My Exclusive Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery Tour and Vasari Corridor Combined

Almost one kilometre long, the Vasari Corridor allowed ruling families and other important figures to cross Florence from the magnificent seat of government, the Palazzo Vecchio, to the Medici family home of the Pitti Palace. Closed to the public for many years, you can now explore the world’s most unique and original passageway, whilst enjoying great stories, as our expert tour guides reveal its humorous and fascinating history on this exclusive private tour.

Highlights of the My Exclusive Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery Tour and Vasari Corridor Combined:      

• Skip-the-line entry to the Uffizi Gallery
• Your own expert tour guide of the Uffizi Gallery
• Hear the fascinating history behind world-famous artworks
• Spectacular views over Florence’s River Arno
• Cross the Ponte Vecchio in an exquisitely unique way!
• Enjoy hearing about the amazing history of the Vasarian Corridor
• Exclusive entry to the Vasari Corridor
• See the Vasari Corridor’s wonderful private Medici family collection of portraits  

The run-down of the My Exclusive Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery Tour and Vasari Corridor Combined:

Enjoy spectacular views while passing through, over and above an ancient church, famous Ponte Vecchio bridge, and medieval towers, accompanied by your own private expert tour guide.

The original and unique way to explore the ‘King’s Passage’, the Vasari Corridor, as you walk in the footsteps of the Grand Duke of Florence and Tuscany. Built atop of the iconic Ponte Vecchio (‘The Old Bridge’), the Vasari Corridor allowed the Medici and other royal and important figures to cross the city of Florence in obscurity.

Closed to the public for many years, you can now explore one of Florence’s most significant pathways, as we reveal its important, sometimes humorous and always fascinating history on this exclusive guided tour of one Florence’s most famous monuments.

The Vasari Corridor, running from inside the Uffizi Gallery, and finishing in the Medici family home of the Pitti Palace, also offers spectacular views over the Arno river.

Winding across the city, the Vasari Corridor passes over, through, and even around some of Florence’s most monumental sites as you entre from the Uffizi museum. Housing an important collection of valuable portraits of the Medici family and other well-known historical figures, and even permitted passers through to make a pit-stop inside the Santa Felicità church.

Built in the mid-1500s, its positioning above the Ponte Vecchio eventually motivated the meat stores that once lined the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge to be moved to an alternative location to cease the air being filled with the less-than-pleasant perfumes of butcher shops, and making way for the much more fascinating Ponte Vecchio gold jewellery stores that pass underfoot to this day.  

The finer details of the My Exclusive Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery Tour and Vasari Corridor Combined:

Price: from 790 euro 

Included in tour price: Skip-the-line entry to the Uffizi Gallery (including ticket and Florence Museum reservation costs), access to the Vasari Corridor, expert tour guide.  

My Exclusive Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery Tour and Vasari Corridor Combined meeting point: Florence Artviva Walking Tours office in Via de' Sassetti, 1 (2nd floor) in Florence's city centre.

When: Tuesdays to Sundays, as the Uffizi museum is closed on Mondays.

Weather: This tour runs rain or shine.

Please note: Entry to the Vasari Corridor requires the purchase of Uffizi Gallery tickets. This is a 3-hour tour however, you may request to meet the guide just for the Vasari Corridor component which is approximately an hour. Email us on privatetours@artviva.com for more information. 

Skip-the-line entry: Artviva Tours make reservations up to 12 months in advance to skip the ticket purchasing and reserved ticket retrieval queues. Even with reservations, there is still a compulsory security check which may cause some delays in entering the museum.  We guarantee that in spite of any eventual delays, our tour guides ensure all aspects of our museum tour are covered. 

The Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor tour is also available as a small-group skip-the-line tour, the Ultimate Skip the Line Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor Tour. 

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