Florence museum reservations

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FLORENCE MUSEUMS

DESCRIPTION AND INFO:

Uffizi Gallery R
Academy Galler R
Palazzo Vecchio M
Brancacci Chapel R
Vasari Corridor M
National Museum of Bargello
Museums of the Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee)

National museum of Archeology
Palatine Gallery & Royal Apartments (palazzo pitti)
Boboli Gardens (Palazzo Pitti)
Silver Museum (Museo degli Argenti) (Palazzo Pitti)
Opificio delle pietre dure (Hard stones museum)
San Marco's museum

ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online

Recommended to avoid long lines
Uffizi museum, Accademia museum, Brancacci Chapel.
Reservations for other museums are recommeded for groups only.
Mandatory
Secret Tour at Palazzo Vecchio, Vasari Corridor (only for groups of 10 or more)

FEES:
Reservation fees are Euro 10 per person / per museum • Entrance tickets are to be paid on site.
Reservation fees are included when booking a private tour
Group discounts:
Student groups of 5 or more can take advantage of a flat reservation fee of Euro 50

It's possible to visit the Uffizi and the Accademia with a group tour
It's possible to visit any of the museums in Florence with a private tour

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Alternative Monday around Florence:
Gallo Nero (Black Rooster) group tour

UFFIZI GALLERY One of the richest and most important art collection in the world, this museum contains classical sculptures, tapestries, furnishings and painted masterpieces of the 13th - 15th century, among which: Portraits of the Dukes of Urbino (Piero della Francesca,)Primavera and Birth of Venus (Botticelli,) Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo,) Madonna del Cardellino and Pope Leo X (Rafael,) Venus of Urbino (Titian,) Madonna with the long neck (Parmigianino,) Baccus (Caravaggio...) far too many to list! Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 • Historic Center open 8.15 - 6.50 pm • Closed Monday ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
ACCADEMY GALLERY Besides one of the most famous scultptures in the world, the David by Michelangelo, you can admire other artworks, including Giovanni da Milano's "La Pietà," Lorenzo Monaco's "Annunciation," Botticelli's "Madonna del Mare," as well as gesso models by Lorenzo Bartolini and Luigi Pampaloni. Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 • Historic Center open 8.15 - 6.50 pm • Closed Monday ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
BRANCACCI CHAPEL In this chapel you will be able to admire a cycle of frescoes by Masolino, Masaccio and Filippino Lippi representing the life of Saint Peter's & the Original Sin. Admire the different sensibility of the three artists who worked at the frescoes between 1425 and 1485. Piazza del Carmine • Historic Center open 10:00 am- 5:00 pm • Saturday, Sunday & holidays 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
PALAZZO VECCHIO This palace used to be the siege of the Signoria, and of the Medici family. The entrance court is decorated with white and gold stuccos and frescoes from the 1500s. The first floor hosts the Salone del Cinquecento, which had been frescoed originally by Michelangelo and Leonardo and then by Vasari and his followers. The rooms on the first floor are dedicated each to one of the Medici (Cosimo, Il Vecchio, Lorenzo, Leone, etc.) with relative frescoes. The second floor hosts the "Quartiere degli Elementi", a chapel decorated by Bronzino, conference rooms (sala dell'Udienza and Sala dei Gigli) richly decorated, and the Loeser collection, which includes works by Tino da Camaino, Berruguete, Rustici, Bronzino, Cellini. Piazza della Signoria Open 9:00 am - 7 pm / Thursday 9:00 am - 2 pm Guided visits to the monumental quarters (1 hour) available at 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm (no extra cost for the guided visits) Secret Itineraries visits with guide dressed as Giorgio Vasari (1 hour) at 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 3:30 pm, 5 pm (no extra cost for the guided visits) All visits are available in English, Italian and French Fresco workshop at Palazzo Vecchio ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
VASARI CORRIDOR The Vasari Corridor’s expense runs from the Uffizi Gallery to the Boboli Gardens. There’s an excellent view of Ponte Vecchio, the most famous and oldest bridge in Florence. You can see self-portraits by Reni, Rembrant, Rubens, Guercino. Loggiato degli Uffizi 6 • Historic Center open 8.15 am - 6.50 pm • Closed Monday Reservation for the Vasari Corridor is mandatory. The visit is combined with that of the Uffizi. It's not possible to visit the Vasari Corridor by itself. The tour lasts about 3 hours. PRIVATE VISIT Euro 695 (from 1 to 10 people) Entrance tickets not included: Euro 11 to 13 per person GROUP VISIT Euro 120 per person Group tours are available every Wednesday and Saturday at 3:00 pm; and also on the following dates in 2008 May 16th, 1:15 pm (in English) May 23rd, 1:15 pm (in English) May 30th, 1:15 pm (in English) June 6th, am (in English) June 8th, 9:15 pm (in Italian) June 13th, 1:15 pm (in English) June 20th, 1:15 pm (in English) June 27th, 1:15 pm (in English) For other dates please write an email to info@culturalitaly.com RESERVATIONS by phone or online
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF BARGELLO The museum is hosted in the Capitano del Popolo palace and it contains masterpieces by Michelangelo, Donatello, Bernini, Cellini, Pisanello, Della Robbia. When the Grand Duke Leopoldo abolished the death penalty in 1786, the instruments of torture were burned in the palace’s courtyard. Via del Proconsolo 4 • Historic center open 8.30 am - 1.50 pm Weekly closing: 2nd and 4th Monday of the month / 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of the monthed ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR within 10 days from the
MUSEUMS OF THE MEDICI CHAPELS (CAPPELLE MEDICEE) These Medicean tombs are considered the greatest achievement of Renaissance architecture and sculpture. The complex holds the New Sacristy, started by Michelangelo and finished by Vasari. It also contains precious furnishings and reliquaries. In the apse, you can see drawings by Michelangelo and his pupils, some of them discovered in 1975. Piazza di Madonna degli Aldonbrandini 6 • Historic center open 8.30 am - 5 pm Weekly closing: 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month / 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. - groups max 20 ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY Established in 1870, in contains a Roman antiquarium with Etruscan bronzes, a jewels collection, a prehistoric section and other collections dating back to the Renaissance. An adjoining Egyptian museum contains collections unearthed in the last century. Via della Colonna 36 • Historic center Monday 2 pm - 7 pm • Tue - Fri 9 am - 7 pm Sat, Sun and holidays 9 am - 2 pm t ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR o be purchased within 10 days from the confirmation day)
PALATINE GALLERY & ROYAL APARTMENTS (PALAZZO PITTI) The rooms of the Palatine Gallery were used, since the 18th century, to expose the most important paintings present in Palazzo Pitti, partly coming from the Medici’s collection. The halls of the Gallery are decorated by frescoes by Pietro da Cortona, Ciro Ferri and other 19th century artists. Works by Rubens, Velazquez, Titian, Van Dyck, Bronzino, Botticelli, Signorelli, Peruginos, Veronese and others. The Apartments hold furnishings, a series of incredible tapestries of Florentine and French manufacture, portraits, frescoes and stuccos. Piazza Pitti 1 Tue - Fri 8.15 am - 7 pm • Closed Monday ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
BOBOLI GARDENS (PALAZZO PITTI) This is one of the largest and elegant Italian gardens, with ample grass fields, and extremely charming landscapes. It's also defined as a open air sculpture museum, since it hosts artworks from the Roman period and from the 1500 and 1600s, including an amphitheater enclosed by evergreen plants, the Grotto of Madama, the Grande Grotto, the sculpture of Venus by Giambologna and the group of Paride and Elena by Vincenzo de Rossi. Piazza Pitti 1 Tue - Fri 8.15 am - 7 pm • Closed Monday ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
SILVER MUSEUM (MUSEO DEGLI ARGENTI) (PALAZZO PITTI) The museum holds a collection of valuable items from the Medici’s family: rock crystal cases, cabinets decorated with amber, altar frontals, cameos, ivories, jewels treasured by princess-bishops of Salzburg. Piazza Pitti 1 open 8.30 am - 1.30 pm Weekly closing: 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month / 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
HARD STONES MUSEUM (OPIFICIO DELLE PIETRE DURE) This museums holds portraits of semi-precious stones, painting and mosaics on stone, furniture with stone inlays. There’s also a work-shop, whose tradition of high-quality restoration was created by the Medici’s family in the late 16th century. Via degli Alfani 78 • Historic center Tue - Sat 9 am - 7 pm / Sun and holidays 9 am - 2 pm • Closed Monday ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR
SAN MARCO'S MUSEUM Within the most ancient nucleus of the preexisting Dominican convent rebuild by Michelozzo from 1436 to 1446, the walls of its interiors are decorated with a series of frescoes by Beato Angelico who lived and worked in the convent. Piazza San Marco 3 • Historic center open 8.30 am - 1.50 pm Weekly closing: 2nd and 4th Monday of the month / 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of the month ENTRANCE TICKET RESERVATIONS by phone or online PRIVATE TOUR