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Piazzale degli Uffizi 6
50122 Florence
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+39 55 238 8651
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Neighborhood :
Santa Croce
http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/ - Tue to Sun from 08:15 AM to 07:00 PM
The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court in the 1700s. Made up of 40 rooms, the gallery contains works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera. Note the collection of Flemish, French, Dutch and German masters. The corridors, ceilings with splendid frescoes, are lined with Roman and 16th-century sculptures. By reservation, the Vasari Corridor above the Ponte Vecchio offers a link between Pitti Palace and Palazzo Vecchio. The Galleria houses 700 paintings including well-known self-portraits.
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Trip Advisor Reviews
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“Great museum; but bring a guide”
Oddly, and we found this just about everywhere in Florence, as you leave the museum you can buy a cheap and informative guide to it's contents....
“not worth the time or money”
I just found this to be a typical museum full of paintings and a few busts. IT didn't compare at all to the vatican museum. more
“long queue and an unhelpful audioguide...”
i went to Uffizi on a 7 October 2008 (a tuesday). Without a reservation (which will incur an extra fee of 4 euros), i arrived at 8:35am with ab...
“Don't let the huge queue put you off ... there IS a solution!”
We had walked past this gallery on a number of occasions before deciding to visit on a particular day. I think we had been influenced by the le...
“The best sight going”
The Uffizi is a must. The view of the river from it's windows is spectacular. I am glad I was able to see centuries worth of magificent art dis...
“Peak summer time and tickets easy to get for the next day”
We didn't know what day we wanted to vsit the museum so didn't book tickets in advance on line and were worried we wouldn't be able to get in. ...
Yahoo Travel Reviews
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Overwhelming
I suggest buying your tickets online before you go to avoid a line. Even though we did have prepaid tickets though we still had to wait. The ex...
Great to see, inefficient entry system
This is great -- once you manage to get in. Definitely make reservations far in advance or you will be standing in a loooonnnngg line to make ...
Disappointment
With all the comments about how great this museum is, I was most disapointed with the collection and the whole city of Florence. Very boring c...
The Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery covers an area of about 8.000 sq.m.. and contains one of the most important collections of art of all times, including class...
I am going back but with a booking!!
I loved the Uffizi. It has so much history and passion. The art work of Botticelli really comes to life. The atmosphere was perfect for a museu...
What a wonderful place to go!!!!
I loved the beautiful scenery. It was absoulutely gorgious. I thought that I was going to melt when I saw that sunset. Go there!!!!! :) :) :) :...
TravelMuse Reviews ( 1 Review ) Top
Uffizi
Unquestionably the gallery holds some of the finest works of art created and for that alone it is a must see. The room devoted to Bottecelli was well laid out and it is worth the time to look at the lesser well known paintings as these equally amazing. The paintings in the main corridor are so high up that you can't see some of them because of the lighting which was a bit disappointing. The collection of minatures is in a room that have to stand at the entrance to see - pointless unless you have opera glasses! If you are visiting London then you will find that the national portrait gallery and the tate knock the spots of this - and they are free!