2 h

About this activity

For two hours, your local and very experienced guide will focus on the masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery’s collection, including the greatest artists from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Giotto, Cimabue, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Caravaggio and Masaccio.

With our tour you will be able to easily admire the unique masterpieces of the Museum, distributed along 45 halls.

You will admire Botticelli's famous "Primavera," and the "Birth of Venus”, but that’s not all. THE OGNISSANTI MADONNA BY GIOTTO, the ANNUNCIATION BY SIMONE MARTINI AND LIPPO MEMMI, the ADORATION OF THE MAGI BY GENTILE DA FABRIANO, the PORTRAITS OF THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF URBINO BY PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA, the DONI TONDO BY MICHELANGELO, the MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH BY RAPHAEL or the BACCHUS BY CARAVAGGIO.

The Uffizi Gallery was originally designed by Giorgio Vasari, and it is itself a work of art, commissioned by Cosimo I de Medici. Initially the Gallery was built with the function of hosting the offices for the Florentine magistrates. The name 'Uffizi', which means 'offices' (uffici) in Italian, has become one of the Most important Museums all over the word.