gardens and the Pitti museums
• Food and drinks
• Hotel pickup and gratuities

What to Bring

• Passport or ID card matching the name given at booking
• A small bag only: backpacks, large bags and oversize luggage are not allowed

Good to Know & Caveats

• The listing's cancellation line says cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund; the operator's description calls the named corridor tickets non-refundable, so treat 24 hours as the deadline.
• Tickets are issued in your name and checked against ID at the entrance.
• Reserved entry skips the ticket queue; everyone passes security, and when the gallery is full even reserved visitors can wait.
• The corridor is one-way to the Boboli Gardens side; you cannot return to the Uffizi afterward.
• Corridor groups are up to 25 people with museum staff; private does not mean a private corridor.
• Backpacks, suitcases and large umbrellas are banned in the corridor.
• The price shown is per person based on two adults booking the private tour; check the total for your party size.

Meeting Point

Fontana del Nettuno (the Neptune Fountain) in Piazza della Signoria, beside Palazzo Vecchio and a short walk from the Uffizi courtyard.