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The Vasari Corridor tour is the best way to see the Vasari Corridor, the expert guide will explain you the long history that this corridor had since the day it was built, and all the curiosities that are related to the corridor. Make sure you do not miss this important part of Florence.

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The Vasari Corridor tour tells the story of the Grand Duke Cosimo I, the one that wanted the building of the Vasari Corridor. It was commissioned when Cosimo’s son Francesco married his wife Giovanna d’Austria. Successively to this decision the original function of Ponte Vecchio was changed: on Ponte Vecchio the little shops used to sell meat. Some of the rests were thrown down in the river but some other remained on the pavement of the Ponte after the daily closure of the shops, and this caused bad smells. The shops were converted to jewellery shops, so that the Grand Duke was not disturbed by the smell of meat. Reserve now a Vasari Corridor tour and discover more of this fascinating history.

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It seems strange today that those rich, beautiful and gold shining shops that captivate our eyes when we pass through the bridge were once meat sellers. However, this city so as many other cities were much different in ancient times that what we see today. Visiting museums today is important also because they make us realize how was the past that built our present. You can easily do the reservation of the Vasari Corridor tour on our site, where you have all the information. Visit the Vasari Corridor and enjoy this wonderful sight of Florence, a unique suspended path that would permits you some view of Florence that you won’t see in any other occasion. Reserve now the Vasari Corridor tour and visit this amazing sight. 

There are some buildings, some museums and some parts of the city do worth a visit. Not just a simple visit but a guided tour, a good solution that permits the visitor to enjoy the museum while the professional explanation of the guide proceeds. This is the case of the Vasari Corridor guided tour.

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Book a Vasari Corridor guided tour and discover this secret passage, once reserved just to the Grand Duke. The Vasari  Corridor touched several buildings of the city centre. The passage is one kilometre length. It starts in Palazzo Pitti, the residence of the Grand Duke. With the Vasari Corridor guided tour you will see how it follows in Boboli Garden, where there is a secondary entrance of the Corridor. It passes in front of Santa Felicita Church, a beautiful little church not far from Palazzo Pitti, and then it passes above Ponte Vecchio, offering one of its best views to whoever is looking at it from the bridge or from the area of Uffizi. Then it follows the Arno River toward Uffizi gallery, where it enters for a section.

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 Once outside the Uffizi Gallery the Vasari Corridor crosses Via della Ninna, a little street next to the gallery, and it finally enters into Palazzo Vecchio, the final destination. With the Vasari Corridor guided tour all this passages will be clear to you. The Grand Duke Cosimo I made this beautiful passage every day, to and from work. He could enjoy the view of the city from above and control what happened under his feet. The Corridoio Vasariano was a perfect solution to reach his workplace without risks, as the citizen were not accustomed to his figure, which signed the end of the famous Repubblica Fiorentina. With the Vasari Corridor guided tour today you can walk the same steps Cosimo did.

The Vasari Corridor tour allows you to walk along this extraordinary building projected by Giorgio Vasari in 1565. Make sure you do not miss this important part of Florence. Book your entrance now! BOOK HERE!

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The Vasari Corridor tour tells the story of the Grand Duke Cosimo I, the one that wanted the building of the Vasari Corridor. It was commissioned when Cosimo’s son Francesco married his wife Giovanna d’Austria. Successively to this decision the original function of Ponte Vecchio was changed: on Ponte Vecchio the little shops used to sell meat. Some of the rests were thrown down in the river but some other remained on the pavement of the Ponte after the daily closure of the shops, and this caused bad smells. The shops were converted to jewellery shops, so that the Grand Duke was not disturbed by the smell of meat. Reserve now a Vasari Corridor tour and discover more of this fascinating history.

Vasari Corridor tour tickets

It seems strange today that those rich, beautiful and gold shining shops that captivate our eyes when we pass through the bridge were once meat sellers. However, this city so as many other cities were much different in ancient times that what we see today. Visiting museums today is important also because they make us realize how was the past that built our present. You can easily do the reservation of the Vasari Corridor tour on our site, where you have all the information. Visit the Vasari Corridor and enjoy this wonderful sight of Florence, a unique suspended path that would permits you some view of Florence that you won’t see in any other occasion. Reserve now the Vasari Corridor tour and visit this amazing sight. 

Florence is very proud of its Vasari Corridor. The Vasari Corridor built from Giorgio Vasari is extremely recognisable from every part of the city and definitely one of the features that most characterizes Florence, its skyline and its historic centre. The Vasari Corridor of Florence is unique through the entire world.

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Apart from the reasons, well known, which moved the construction of the Vasari Corridor, reasons that you can discover booking a Vasari Corridor Florence tour, there is much more to know. For example, it is so interesting the role that the Vasari Corridor had during the Second World War, where it was a protagonist in more than one occasion. First of all, when Hitler came in visit of Florence in 1938, Mussolini led him into the Corridor, which caused surprise and admiration to Hitler. That is also because Mussolini ordered the opening of two more windows, so that the view to the river would have been better visible. The guide in the Vasari Corridor Florence will surely tell you this story.

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The beauty of the corridor stunned also this historic character, and this is probably the reason why Ponte Vecchio, and its Vasari Corridor of Florence, was the only bridge left untouched by the bombs of the German air force. Art won on war in Florence, this is why citizen from Florence go so proud of their Vasari Corridor and their art in general. The Vasari Corridor of Florence was also a protagonist for the partisan, which tried (and succeeded) to oppose the Germans, which stayed on the north side of the river. To go from the south part of the city, where partisan had control, to the northern part, they used the Vasari Corridor. The reason for which it was constructed became useful again during those sad times.