Uffizi Tickets: Standard Entry, Vasari Corridor and Combined Passes

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Choose Uffizi tickets by the product's contents, not just its headline price. Standard admission does not automatically include the Vasari Corridor. The daytime Uffizi-and-Corridor combination is different from the Friday-evening Corridor-only experience, while the five-day PassePartout adds Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens with specific entry limits.

Information checked on 27 October 2026. Prices distinguish purchase on the visit day from advance purchase. Availability, special openings and individual rooms can change. Check the chosen product for your actual visit date.

Decide what the ticket needs to include

Start with three questions: do you want only the Uffizi Gallery, the Gallery plus the Vasari Corridor, or several sites in the Uffizi Galleries group? The building, the special passage and the multi-site pass are separate purchasing choices. A broad name such as “Uffizi experience” on a reseller page does not establish the same permissions.

For supported destinations, RoadMe develops a personal trip plan around your interests and preferred pace. Organising it in the app makes it easier to select the museum access you need and keep a comfortable schedule around fixed bookings.

If the Corridor is essential, establish its actual availability before buying an unrelated Gallery ticket. If you only want the Gallery, do not pay for an added passage merely because it sounds more complete. For a multi-site holiday, count the sites you genuinely intend to visit within the validity window.

This is the ticket-composition decision. If you are still choosing which collection interests you, our separate comparison of the Uffizi and Accademia addresses that question before you commit to admission.

Official products and current reference prices

ProductPurchase on visit dayAdvance purchase and contents
Standard Uffizi€25€29; Gallery admission without automatic Corridor access.
Afternoon Uffizi€16€20; admission from 4 p.m. onwards.
Daytime Uffizi + Vasari Corridor€43€47; Gallery entry two hours before the Corridor time.
PassePartout 5 Days€40; specified single admission to Uffizi, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens.
PassePartout 5 Days with Corridor€58; adds the Corridor on the day of the Uffizi visit.
Vasari Corridor special Friday evening€20€24; Corridor experience only, not a Gallery visit.

The Friday-evening programme is currently advertised from 3 July to 20 November 2026. That date range is not a promise that the programme continues unchanged afterwards. The afternoon Gallery ticket and evening Corridor ticket are different products even when a displayed amount happens to match.

These full-price products may differ from your category. Compare matching contents and purchase timing using the current checkout total.

Traveller by the Uffizi facade illustrated from a genuine reference photograph

Standard admission is the straightforward product when the Gallery itself is your aim. Its current same-day and advance prices differ. Choosing the same-day amount to save money also means accepting the uncertainty of what can actually be bought when you arrive; it is not a reservation of a future slot.

The official afternoon offer applies to entry from 4 p.m. onwards. Since 1 January 2026, its stated price is €16 on the day or €20 if purchased before the day of the visit. Do not assume that a discounted afternoon ticket provides a full morning or an added Corridor visit.

The Gallery's regular schedule is Tuesday to Sunday, 8:15 a.m.–6:30 p.m., with the ticket office closing at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, 1 January and 25 December are listed as closing days. Special notices can alter the arrangements, so a later discounted entrance should be assessed against the time genuinely available.

Decide whether a shorter visit is what you want before choosing by price. A less expensive afternoon ticket is useful for a focused visit, but not if it leaves insufficient time for your priorities. A higher-priced early slot is not automatically better either: the right choice fits your actual interest and energy.

The daytime Uffizi-and-Corridor ticket has two appointments

The combined ticket's Corridor time must not be mistaken for your first arrival at the Gallery. The operator says to enter the Uffizi two hours before the Corridor appointment, allowing the Gallery visit first. Reaching the museum gates five minutes before the Corridor time is therefore not the intended procedure.

For the daytime visit, the Corridor meeting point is Room D19 on the Gallery's first floor. The rules require arrival there five minutes before the reserved Corridor entry. Use the current directions provided with your ticket; do not estimate the internal walk from the outside entrance.

For a hypothetical Corridor appointment at 2 p.m., the corresponding Gallery entry is noon and the daytime meeting-point arrival is 1:55 p.m. This illustrates the two separate deadlines, not the availability of that particular slot. Check the actual times printed on your purchase.

Existing Gallery-ticket holders can examine a separate Corridor supplement, subject to its conditions and available slots. The standard full supplement is €20. It does not grant a free Gallery visit to someone without the required underlying admission, and the chosen times must satisfy the operator's booking rules.

Why the Corridor changes the rest of the visit

The Corridor is a one-way experience from the Uffizi towards the Pitti side. Once the group has started, you cannot walk back through it to resume your Gallery visit. Finish the part of the Gallery visit you want before joining the group, rather than treating the passage as a short optional detour.

Groups leave by the Boboli-side exit and are accompanied to the Ammannati Courtyard at Pitti Palace. This passage does not itself give time to wander through Boboli or visit Pitti's museums. To continue into those sites, you need the corresponding valid admission.

The accompanying museum staff manage the visit and safety; the official rules expressly say they are not providing a guided tour. Do not assume that an accompanied Corridor ticket includes an art-history commentary package. If a separate guide is offered, compare that service as an additional component.

Its historical value is specific: Giorgio Vasari created the passage in 1565 for the Medici to move between their residences and civic buildings. Reopened after restoration in December 2024, it is a distinct experience of the city's elevated connection, not simply another Gallery room included in every ticket.

Traveller packing essential belongings in a small bag

PassePartout 5 Days: one entry, not daily returns

The €40 product provides the stated single admission to the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens during five consecutive days. It does not allow daily returns. Book the day and time for the Uffizi, which must be the first museum visited.

After the Uffizi, the other included sites can be visited within the pass validity without another reservation under the published arrangement. Their normal opening hours and temporary closures still apply. “No additional time reservation” does not mean admission outside opening hours or every room guaranteed open.

The operator extends validity to a sixth day when the usual five-day period includes a listed closing day, such as Monday, 25 December or 1 January. Do not invent an extension for any day on which you personally decide not to visit. Check the dates issued for your pass.

The €58 version includes the Corridor, which must be visited on the same day as the Uffizi. This is a key constraint if you hoped to separate the two experiences across the holiday. Compare a multi-site pass only when you actually want the included sites, rather than adding visits to justify the price.

The special evening programme has its own ticket, currently €20 on the day or €24 in advance. Although reaching the Corridor involves passing through some Gallery rooms, the official terms explicitly exclude visiting the Gallery during that passage. It is not a discounted evening Uffizi-and-Corridor combination.

The current programme runs on Fridays during its announced 3 July–20 November 2026 season. Check the actual date and slot offered. Do not take an old Friday notice, another year's timetable or an afternoon discount as proof that an evening Gallery visit is available.

Evening instructions also differ from daytime ones: the published meeting point is at the entrance in Piazzale degli Uffizi near the Loggia dei Lanzi, and arrival is at least ten minutes before the slot. Do not use the daytime D19 five-minute rule for this product.

The evening rules require booking for every visitor and state that reservations cannot be changed once purchased. They also say cloakroom, audio-guide and whisper rental services are unavailable on those occasions. Choose the programme only if these separate conditions work for your party.

Book through the official product route

  1. Start from the Uffizi Galleries' own website and follow its official ticketing link.
  2. Select the exact product, including whether the Corridor or other sites are included.
  3. Choose the date and read what the displayed time refers to.
  4. Add all visitors in their actual paid, reduced or free categories.
  5. Check names, Gallery and Corridor times, meeting instructions and the complete amount.
  6. Read the selected product's conditions, pay and save the issued documentation.

Corridor transactions are limited to five tickets at a time, even if different slots are chosen. Count the children and other required participants rather than treating the limit as five paying adults plus unlimited companions. A free category does not remove the need for the restricted-area booking.

If you have Firenze Card or an annual pass, use the dedicated reservation or supplement route. The official purchase information provides a specific Uffizi reservation option for Firenze Card holders. An access card should not be assumed to create a Corridor slot automatically.

Traveller checking the time before leaving the hotel

Children and reduced admission

The Uffizi's free-admission page lists under-18s of any nationality, with passport or identity evidence; children under 12 must be accompanied by adults. The Corridor still requires the relevant reservation for minors, including young children. Book the whole party's required places together.

The €2 reduced category is for eligible visitors under its stated age and citizenship conditions, including EU citizens from 18 until their 25th birthday and the additional categories the operator lists. It is not a universal discount for all students or all people living in Europe.

Other professional, educational and disability categories have their own documentation. If that category matters to the purchase, read the exact proof and companion conditions rather than assuming any student or medical document will qualify. Clarify uncertain eligibility before entering a cheaper category.

Free-admission days are another arrangement. General museum booking and priority rules can change, but limited-entry spaces such as the Corridor retain their reservation requirements. Do not interpret a free Sunday as permission to join a full Corridor group without a slot.

Bags and the one-way exit need planning

The Corridor prohibits bulky items, including suitcases, backpacks and rucksacks under its stated rules. Prepare a small permitted personal bag with essentials and follow the exact current restrictions. Carry what you will need on the Pitti side, since there is no return through the Corridor.

If you leave belongings at the Uffizi cloakroom, retrieval after the Corridor involves returning outside by the public streets, not walking back inside the passage. This can be inconvenient before another timed commitment. Avoid a luggage plan that depends on an immediate return to the same cloakroom.

Rented Gallery audio guides must be returned before entering the Corridor. Do not carry it to the end of the passage. Keep admission documents available for the repeated checks rather than packing them away with stored belongings.

If mobility assistance is needed, check the operator's current accessibility and equipment conditions for the actual experience selected. A general accessible-museum label is not a description of every lift, transfer and individual requirement. Ask the museum to clarify the specific arrangement before purchase.

Changes, availability and the final comparison

The official daytime Uffizi-and-Corridor product is described as named, personal, non-transferable and non-refundable. The special evening programme separately states that booked reservations cannot be changed. Read the terms attached to your actual purchase rather than borrowing a flexible cancellation promise from an unrelated guided package.

An online slot being unavailable does not establish that every admission option is impossible, but an operating ticket office does not guarantee the product, party size or time you want. Check your acceptable alternatives individually. Do not buy a basic Gallery ticket assuming a scarce Corridor supplement will certainly appear later.

Compare reseller offers against the same product contents, purchase timing, guiding service and cancellation terms. A priority label is not a promise of no security checks or automatic access to every museum. Our guide to museum tickets, concessions and refunds explains the broader comparison.

After choosing your admission, RoadMe can develop a personal plan for supported destinations around the places you care about. Coordinating visits and a comfortable pace in the app is easier than fitting disconnected ideas around each fixed ticket by hand.

The useful purchase matches your intended sites, actual entry counts and realistic appointments. Keep Gallery entry, Corridor meeting and the destination-side permissions separate in your notes. You can then choose a simple visit or a combined product without paying for access you do not want or expecting access you never bought.