Florence: Uffizi Gallery Tickets with Optional Audio Guide – Florence, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Avoid the queues into Florence’s renowned Uffizi Gallery and enjoy the museum exploring around one of the world’s most celebrated collections of art.

The handsome, 16th-century building, just a stone’s throw from the banks of the River Arno, boasts some of Italy’s most recognisable masterpieces. Originally designed by Giorgio Vasari, the gallery initially served as the offices for the Florentine magistrates, hence the name Uffizi, meaning “offices” in Italian. It now home to works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio, and many more.

Amongst the highlights are Botticelli’s famous Primavera and Birth of Venus. The latter, depicting the goddess of love’s emergence from the sea, is a national treasure and the museum’s icon – a crowning example of the Renaissance’s masterful expression of beauty and spiritual purity.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Avoid queuing to Florence’s world-famous Uffizi Gallery
Tour the gallery’s masterpieces with an audio guide recorded by an expert art historian
See Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, as well as other renowned works by Italian greats

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