Accademia and Uffizi Guided Tour
Uffizi and Accademia Gallery Tour Combination
This guided tour combines the most important two museums in Florence, the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery where the original David by Michelangelo is displayed. Two must-see museums with an expert, official guide!
TOUR DETAILS
Language: English
Frequency: every day except Monday. From 1 November to 31 March, this tour is run only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Starting time: 11.15 am
Duration: about 2 hours and 45 minutes. (free time from 12:15 pm until 3:00 pm)
Price: 87 euros.
From March to October 95,00 euros.
Price includes: guided tour, pre-booking fees, tickets for both museums and earphones for groups with more than 15 participants. This tour will take place rain or shine and from 1 participant onwards
Children: free under 6 years of age
Meeting point with your guide: in front of the Academy Gallery, pre-booked entrance tickets included. Please arrive 15 minutes before the tour starting time.
MAJOR ADVANTAGE: the visit uses only one single language at a time. Timed Entry, no need to queue. Don’t waste precious time waiting in long lines.
Focus on Raphael - The Portrait of Leo X at the Uffizi
Raphael at the Uffizi - Portrait if Pope Leo X
Giovanni de’ Medici was elected Pope in 1513 under the name of Leo X. About five years later, the Pope commissioned his portrait to Raphael, who was living in Rome at the time, having been appointed Superintendent of Antiquities by the Pope himself. The majestic portrait shows the Medici pope seated at a table, magnifying lens in hand, before an illuminated manuscript. Behind him are two prelates, Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi. The work arrived in Florence in 1518, immediately after having been completed. Here it was praised by Vasari for its figures which are “not fake, but painted in full relief”. For the “rustling and shining” damask robe, for the “soft and realistic” fur linings, for the golden knob on the chair which reflects “the light from the windows, the Pope’s shoulders and the surrounding room”. Exemplary restoration has rivived the brilliance and intense chromatic variety of reds. Antonio Natali, who directed the restoration work, has noted that the two cardinals are by another hand, probably added by a valid collaborator of Raphael such as Sebastiano del Piombo or Giuliano Romano.
Accademia + Uffizi: the itinerary
Why is the David the most recognizable symbol of Florence and what did he represent in his time? How did the genius of Michelangelo confront the challenge of creating figures of compassion like the Pietà, or the famous Prisoners who still seem to struggle free from their marble blocks? After the Accademia you will have a short break for lunch and then at 3.15 pm you will meeet again your guide to visit the Uffizi Gallery which is one of the most famous museums in the world. Your knowledgeable guide will explain the works of the greatest artists from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and many more.
At the end of the tour, you do not have to rush away. You can remain in the museum until closing time, so you have plenty of opportunity to make your list of personal favourites.
