The two museums everyone comes to Florence for are the Uffizi Gallery, home to Botticelli's Birth of Venus, and the Galleria dell'Accademia, home to Michelangelo's David. They sit about a 15-minute walk apart, and yes — you can comfortably see both in a single day. But there is one thing you need to know before you start clicking “book”: as of 2026 there is no official single combined Uffizi and Accademia ticket. This guide explains exactly why, what your real options are, current prices, and how to plan a relaxed one-day visit that beats the crowds at both.
Is There an Official Combined Uffizi and Accademia Ticket?
No. In 2026 the Italian state museum system does not sell a single official ticket that covers both the Uffizi and the Accademia. This is the most important thing to understand before booking, because dozens of pages market “Uffizi and Accademia combo tickets” — but every one of those is a third-party bundle of two separate admissions, not an official government product.
Here is why. The two museums belong to two entirely different state institutions, each of which sells combined tickets only within its own museum group:
- The Uffizi is part of Le Gallerie degli Uffizi, which sells its own combined ticket — the PassePartout 5 Days (€40) — but that pass only covers the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens. The Accademia is not included. The official Uffizi page is explicit: the combined ticket “offers one single admission (with priority) to all the museum sites of the Uffizi, Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens (price 40 €).”
- The Accademia joined a brand-new institution on 15 March 2026 called the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze e Musei del Bargello. Its combined tickets — the Accademia + Bargello 48-hour pass (€26) and the six-museum 72-hour pass (€38) — cover the Accademia, Bargello, Medici Chapels, Orsanmichele, Palazzo Davanzati and Casa Martelli. The official announcement reads: “Starting 15 March 2026, you can visit the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze and the Museo Nazionale del Bargello with a single ticket! The ticket costs €26.00 and is valid for 48 hours,” while the six-museum pass “costs €38.00 and is valid for 72 hours.” The Uffizi is not among them.
Because the Uffizi and the Accademia are run by two separate organizations with two separate booking platforms, no official combined ticket can bridge them. If you want to see both, you have three practical routes.
Worth Adding to Your Itinerary
Once you accept that the two galleries are booked separately, the natural next question is what else fits around them. Most two-museum days in Florence end up touching the same short list: the Duomo and Brunelleschi's dome a few minutes from the Accademia, Piazza della Signoria and the Palazzo Vecchio on the walk down, the Ponte Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor just past the Uffizi, and the Bargello or the Medici Chapels if the Accademia leaves you wanting more Michelangelo. The live options below update automatically for Florence museums, guided tours and combined-entry experiences.
How to Book Uffizi and Accademia Tickets Together
Option 1: Book Two Separate Official Tickets
The cheapest and most transparent option is to buy two individual timed-entry tickets directly from the official channels. This is what most independent travelers should do.
Uffizi Gallery (2026 prices):
- €25 at the ticket office on the day (walk-up, subject to availability)
- €29 booked online in advance (the €4 booking fee is now built into this price)
- Afternoon ticket: per the official Uffizi site, “From 1 January 2026, the Uffizi ticket will cost 16 € for those entering the museum from 4 p.m. onwards… If you purchase your ticket before the day of your visit… the cost is 20 €.” So €16 on-site / €20 online for entry from 4 p.m.
- “Prima Mattina” early-bird ticket: €19 + €4 fee, for the first two slots of the day (8:15–8:30 and 8:30–8:45, with effective entry no later than 8:55 a.m.)
- Under-18s free (a €4 reservation fee still applies to free tickets booked online); EU citizens 18–25 pay €2
- Since 13 October 2025, all Uffizi tickets are nominative — they carry the visitor's name, and you must show matching photo ID at entry or you will be refused with no refund.
- Official booking runs through the Uffizi's CoopCulture-managed portal (tickets.uffizi.it).
Accademia Gallery (2026 prices):
- €20 full admission. Important — this changed recently: the Accademia's full ticket rose from €16 to €20 as of 1 February 2026. Add the €4 booking fee and an online adult ticket totals €24. (Some third-party listings and cached pages still quote the old “€16 + €4 = €20.” Because sources conflict, confirm the live price at the moment you book — see Caveats.)
- Reduced €2 for EU citizens 18–25; under-18s free (proof of age required)
- Official booking: galleriaaccademiafirenze.it, which routes to the government platform b-ticket.com. The official system has a strict no-refund policy.
So two separate official adult tickets booked online cost roughly €53 total (€29 Uffizi + €24 Accademia). You can cut that to around €36 by pairing a walk-up morning Accademia (€20, no booking fee) with the €16 on-site afternoon Uffizi ticket — availability permitting. Our Uffizi ticket guide breaks the Uffizi side down in more detail, and the David skip-the-line ticket guide does the same for the Accademia.
Option 2: Third-Party Combo/Skip-the-Line Tours
A large market of resellers and tour operators sells products branded as “Uffizi + Accademia combo tickets,” “skip-the-line Uffizi and Accademia” bundles, or full “Florence in a day” guided tours. These are not official combined tickets — the operator simply buys you two separate timed entries (and sometimes adds a guide or audio-guide app) and packages them under one booking and one price.
What these products typically offer:
- One booking for both museums, with your two entry times assigned according to availability (often Accademia in the morning, Uffizi after lunch)
- Priority/skip-the-line entry at each gallery — though you still pass through security screening
- Optional licensed guide or a downloadable audio-guide app
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before on many platforms — a genuine advantage over the no-refund official system
Prices vary by date and inclusions. Self-guided combo admission bundles typically run €50–€60 — one reseller, for example, lists a “Uffizi + Accademia priority entry with audio guides” combo from €57 — while fully guided combo tours with an art historian cost more (one lists a guided combo from €72). The trade-offs: you pay a premium over the official price, and reviews frequently mention that you must first collect physical tickets from an operator's office across the road from each museum, and that the fixed gap between the two assigned entry times can eat into your day. Choose a combo product for the convenience, the flexible cancellation, or a guide's expertise — not because it is an “official” bundle, because it is not. (We describe this market generically and do not endorse any single company.)
Option 3: The Firenze Card
The Firenze Card is Florence's official city museum pass. Per firenzecard.it, it gives “Access [to] more than 60 museums in the Firenzecard circuit; the card allows you to visit each one once in 72 hours” for €85. It covers both the Uffizi and the Accademia, is activated on your first museum entry, gives priority access, and lets under-18s in a cardholder's family enter free.
For someone visiting only the Uffizi and Accademia, the math does not work — those two together cost around €53, well under €85. The card only pays off if you are seeing roughly four or more paid museums in three days (add Pitti Palace, Bargello, Medici Chapels, and so on). Note that you still must reserve free timed slots for the Uffizi and Accademia even with the card, and the Duomo-complex sites are not included in the 2026 card. If you are doing a museum-heavy three days in Florence, it is worth considering; for a focused two-museum day, skip it. Our guide to Florence museums and passes runs the numbers across the wider set.
Suggested One-Day Itinerary: Uffizi + Accademia
The consensus among guides and seasoned visitors is clear: do the Accademia first, early, then the Uffizi later. The Accademia is small and quick — most people need only 1–1.5 hours — so knocking it out at opening means you see David before the tour groups arrive. (More than 1.7 million people visit the Accademia each year, virtually all funnelling toward one statue, so early really matters.) The Uffizi is vast — 101 rooms across two floors — and needs 2–3 hours plus the energy you have left. Doing the giant Uffizi first often leaves people too tired to enjoy the Accademia.
Plan A — Classic morning-Accademia day:
- 8:15 a.m. — Accademia Gallery at opening. Head straight to the Tribune for David, then circle back to the Prisoners (Michelangelo's unfinished “non-finito” figures), the medieval painting galleries, and the musical-instruments collection with its 1690 “Medici” Stradivarius. Out by around 9:30–9:45.
- 9:45–11:00 a.m. — Walk 15 minutes toward the center. Pass the Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, grab a coffee, browse the leather market, take photos.
- 11:00 a.m. — Uffizi Gallery entry. Start in the Botticelli rooms, then Leonardo, Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio's Medusa. Break on the rooftop terrace café for views over the Palazzo Vecchio.
- Early afternoon — Late lunch near Ponte Vecchio.
Plan B — Money-saving afternoon-Uffizi variant: Book the Accademia for the 8:15 a.m. opening, spend the middle of the day sightseeing and having a leisurely lunch, then use the €16 afternoon Uffizi ticket (entry from 4 p.m.). This beats the crowds at both ends of the day — the Accademia is quietest at opening, and the Uffizi calms noticeably after day-trippers leave around 3 p.m. — and it saves roughly €9–€13 on the Uffizi ticket. You will have about 2–2.5 hours before the Uffizi's 5:30 p.m. last entry (strictly enforced), which is enough for the highlights.
Timing between the two tickets: Leave a comfortable gap between your two timed entries — at least 2.5–3 hours if you want a relaxed Accademia visit, the walk, and lunch before the Uffizi. Do not book back-to-back slots; the 15-minute walk plus security screening plus museum fatigue make tight scheduling stressful.
If you want this hour by hour rather than in outline, our Florence in one day field guide turns the same plan into room-by-room route cards for both galleries.
Booking Tips: What to Reserve First and When
- Book the Accademia first. It has a hard capacity cap — as Through Eternity Tours notes, “a maximum of 200 visitors are allowed inside at any one time” — and admits in 15-minute intervals, so the popular morning slots (especially 8:15 a.m.) sell out fastest. Lock in your David time, then build the Uffizi around it.
- Book both as early as possible in high season. From April through October (plus Easter and Christmas), both museums' prime slots sell out days to weeks ahead. Reserve as soon as your Florence dates are fixed.
- Consider the afternoon Uffizi ticket. Pairing a morning Accademia with the €16/€20 afternoon Uffizi ticket saves money and dodges crowds at both.
- Watch the closures. Both museums are closed every Monday, plus 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Never plan your combo day for a Monday.
- Avoid free Sundays for this plan. The first Sunday of the month is free but cannot be pre-booked, and it draws the largest crowds and longest queues of the month — the opposite of what you want when fitting in two museums.
- Bring matching photo ID for the Uffizi's nominative tickets, and pack light — neither museum has a proper cloakroom for large bags or backpacks.
The exact opening windows, last-entry times and every 2026 free-Sunday date are listed in our Uffizi opening hours guide.
Distance & Logistics Between the Two Museums
The Uffizi and the Accademia are about 1.2 km apart — a flat, largely pedestrian 15-to-20-minute walk through the heart of Florence. There is no need for a taxi or bus; walking is faster than fighting historic-center traffic, and the route is one of the best strolls in the city.
The two museums sit at opposite ends of the tourist core with the Duomo near the midpoint. From the Accademia on Via Ricasoli, it is about a 7-minute walk to the Duomo; from the Duomo, heading down Via dei Calzaiuoli, you pass the church of Orsanmichele and reach Piazza della Signoria — home to the Palazzo Vecchio, the open-air Loggia dei Lanzi, and a replica of David marking where the original once stood. The Uffizi is tucked just behind the piazza, a couple of minutes further, right by the Arno and Ponte Vecchio. In other words, the walk between the two galleries doubles as a mini highlights tour — build in time for coffee, photos and a look at the Baptistery's “Gates of Paradise” doors along the way. This is the natural spine of any David and Duomo tour of Florence, and it is the same corridor our Florence walking tours guide follows on foot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a combined ticket for the Uffizi and Accademia? No. There is no official single ticket covering both, because the Uffizi and the Accademia are run by two separate state institutions with separate booking systems. Any “combo” you see advertised is a third-party bundle of two individual tickets. Your official options are two separate tickets or the Firenze Card.
Can you visit the Uffizi and Accademia in one day? Yes, comfortably. They are a 15-minute walk apart. Budget about 1–1.5 hours for the Accademia and 2–3 hours for the Uffizi, plus a walk and a meal break in between. Most visitors do the Accademia in the morning and the Uffizi in the afternoon.
Which should you visit first, Uffizi or Accademia? The Accademia first, early. It is small and quick, so seeing David at the 8:15 a.m. opening beats the crowds, and you will still have energy for the much larger Uffizi later. Doing the Uffizi first tends to leave people too tired to enjoy the Accademia.
How much does it cost to visit both the Uffizi and Accademia? Two separate official adult tickets cost roughly €53 online (€29 Uffizi + €24 Accademia). You can drop that to around €36 by pairing a walk-up morning Accademia (€20 on-site) with the €16 on-site afternoon Uffizi ticket. Third-party combo bundles run higher (roughly €50–€60 self-guided, and more for guided tours), and the €85 Firenze Card only makes sense if you are visiting several more museums.
Do I need separate reservations for each? Yes. Even with the Firenze Card, you must reserve a timed-entry slot for each museum separately. Book the Accademia first (it sells out faster), then choose a Uffizi slot with a 2.5–3 hour gap.
Caveats
- Accademia price in flux. Sources conflict on the Accademia's 2026 full-admission price. Multiple 2026 travel guides and some cached official pages still show €16 (€20 online with the €4 fee), while a documented increase took the full ticket to €20 (€24 online) as of 1 February 2026. We have used the higher, more recent figure, but the safest move is to confirm the live price on galleriaaccademiafirenze.it / b-ticket.com at the moment you book.
- The Uffizi's cheapest tiers change fast. The €16 afternoon ticket, the €19 Prima Mattina early-bird slot, and the €25/€29 standard prices all reflect the new post-October-2025 nominative-ticket system; the museum periodically adjusts availability and quotas, so verify before booking.
- Third-party combo prices are dynamic. Reseller and tour prices vary by date, currency display and inclusions; treat the €52/€57/€72 figures as representative starting points, not fixed rates.
- “Combined ticket” wording is a trap. Because so many resellers use the phrase “Uffizi and Accademia combined ticket,” it is easy to assume an official product exists. It does not — always check whether you are buying an official state ticket or a reseller bundle of two admissions.
Ready to book? See our detailed guides to Uffizi Gallery tickets, the Accademia's David skip-the-line ticket, and Uffizi Gallery hours. Planning your day around one museum? Read our Uffizi one-day guide, and if you are unsure, here is exactly where Michelangelo's David is.