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The passageway the Medici built to go from the government palace to their home without setting foot in the street. It leaves the Uffizi, crosses the Arno above the Ponte Vecchio and ends in the Boboli Gardens. It takes 45 minutes in groups of 25, only with a booked named ticket.
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Buy the Uffizi + Corridor ticket: €43 on the day or €47 booked. The corridor time must be at least two hours after the gallery time.
See the gallery first. The combined ticket gives you access to the Uffizi two hours before your group.
In room D19 on the first floor of the Uffizi. If you arrive late, you lose your ticket.
About 750 metres of raised passageway: it leaves the Uffizi, follows the Arno, crosses over the shops of the Ponte Vecchio and enters the Oltrarno.
You come out next to the Buontalenti grotto, in the Boboli Gardens, and walk about 100 m to the Ammannati courtyard of the Pitti Palace.
It is walked in one direction and without stopping, with two members of the gallery's staff. Tickets are named and non-refundable.
In 1565 Duke Cosimo I de' Medici commissioned Giorgio Vasari to build a covered passageway for the wedding of his son Francesco to Joanna of Austria. It was to link the Palazzo Vecchio, the seat of government, with the Pitti Palace, the family's residence, without the duke having to go down into the street. It was finished in about five months. It is about 750 metres long: it leaves the Uffizi, runs along the Arno, crosses the river above the jewellers' shops of the Ponte Vecchio, passes through the church of Santa Felicita and reaches the Boboli Gardens.
It was closed from 2016 to bring it up to safety standards and reopened to the public on 21 December 2024, after a restoration costing about €10 million. The gallery has returned it to its original simplicity: an aerial tunnel with a terracotta floor and wooden windows from which you see the river and the city from an angle no one else has.
Anyone who is already going to see the Uffizi and wants to understand how the Medici lived and moved around, and anyone looking for a different view of the Ponte Vecchio. It is an experience of space and views, not of artworks: don't expect paintings hanging on the walls. If you are only interested in painting, save the money for the Pitti Palace.
It is adapted with ramps, platforms and lifts, and has toilets. It is suitable for wheelchairs and for teenagers. For small children the pace without stops and the lack of things to see may be boring.
Booking is compulsory. Groups leave from Tuesday to Sunday, the first at 10:15 and the last at 16:35, and each has a maximum of 25 people. You can buy up to five tickets per purchase session, even for different dates. As they are named, have each person's name to hand.
Places sell out weeks ahead in spring, summer and long weekends. In winter there is usually more leeway, but don't count on buying on the day.
€43 on the day or €47 booked, with Uffizi entry included. If you already have an Uffizi ticket or a PassePartout, the corridor supplement is €20, subject to availability. On Friday afternoons there is a cheaper opening: €20 on the day or €24 booked.
It is a good visit for a grey day: you go under cover from one side of the river to the other. When you come out, instead of walking round Boboli in the rain, go into the Pitti Palace, 100 metres from the exit.
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There is an afternoon opening on Fridays, for €20 on the day or €24 booked.
With a combined or family pass, the corridor supplement costs €20.
You come out inside the garden: leave the afternoon free to explore it.
There must be at least two hours between the Uffizi entry and the corridor one. Use them for the gallery and arrive at room D19 with time to spare.
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€43 on the day or €47 booked, with Uffizi entry included. On Friday afternoons, €20 or €24.
No. The route is one-way, from the Uffizi to the Pitti Palace.
About 45 minutes, without stopping.
Yes, with your own wheelchair or walker, within the weight and size limits. The gallery lends wheelchairs free at door 1.
The passageway itself, restored to its original appearance, and the views from its windows. There are no paintings on display.
From Tuesday to Sunday, in groups between 10:15 and 16:35.
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