Florence · Piazzale degli Uffizi · Renaissance masterpieces
Uffizi Gallery: tickets, hours and what to see
Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio under one roof, next to Piazza della Signoria. Choose your ticket and plan your visit.
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Opening hours for every month are on the Opening hours page.
Checked against the official website on 14 November 2026 · Official source
In short
- Ready to go? Pick your ticket below. Reserved entry with an audio guide is the most popular choice, and a guided tour is there if you would like a guide to lead the way.
- The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 8:15 to 18:30. The ticket office closes at 17:30. It is closed on Mondays, on 1 January and on 25 December.
- Tickets are in the name of the visitor, so bring an ID for the person named on the booking. A free cloakroom is waiting just after the entrance for bags, backpacks and umbrellas.
- You can add the Vasari Corridor, or choose a combined ticket with the Accademia or with Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens.
Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo
Botticelli's Primavera and the Birth of Venus were painted in the 1480s and hang in the same large room. They are among the first great Renaissance paintings with subjects from myth, not from the Bible.
Leonardo's Annunciation shows how good he already was when he was about twenty. Michelangelo's Doni Tondo, from 1504, is full of strong colour and twisting figures.
The Tribuna: a room covered in shells
The Tribuna is an octagonal room that Francesco I de' Medici had built in the 1580s by the architect Buontalenti. Its dome is covered in shells and mother-of-pearl, and the lantern on top carries a wind rose.
Ancient statues stand inside, among them the Medici Venus.
The long corridor with the painted ceiling
Look up as you walk along the east corridor. The vaults are painted with grotesques, a style of playful decoration with plants, animals and little figures, dated 1581.
The corridor is lined with ancient Roman sculpture, so it is a good place to slow down.
Caravaggio, Titian and the terrace
Caravaggio's early works are here, including his Bacchus and the Medusa, which is really a ceremonial shield painted on wood. Titian's Venus of Urbino is in the room of the Venetian painters.
At the end of your visit, go to the café and its terrace above the Loggia dei Lanzi. From there you see Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio and the dome of the Duomo.
