Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy

Uffizi Gallery

Here is the official website of the Uffizi Gallery:  Uffizi Gallery  A regular ticket to the gallery costs 25 euro, but you can also purchase combinations, including the Vasari Corridor. The Vasari Corridor wasn't open on the days that we've visited Florence, but I am determined to be able to walk through it someday.  It is a corridor that connects the Uffizi Gallery with the Boboli Gardens.  It goes above Ponte Vecchio.  You can purchase tickets to visit the Vasari Corridor on Friday evenings.  Keep in mind that the Uffizi Gallery is closed every Monday.  Tuesday through Sunday it is open from 8:15 a.m. to 6:50 p.m.

The Uffizi building was constructed in 1560.  It houses a variety of works of art, from sculptures to drawings and prints to paintings.  Your tour begins on the second floor of the Uffizi, which is really the third floor because the ground floor is labeled floor 0.  The most famous masterpieces are on the 2nd, or top floor.  Works by Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Botticelli. The first floor houses works by Spanish, Dutch, and French painters.  The ground floor is mostly just offices and orientation areas.

The Uffizi Gallery is located right next to the Arno River, and a short walk from the Palazzo Vecchio. It is a 13 minute walk from the Accademia Museum, which houses the famous David, so take that into account if you buy combination tickets of the Uffizi and Accademia Museums.   

The Uffizi's google maps location is here:  Uffizi Gallery

The Entrance Staircase of the Uffizi

Molossian hounds

Madonna and Child with Angels known as the Maddonna di Ognissanti, 1303-1305 by Giotto

Adoration of the Magi by Da Vinci

Madonna of the Goldfinch, or Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist by Sanzio

Portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi

The Gallery Corridors

The Prancing Horse or Buontalenti Horse

Room 42, Room of Niobe

The Vision of St. Bernard by Bartolomeo

Madonna of the Milk by Bugiardini

Visitation by Albertinelli

Madonna of the Harpies, or Madonna delle Arpie, 1517, by Andrea del Sarto

Nereid on a Seahorse

Lacoonte by Bandinelli

stairs up to the second floor of the Uffizi